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| dates = March 8 – October 25 (regular season) | | dates = March 8 – October 25 (regular season)<br />November 1 – November 14-16 (playoffs) | ||
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The '''2025 USL League One season''' will be the seventh season of ], a professional men's ] league in the third tier of the ]. | The '''2025 USL League One season''' will be the seventh season of ], a professional men's ] league in the third tier of the ]. | ||
Fourteen teams will participate in the 2025 season. Five teams, ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baxter |first=Kevin |date=2024-05-16 |title=New USL League One team in Antelope Valley builds on buzz with crest, name reveal party |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2024-05-16/lancaster-soccer |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wasson |first=David |title=United Soccer League One to bring pro team to Naples' Paradise Coast Sports Complex in 2025 |url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/sports/soccer/2024/01/17/usl-league-one-bringing-team-to-naples-paradise-sports-complex-home-starting-in-2025/72247191007/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Naples Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=York |first=Jason |date=2024-07-22 |title=USL League One: Why Portland is buzzing about next year's Hearts of Pine debut |url=https://www.soccerjournal.com/usl-league-one-why-portland-is-buzzing-about-next-years-hearts-of-pine-debut/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=New England Soccer Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-12-18 |title=Sherman soccer club announces debut season schedule |url=https://www.kten.com/sherman-soccer-club-announces-debut-season-schedule/article_4d7d80d0-be43-11ef-919e-a39d5ca39aed.html |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=KTEN |language=en}}</ref> and ],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stern |first=Gary |date=2024-04-25 |title=Men's pro soccer team set to represent Westchester, begin play in Mount Vernon in 2025 |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2024/04/25/westchester-soccer-club-to-play-pro-sport-mount-vernon-ny-memorial-field-usl-league-one/73412152007/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240427032750/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2024/04/25/westchester-soccer-club-to-play-pro-sport-mount-vernon-ny-memorial-field-usl-league-one/73412152007/ |archive-date=2024-04-27 |access-date=2024-12-26 |work=The Journal News |language=en-US}}</ref> joined as expansion franchises. |
Fourteen teams will participate in the 2025 season. Five teams, ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baxter |first=Kevin |date=2024-05-16 |title=New USL League One team in Antelope Valley builds on buzz with crest, name reveal party |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2024-05-16/lancaster-soccer |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wasson |first=David |title=United Soccer League One to bring pro team to Naples' Paradise Coast Sports Complex in 2025 |url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/sports/soccer/2024/01/17/usl-league-one-bringing-team-to-naples-paradise-sports-complex-home-starting-in-2025/72247191007/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Naples Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=York |first=Jason |date=2024-07-22 |title=USL League One: Why Portland is buzzing about next year's Hearts of Pine debut |url=https://www.soccerjournal.com/usl-league-one-why-portland-is-buzzing-about-next-years-hearts-of-pine-debut/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=New England Soccer Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-12-18 |title=Sherman soccer club announces debut season schedule |url=https://www.kten.com/sherman-soccer-club-announces-debut-season-schedule/article_4d7d80d0-be43-11ef-919e-a39d5ca39aed.html |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=KTEN |language=en}}</ref> and ],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stern |first=Gary |date=2024-04-25 |title=Men's pro soccer team set to represent Westchester, begin play in Mount Vernon in 2025 |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2024/04/25/westchester-soccer-club-to-play-pro-sport-mount-vernon-ny-memorial-field-usl-league-one/73412152007/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240427032750/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2024/04/25/westchester-soccer-club-to-play-pro-sport-mount-vernon-ny-memorial-field-usl-league-one/73412152007/ |archive-date=2024-04-27 |access-date=2024-12-26 |work=The Journal News |language=en-US}}</ref> joined as expansion franchises. ] left to join ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Jordan |date=2024-08-13 |title=Lexington Sporting Club is set to join the USL Championship |url=https://fox56news.com/news/local/lexington/lexington-sporting-club-is-set-to-join-the-usl-championship/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Fox 56}}</ref> ] voluntarily left the league.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gligich |first=Daniel |date=2024-11-14 |title=Central Valley Fuego FC parts ways with USL League One |url=https://sjvsun.com/sports/central-valley-fuego-fc-parts-ways-with-usl-league-one/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The San Joaquin Valley Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> The franchise agreement for the ] was terminated when its owners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coloradoan |date=2024-11-15 |title=Northern Colorado soccer club booted from league |url=https://www.9news.com/article/sports/local-sports/northern-colorado-hailstorm-franchise-agreement-terminated-usl-league/73-0e1a16cb-df11-45d7-89ba-5e6c6dd78766 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=9News}}</ref> | ||
The regular season will start on March 8.<ref>{{Cite web |last=USL Soccer Staff |
