2025 USL League One season

The 2025 USL League One season is the seventh season of USL League One, a professional men's soccer league in the third tier of the United States league system.

USL League One

Season	2025
Dates	March 7 – October 25 (regular season) November 1 – November 14-16 (playoffs)
Matches played	126
Goals scored	362 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juan Carlos Obregón Westchester SC (10 Goals)
Biggest home win	3 goals: GRE 3–0 OMA (March 12) SPO 4–1 TEX (April 13) KNO 3–0 SGT (June 21) AVA 4–1 NAP (June 28) WES 3–0 SPK (July 16) CHT 3–0 SPK (July 19)
Biggest away win	4 goals: GRE 0–4 SPO (March 29)
Highest scoring	9 goals: CHT 4–5 GRE (August 9)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Spokane Velocity (April 13 – May 18)
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches: Spokane Velocity (March 29 – July 5)
Longest winless run	10 matches: Forward Madison FC (April 11 – July 5)
Longest losing run	4 matches: Texoma FC (March 22 - April 13) South Georgia Tormenta FC (April 20 – June 7) Forward Madison FC (June 7 – July 5)
Highest attendance	5,796 POR 1–1 RIC (August 9)
Lowest attendance	216 Tex 0–1 POR (July 12)
Total attendance	336,182
Average attendance	2,689
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of August 11, 2025.

Fourteen teams are participating in the 2025 season. Five teams, AV Alta FC,^[1] FC Naples,^[2] Portland Hearts of Pine,^[3] Texoma FC,^[4] and Westchester SC,^[5] joined as expansion franchises. Lexington SC left to join USL Championship,^[6] Central Valley Fuego FC voluntarily left the league.^[7] The franchise agreement for the Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC was terminated when its owners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.^[8] NoCo and Fuego’s U23 team ended up in The League for Clubs.^[9][10]

The regular season was originally scheduled to start on March 8, though it actually started a day earlier on March 7.^[11] The 2025 season also includes a new format of the in-season tournament, the USL Cup (known as the USL Jägermeister Cup for sponsorship reasons). It features a group stage and knockout round between all 38 teams in the two professional USL leagues, the USL Championship and the USL League One. The tournament will be played between April and September.^[12]

Union Omaha are the defending league champions and Player's Shield winners.

Teams

AVA

CLT

CHA

MAD

GVL

NAP

KNX

POR

RIC

TRM

SPK

TXO

OMA

WES

Locations of teams for the 2025 USL League One season

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	Jersey manufacturer	Jersey sponsor
AV Alta FC	Lancaster, California	Lancaster Municipal Stadium	5,300	Brian Kleiban	Hummel	Parris Law Firm
Charlotte Independence	Charlotte, North Carolina	American Legion Memorial Stadium	10,500	Mike Jeffries	Capelli Sport	Novant Health
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	East Ridge, Tennessee	CHI Memorial Stadium[i]	2,500	Scott Mackenzie	Adidas	Transcard
Forward Madison FC	Madison, Wisconsin	Breese Stevens Field	5,000	Matt Glaeser	Hummel	Dairyland Insurance
Greenville Triumph SC	Greenville, South Carolina	Paladin Stadium	16,000	Rick Wright	Hummel	Scansource
FC Naples	Naples, Florida	Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium	5,000	Matt Poland	Hummel	Physicians Regional Healthcare System
One Knoxville SC	Knoxville, Tennessee	Covenant Health Park[ii]	6,500	Ian Fuller	Hummel	KUB Fiber
Portland Hearts of Pine	Portland, Maine	Fitzpatrick Stadium	6,000	Bobby Murphy	Hummel	Visit Maine
Richmond Kickers	Richmond, Virginia	City Stadium	6,000	Darren Sawatzky	Hummel	Ukrop's
South Georgia Tormenta FC	Statesboro, Georgia	Tormenta Stadium[i]	5,300	Mark McKeever (interim)	Puma	Optim Healthcare
Spokane Velocity FC	Spokane, Washington	ONE Spokane Stadium	5,100	Leigh Veidman	Capelli Sport	Local community sponsors
Texoma FC	Sherman, Texas	Historic Bearcat Stadium	6,500	Adrian Forbes	Hummel	Sherman Medical Center
Union Omaha	Papillion, Nebraska	Werner Park[ii]	9,023	Vincenzo Candela (interim)	Hummel	Centris Federal Credit Union
Westchester SC	Mount Vernon, New York	The Stadium at Memorial Field	3,900	Dave Carton	Hummel	Northwell Health

