Western Conference (USL Championship)

Western Conference
League	USL Championship
Sport	Soccer
Founded	January 21, 2015
No. of teams	12
Most recent champion(s)	Colorado Springs Switchbacks (2024) (1st title)
Most titles	Phoenix Rising FC (3 titles)

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Tulsa	17	9	3	5	27	18	+9	32	Playoffs
2	Sacramento Republic FC	17	7	4	6	25	13	+12	27
3	San Antonio FC	17	8	6	3	24	24	0	27
4	El Paso Locomotive FC	17	7	5	5	30	25	+5	26
5	New Mexico United	16	8	7	1	22	21	+1	25
6	Phoenix Rising FC	18	6	6	6	30	33	−3	24
7	Orange County SC	16	7	7	2	26	23	+3	23
8	Monterey Bay FC	18	6	8	4	19	23	−4	22
9	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	17	5	6	6	22	23	−1	21
10	Oakland Roots SC	17	6	9	2	19	25	−6	20
11	Lexington SC	18	4	7	7	18	26	−8	19
12	Las Vegas Lights FC	18	5	10	3	13	34	−21	18

Updated to match(es) played on August 2, 2025. Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots

Club	City	Stadium
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Weidner Field
El Paso Locomotive FC	El Paso, Texas	Southwest University Park
FC Tulsa	Tulsa, Oklahoma	ONEOK Field
Las Vegas Lights FC	Las Vegas, Nevada	Cashman Field
Lexington SC	Lexington, Kentucky	Lexington SC Stadium
Monterey Bay FC	Seaside, California	Cardinale Stadium
New Mexico United	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Isotopes Park
Oakland Roots SC	Oakland, California	Pioneer Stadium
Orange County SC	Irvine, California	Championship Stadium
Phoenix Rising FC	Phoenix, Arizona	Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium
Sacramento Republic FC	Sacramento, California	Heart Health Park
San Antonio FC	San Antonio, Texas	Toyota Field

Clubs timeline

Conference Member Club moved to Eastern Conference Club playing in different league Former clubs

2015 (12 teams)

Changes from 2014: USL Pro expanded and was rebranded as simply USL; the round robin table was split into two conferences: Eastern and Western.

2016 (15 teams)

Changes from 2015: Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, the Swope Park Rangers and San Antonio FC were added as expansion franchises;^[2] Saint Louis FC moved in from the Eastern Conference; the Austin Aztex went on hiatus

2017 (15 teams)

Changes from 2016: Arizona United SC was renamed Phoenix Rising FC; the Orange County Blues was renamed Orange County SC; the Austin Aztex folded; Reno 1868 FC was added as an expansion franchise; Saint Louis FC moved out to the Eastern Conference^[3]

2018 (17 teams)

Changes from 2017: Fresno FC and Las Vegas Lights FC were added as expansion franchises; the Vancouver Whitecaps 2 folded; Saint Louis FC moved in from the Western Conference.^[4]

2019 (18 teams)

Changes from 2018: Austin Bold FC, El Paso Locomotive FC and the New Mexico United were added as expansion franchises.;^[5] Saint Louis FC and the Swope Park Rangers moved out to the Eastern Conference; Seattle Sounders FC 2 rebranded as Tacoma Defiance.

2020 (18 teams)

Group A (4 teams)

Group B (5 teams)

Group C (4 teams)

Group D (5 teams)

Changes from 2019: San Diego Loyal SC was added as an expansion franchise; the Tulsa Roughnecks were renamed FC Tulsa; Fresno FC was disbanded. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was split into four groups. Two groups of four and two groups of five.^[6]

2021 (15 teams)

Mountain Division

Pacific Division

Changes from 2020: The conference was divided into two divisions, Mountain and Pacific; Oakland Roots SC joined in from NISA: the Portland Timbers 2 was withdrawn by the MLS parent club; Reno 1868 FC was disbanded; Oklahoma City Energy and FC Tulsa moved out to the Eastern Conference.^[7]

2022 (13 teams)

Changes from 2021: The Mountain and Pacific divisions were dropped; Monterey Bay FC was added as an expansion franchise; the Real Monarchs and the Tacoma Defiance were withdrawn by their MLS parent clubs and moved to MLS Next Pro; Austin Bold FC went on hiatus; will move to a yet-to-be-named Texas city for the 2023 season.^[8]

2023 (12 teams)

Changes from 2022: The LA Galaxy II was withdrawn by their MLS parent club and moved to MLS Next Pro;^[9]

2024 (12 teams)

Changes from 2023: Rio Grande Valley FC Toros^[10] and San Diego Loyal SC^[11] folded. FC Tulsa and Memphis 901 FC moved from the Eastern Conference.^[12]

2025 (12 teams)

Changes from 2024: Lexington SC joined from USL League One. Memphis 901 FC folded. ^[13]

Season	Team	Record	Playoffs result
2015	Orange County Blues	14–9–5 (+4)	Lost conference semifinals
2016	Sacramento Republic FC	14–10–6 (+16)	Lost conference quarterfinals
2017	Real Monarchs SLC	20–5–7 (+28)	Lost conference quarterfinals
2018	Orange County SC	20–8–6 (+30)	Lost conference final
2019	Phoenix Rising FC	24–4–6 (+53)	Lost conference semifinals
2020	Reno 1868 FC	11–2–3 (+22)	Lost conference semifinals
2021	Phoenix Rising FC	20–5–7 (+33)	Lost conference quarterfinals
2022	San Antonio FC	24–5–5 (+28)	Won USL Championship
2023	Sacramento Republic FC	18–6–10 (+25)	Lost conference final
2024	New Mexico United	18–11–5 (+2)	Lost conference semifinals

Western Conference (USL Championship)

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