The regular season will start on March 8.<ref name="schedule">{{Cite web |last=USL Soccer Staff |date=2024-12-19 |title=USL League One reveals the 2025 season schedule |url=https://www.uslleagueone.com/news_article/show/1326679 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=USL League One |language=en-us}}</ref> The 2025 season also included a new format of the in-season tournament, the ] (known as the USL ] Cup for sponsorship reasons) which featured a group stage and knockout round between all 38 teams in the two professional ] leagues, the USL Championship and the USL League One, to be played between April and September.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Alex |date=2024-12-12 |title=USL expanding Jägermeister Cup to all teams |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/12/12/usl-jaegermeister-cup |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Sports Business Journal |language=en}}</ref> | ||
] are the defending league champions and Player's Shield winners. | |||
==Teams== | ==Teams== | ||
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=== Managerial changes === | |||
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| December 4, 2024 | |||
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| December 4, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian Fuller Announced as One Knox Head Coach |url=https://www.oneknoxsc.com/news/2024/12/04/ian-fuller-head-coach/ |date=December 4, 2024 |website=OneKnoxSC.com |publisher=One Knoxville SC |access-date=December 4, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
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==Regular season== | |||
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===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.<ref name="schedule"/> | |||
===League table=== | |||
{{2025 USL League One table}} | |||
==USL Cup== | ==USL Cup== |
Latest revision as of 05:05, 27 December 2024
Football league season
Season | 2025 |
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Dates | March 8 – October 25 (regular season) November 1 – November 14-16 (playoffs) |
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of December 25, 2024. |
The 2025 USL League One season will be the seventh season of USL League One, a professional men's soccer league in the third tier of the United States league system.
Fourteen teams will participate in the 2025 season. Five teams, AV Alta FC, FC Naples, Portland Hearts of Pine, Texoma FC, and Westchester SC, joined as expansion franchises. Lexington SC left to join USL Championship, Central Valley Fuego FC voluntarily left the league. The franchise agreement for the Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC was terminated when its owners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The regular season will start on March 8. The 2025 season also included a new format of the in-season tournament, the USL Cup (known as the USL Jägermeister Cup for sponsorship reasons) which featured a group stage and knockout round between all 38 teams in the two professional USL leagues, the USL Championship and the USL League One, to be played between April and September.
Union Omaha are the defending league champions and Player's Shield winners.
Teams
AVACLTCHAMADGVLNAPKNXPHPRICTRMSPKTXOOMAWESclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams for the 2025 USL League One seasonManagerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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One Knoxville SC | Ilija Ilić (interim) | End of interim period | December 4, 2024 | Ian Fuller | December 4, 2024 |
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.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | AV Alta FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs |
2 | Charlotte Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | FC Naples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Forward Madison FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Greenville Triumph SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | One Knoxville SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Union Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Portland Hearts of Pine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Spokane Velocity FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Richmond Kickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Texoma FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Westchester SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
USL Cup
Main article: 2025 USL CupSee also
References
- Baxter, Kevin (May 16, 2024). "New USL League One team in Antelope Valley builds on buzz with crest, name reveal party". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- Wasson, David. "United Soccer League One to bring pro team to Naples' Paradise Coast Sports Complex in 2025". Naples Daily News. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- York, Jason (July 22, 2024). "USL League One: Why Portland is buzzing about next year's Hearts of Pine debut". New England Soccer Journal. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- "Sherman soccer club announces debut season schedule". KTEN. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- Stern, Gary (April 25, 2024). "Men's pro soccer team set to represent Westchester, begin play in Mount Vernon in 2025". The Journal News. Archived from the original on April 27, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- Adams, Jordan (August 13, 2024). "Lexington Sporting Club is set to join the USL Championship". Fox 56. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
- Gligich, Daniel (November 14, 2024). "Central Valley Fuego FC parts ways with USL League One". The San Joaquin Valley Sun. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- Coloradoan (November 15, 2024). "Northern Colorado soccer club booted from league". 9News. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
- ^ USL Soccer Staff (December 19, 2024). "USL League One reveals the 2025 season schedule". USL League One. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- Silverman, Alex (December 12, 2024). "USL expanding Jägermeister Cup to all teams". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- "Triumph Announces New 10,000-Seat Multi-Use Stadium at BridgeWay Station". greenvilletriumph.com. October 30, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- "Union Omaha, Alliance Sports announce plans for soccer-specific downtown". uslleagueone.com. January 25, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- "Ian Fuller Announced as One Knox Head Coach". OneKnoxSC.com. One Knoxville SC. December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
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