1. Soccer specific stadium
2. Baseball Park

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
One Knoxville SC	Ilija Ilić (interim)	End of interim period	December 4, 2024	Ian Fuller	December 4, 2024[13]
Union Omaha	Dominic Casciato	Left club	July 8, 2025	Vincenzo Candela (interim)	July 9, 2025[14]
South Georgia Tormenta FC	Ian Cameron	Left club	August 8, 2025	Mark McKeever (interim)	August 8, 2025[15]

Regular season

Format

Each team plays the others twice, home and away, plus four additional matches. The top eight teams at the end of the season will qualify for the playoffs.^[11]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spokane Velocity FC	18	10	3	5	26	16	+10	35	Playoffs
2	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	18	9	2	7	30	19	+11	34
3	FC Naples	19	9	5	5	28	23	+5	32
4	One Knoxville SC	17	7	2	8	26	18	+8	29
5	Charlotte Independence	20	7	5	8	36	32	+4	29
6	AV Alta FC	18	7	5	6	27	23	+4	27
7	Greenville Triumph SC	19	6	8	5	28	29	−1	23
8	Texoma FC	18	5	7	6	24	31	−7	21
9	Portland Hearts of Pine	17	4	4	9	18	17	+1	21
10	Union Omaha	17	5	9	3	22	29	−7	18
11	Forward Madison FC	18	3	6	9	17	21	−4	18
12	Richmond Kickers	18	4	9	5	25	30	−5	17
13	South Georgia Tormenta FC	19	4	10	5	26	36	−10	17
14	Westchester SC	18	3	8	7	29	38	−9	16

Updated to match(es) played on August 10, 2025. Source: USL League One
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

Results table

Color Key: Home  • Away  • Win  • Loss  • Draw
Club	Match[11]
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
AV Alta FC (AVA)	TRM	RIC	WES	CHA	SPK	TXO	GVL	CLT	SPK	WES	POR	NAP	POR	OMA	KNX	NAP	MAD	SPK	GVL	TXO	OMA	CHA	MAD	KNX	TRM	NAP	TXO	CLT	RIC	POR
	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	5–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	1-3	1-1	0-0	0–2	Aug 16	Aug 20	Aug 23	Aug 30	Sep 6	Sep 13	Sep 20	Sep 27	Oct 4	Oct 10	Oct 18	Oct 25
Charlotte Independence (CLT)	RIC	CHA	GVL	MAD	TRM	TXO	WES	KNX	AVA	TRM	SPK	GVL	TXO	ONA	MAD	POR	KNX	TXO	GVL	WES	OMA	POR	CHA	NAP	RIC	KNX	SPK	AVA	CHA	NAP
	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	4–3	3–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2-2	3–3	4-5	Aug 15	Aug 20	Aug 30	Sep 6	Sep 12	Sep 20	Sep 26	Oct 3	Oct 10	Oct 17	Oct 25
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC (CHA)	NAP	CLT	TRM	AVA	GVL	RIC	NAP	TRM	POR	NAP	GVL	KNX	RIC	TXO	SPK	WES	MAD	OMA	TXO	TRM	AVA	CLT	POR	SPK	OMA	KNX	GVL	MAD	CLT	WES
	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	3-0	3-1	2–1	2–2	Aug 16	Aug 23	Aug 30	Sep 6	Sep 13	Sep 21	Sep 27	Oct 1	Oct 4	Oct 11	Oct 17	Oct 25
Forward Madison FC (MAD)	NAP	RIC	CLT	TXO	OMA	KNX	WES	POR	OMA	SPK	WES	TXO	GVL	CLT	TRM	AVA	CHA	KNX	NAP	SPK	TXO	TRM	AVA	RIC	GVL	WES	POR	CHA	OMA	RIC
	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1-0	0–0	1–2	2–2	Aug 16	Aug 21	Aug 27	Aug 30	Sep 6	Sep 13	Sep 21	Sep 28	Oct 4	Oct 11	Oct 18	Oct 25
Greenville Triumph SC (GVL)	WES	OMA	SPK	CLT	KNX	CHA	RIC	AVA	TXO	NAP	OMA	CLT	CHA	WES	MAD	POR	RIC	TRM	CLT	AVA	TXO	POR	NAP	TRM	MAD	SPK	CHA	OMA	TRM	KNX
	1–1	3–0	0–4	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–3	2–0	2–2	5-4	Aug 16	Aug 23	Sep 3	Sep 6	Sep 13	Sep 20	Sep 27	Oct 4	Oct 11	Oct 18	Oct 25
FC Naples (NAP)	CHA	MAD	SPK	POR	TXO	RIC	KNX	CHA	POR	OMA	GVL	CHA	TRM	AVA	WES	AVA	RIC	TRM	TXO	MAD	KNX	WES	GVL	CLT	POR	AVA	OMA	WES	SPK	CLT
	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	Aug 16	Aug 27	Aug 30	Sep 6	Sep 12	Sep 21	Sep 27	Oct 5	Oct 12	Oct 18	Oct 25
One Knoxville SC (KNX)	SPK	TXO	GVL	NAP	POR	MAD	CLT	WES	TRM	CHA	TRM	AVA	WES	CLT	POR	MAD	RIC	OMA	RIC	NAP	SPK	TRM	AVA	OMA	CLT	CHA	RIC	POR	TXO	GVL
	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	3-1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	PPD	Aug 17	Aug 23	Aug 27	Aug 31	Sep 6	Sep 13	Sep 21	Sep 26	Oct 1	Oct 4	Oct 10	Oct 19	Oct 25
Portland Hearts of Pine (POR)	NAP	SPK	TRM	KNX	OMA	NAP	MAD	CHA	OMA	AVA	AVA	TRM	TXO	GVL	CLT	KNX	RIC	SPK	WES	CLT	GVL	CHA	RIC	NAP	TXO	OMA	MAD	KNX	WES	AVA
	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	3-1	1–1	0–1	0–0	Aug 17	Aug 24	Aug 30	Sep 3	Sep 13	Sep 17	Sep 21	Sep 27	Oct 1	Oct 4	Oct 10	Oct 18	Oct 25
Richmond Kickers (RIC)	TRM	CLT	AVA	MAD	OMA	NAP	WES	GVL	CHA	SPK	WES	TXO	SPK	OMA	CHA	GVL	NAP	POR	KNX	TRM	KNX	WES	MAD	POR	CLT	TRM	KNX	TXO	AVA	MAD
	4–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	4–4	3–3	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	4–3	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	PPD	Aug 16	Aug 23	Sep 3	Sep 13	Sep 17	Sep 20	Sep 27	Oct 4	Oct 11	Oct 18	Oct 25
Tormenta FC (TRM)	RIC	AVA	OMA	CHA	POR	CLT	SPK	CHA	CLT	TXO	KNX	NAP	POR	KNX	OMA	MAD	GVL	NAP	WES	RIC	CHA	MAD	KNX	GVL	AVA	RIC	WES	SPK	GVL	TXO
	2–4	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	3-3	Aug 16	Aug 23	Aug 30	Sep 6	Sep 13	Sep 20	Sep 27	Oct 3	Oct 10	Oct 18	Oct 25
Spokane Velocity FC (SPK)	KNX	NAP	GVL	POR	TXO	AVA	WES	TRM	RIC	AVA	CLT	MAD	RIC	TXO	WES	CHA	OMA	AVA	POR	MAD	KNX	WES	TXO	OMA	CHA	GVL	CLT	TRM	NAP	OMA
	2–2	0-1	4–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0-3	0-3	2–1	2–0	Aug 17	Aug 21	Aug 31	Sep 7	Sep 13	Sep 17	Sep 21	Sep 27	Oct 3	Oct 11	Oct 18	Oct 25
Texoma FC (TXO)	KNX	WES	NAP	SPK	MAD	CLT	AVA	OMA	GVL	RIC	TRM	CLT	SPK	MAD	POR	CHA	CLT	NAP	CHA	AVA	GVL	MAD	OMA	SPK	WES	POR	AVA	RIC	KNX	TRM
	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–4	1–1	3–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	3-3	1-2	Aug 16	Aug 20	Aug 23	Aug 27	Sep 6	Sep 13	Sep 21	Sep 27	Oct 4	Oct 11	Oct 19	Oct 25
Union Omaha (OMA)	GVL	TRM	RIC	MAD	POR	TXO	NAP	MAD	GVL	POR	RIC	AVA	CLT	TRM	SPK	WES	CHA	KNX	CLT	AVA	TXO	WES	SPK	KNX	CHA	POR	NAP	GVL	MAD	SPK
	0–3	3-1	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	1-0	1-0	1–3	3–4	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	2-2	Aug 17	Aug 20	Aug 23	Sep 6	Sep 13	Sep 17	Sep 21	Sep 27	Oct 1	Oct 5	Oct 11	Oct 18	Oct 25
Westchester SC (WES)	GVL	TXO	AVA	RIC	SPK	CLT	MAD	RIC	KNX	AVA	MAD	GVL	NAP	SPK	KNX	CHA	OMA	TRM	CLT	POR	NAP	RIC	SPK	OMA	TXO	MAD	TRM	NAP	POR	CHA
	1–1	3–1	0–2	4–4	1–3	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–5	2–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	3-3	Aug 15	Aug 24	Aug 30	Sep 3	Sep 7	Sep 13	Sep 21	Sep 28	Oct 3	Oct 12	Oct 18	Oct 25

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
Portland Hearts of Pine	7	40,119	5,796	5,680	5,731
Richmond Kickers	9	39,791	5,542	2,827	4,421
AV Alta FC	10	41,766	5,433	3,507	4,177
Forward Madison FC	10	38,389	4,650	3,368	3,839
FC Naples	10	37,092	4,618	2,267	3,709
One Knoxville SC	6	20,917	5,420	1,652	3,486
Union Omaha	6	19,206	4,182	2,021	3,201
Spokane Velocity FC	11	24,991	2,848	1,680	2,272
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	9	18,328	2,109	1,986	2,036
Greenville Triumph SC	9	16,301	3,450	1,080	1,811
Westchester SC	9*	13,696	2,492	1,078	1,712
Texoma FC	10	12,657	3,209	216	1,266
Charlotte Independence	10	6,745	956	565	675
Tormenta FC	10	6,184	1,048	377	618
Total	126	336,182	5,796	216	2,689

Note = *1 game missing

Player statistics

As of August 10, 2025

Goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[16]
1	Juan Carlos Obregón	Westchester SC	10
2	Karsen Henderlong	FC Naples	9
3	Christian Chaney	Charlotte Independence	8
4	Anuar Peláez	Spokane Velocity	7
	Leonardo Castro	Greenville Triumph SC
	Derek Gebhard	Forward Madison FC
	Joshua Kirkland	Richmond Kickers
	Souaibou Marou	Charlotte Independence
	Mason Tunbridge	South Georgia Tormenta FC
10	Darwin Espinal	Richmond Kickers	6
	Matt Bentley	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
	Pedro Hernández	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
	Eduardo Blancas	AV Alta FC

Hat-tricks

Player	Team	Against	Score	Date
Souaibou Marou	Charlotte Independence	Westchester SC	3–2 (A)[17]	May 10
Ollie Wright	Portland Hearts of Pine	Union Omaha	3–1 (H)[18]	June 14
Eduardo Blancas	AV Alta FC	FC Naples	4–1 (H)[19]	June 28
Chevone Marsh	Greenville Triumph SC	Charlotte Independence	5–4 (A)[20]	August 9

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

1. ^
   Scored four goals.

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[21]
1	Jon Bakero	Charlotte Independence	6
	Charlie Ostrem	Union Omaha
3	Connor Evans	Greenville Triumph SC	5
4	Alfredo Midence	Charlotte Independence	4
	Rodrigo Robles	Greenville Triumph SC
	Sebastian Cruz	AV Alta FC
	Stavros Zarokostas	One Knoxville SC
	Karsen Henderlong	FC Naples
	Mason Tunbridge	South Georgia Tormenta FC
10	Garrett McLaughlin	Forward Madison FC	3
	Pierre Reedy	Spokane Velocity FC
	Lamin Jawneh	Texoma FC
	Lucky Opara	Spokane Velocity FC
	Jerry Desdunes	AV Alta FC
	Joshua Ramos	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
	Maximiliano Schenfeld	Richmond Kickers
	Nils Seufert	Richmond Kickers
	Ollie Wright	Portland Hearts of Pine
	Philip Spengler	Texoma FC
	Omar Hernandez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
	Gabriel Alves	South Georgia Tormenta FC

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean[22]
1	Carlos Merancio	Spokane Velocity FC	7
2	Jason Smith	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	6
3	Hunter Morse	Portland Hearts of Pine	4
	Edward Delgado	FC Naples
	Gunther Rankenburg	Greenville Triumph SC
	Matt Levy	Charlotte Independence
7	Sean Lewis	One Knoxville SC	3
	Bernd Schipmann	Forward Madison FC
	Javier Garcia	Texoma FC
	Carlos Avilez	AV Alta FC
	Rashid Nuhu	Union Omaha

USL Cup

Main article: 2025 USL Cup

See also

• USL League One