2019 USL Championship Playoffs
The 2019 USL Championship Playoffs is the postseason tournament following the 2019 USL Championship regular season. Including USL Pro history, it is the ninth postseason tournament. The tournament began on October 23 and will end with the USL Championship Final on November 17.
Country | United States Canada |
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Teams | 20 |
Defending champions | Louisville City FC |
Champions | Real Monarchs SLC |
Runners-up | Louisville City FC |
Matches played | 19 |
Goals scored | 65 (3.42 per match) |
Attendance | 102,391 (5,389 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Neco Brett Magnus Rasmussen (4) |
← 2018 2020 → |
The top 10 teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs. Each conference had a "Play-In round" where the 7 seed hosted the 10 seed and the 8 hosted the 9. The lowest remaining seed then played the 1 seed and the other play-in survivor played the 2 seed to form an 8-team playoff bracket. Each of the 8 team playoff brackets consisted of teams within their respective conference and the matches were hosted by the higher seed. The USL Cup will be the season's only match that involves teams from different conferences; it will be hosted by the conference champion with the better regular-season record.[1]
Phoenix Rising FC clinched the USL Championship regular season title on September 28th and earned the number one seed in the Western Conference.[2]
Conference standings
The top 10 teams from each conference advanced to the playoffs.
Bracket
Eastern Conference Play-In October 23 | ||||
7 | North Carolina FC | 2 | ||
10 | Birmingham Legion FC | 3 | ||
Eastern Conference Play-In October 23 | ||||
8 | Ottawa Fury FC | 1(4) | ||
9 | Charleston Battery (pen.) | 1(5) | ||
Western Conference Play-In October 23 | ||||
7 | Sacramento Republic | 2 | ||
10 | New Mexico United | 1 | ||
Western Conference Play-In October 23 | ||||
8 | Austin Bold FC | 2 | ||
9 | LA Galaxy II | 0 | ||
Conference Quarterfinals October 26 | Conference Semifinals November 1-2 | Conference Final November 9 | USL Championship Final November 17 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Birmingham Legion FC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Louisville City FC (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Louisville City FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Louisville City FC (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Indy Eleven | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Indy Eleven | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | New York Red Bulls II | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Indy Eleven | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Nashville SC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Nashville SC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Charleston Battery | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Louisville City FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Real Monarchs SLC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Phoenix Rising FC | 0(8) | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Austin Bold FC | 0(7) | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Phoenix Rising FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Real Monarchs SLC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Real Monarchs SLC | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Orange County SC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Real Monarchs SLC (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | El Paso Locomotive FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Fresno FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | El Paso Locomotive FC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | El Paso Locomotive FC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Sacramento Republic | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Reno 1868 FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Sacramento Republic | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Schedule
Conference Play-In Round
October 23, 2019 East | North Carolina FC | 2–3 | Birmingham Legion FC | Cary, North Carolina |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Albadawi Fortune |
Report | Hollinger-Janzen Herivaux Williams |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,675 Referee: Tim Ford |
October 23, 2019 East | Ottawa Fury FC | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | Charleston Battery | Ottawa, Ontario |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Samb Fall |
Report | Higashi Marini Lewis |
Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 2,427 Referee: David Barrie |
Penalties | ||||
Fall Haworth Barry Samb Thiago |
October 23, 2019 West | Sacramento Republic FC | 2–1 | New Mexico United | Sacramento, California |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Enevoldsen Alemán Villarreal Werner |
Report | Sandoval Padilla Wehan Guzmán Schmidt |
Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 9,907 Referee: Elton Garcia |
October 23, 2019 West | Austin Bold FC | 2–0 | LA Galaxy II | Austin, Texas |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Twumasi Lima Soto McFarlane Braafheid |
Report | Harvey Hernández Kamara |
Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 2,656 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr |
Conference Quarterfinals
October 26, 2019 East | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 7–0 | Birmingham Legion FC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Brett Fisher Dover Mertz Adewole |
Report | Culbertson Lopez Herivaux |
Stadium: Highmark Stadium Referee: Mark Allatin |
October 26, 2019 East | Nashville SC | 3–1 | Charleston Battery | Nashville, Tennessee |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Moloto King Ríos Ockford Davis Jones |
Report | Lewis |
Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 6,253 Referee: Greg Dopka |
October 26, 2019 East | Indy Eleven | 1–0 | New York Red Bulls II | Indianapolis, Indiana |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Ouimette |
Report | Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 5,175 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
October 26, 2019 East | Louisville City FC | 2–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Rasmussen Ownby |
Report | Ekra Diakité Guenzatti |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 4,636 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
October 26, 2019 West | Phoenix Rising FC | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p) | Austin Bold FC | Scottsdale, Arizona |
7:30 p.m. MST | Lambert Jahn |
Report | Soto McFarlane Guadarrama de Villardi |
Stadium: Casino Arizona Field Attendance: 6,642 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
Penalties | ||||
Flemmings Bakero Calistri Lambert Spencer Farrell Johnson Dia Cochran |
October 26, 2019 West | Reno 1868 FC | 1–3 | Sacramento Republic FC | Reno, Nevada |
6:30 p.m. MDT | Hertzog |
Report | Werner Iwasa Taintor Enevoldsen Skundrich |
Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 3,275 Referee: Malik Badawi |
October 26, 2019 West | Fresno FC | 2–3 | El Paso Locomotive FC | Fresno, California |
7:30 p.m. PDT | Chaney Strong Cooper |
Report | Gómez Kiffe Velásquez |
Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 5,352 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
October 26, 2019 West | Real Monarchs SLC | 6–2 | Orange County SC | Herriman, Utah |
12:00 p.m. MDT | Chang Martínez Mulholland Blake Schmitt Holt |
Report | Orozco Forrester Hume Seaton |
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 2,749 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
Conference Semifinals
November 1, 2019 West | Phoenix Rising FC | 1–2 | Real Monarchs SLC | Scottsdale, Arizona |
7:30 p.m. MST | Flemmings Asante |
Report | Blake Chang Powder |
Stadium: Casino Arizona Field Attendance: 7,548 Referee: Jon Freemon |
November 2, 2019 East | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Louisville City FC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Vancaeyezeele Greenspan |
Report | Spencer McMahon Craig DelPiccolo |
Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 6,073 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
November 2, 2019 East | Nashville SC | 0–1 | Indy Eleven | Nashville, Tennessee |
7:00 p.m. CDT | Washington LaGrassa Ockford |
Report | Ayoze Ouimette Pasher |
Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 4,174 Referee: Elton García |
November 2, 2019 West | El Paso Locomotive FC | 3–0 | Sacramento Republic FC | El Paso, Texas |
7:30 p.m. MDT | Beckie Gómez Ryan Contreras Yuma Velásquez |
Report | Alemán Enevoldsen Barahona |
Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 7,460 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
Conference Finals
November 9, 2019 East | Indy Eleven | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Louisville City FC | Indianapolis, Indiana |
3:00 p.m. EST | Barrett Pasher Ouimette Hackshaw |
Report | Williams Hoppenot Rasmussen Ownby Spencer |
Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 7,171 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
November 9, 2019 West | Real Monarchs SLC | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | El Paso Locomotive FC | Herriman, Utah |
1:00 p.m. MST | Schmitt Ryden Portillo Mulholland Holt |
Report | Fox Kiffe Gómez |
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
USL Championship Final
Louisville City FC | 1–3 | Real Monarchs SLC |
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Rasmussen Williams |
Report | Holt Plewa Schmitt Powder |
Championship Game MVP: Konrad Plewa (SLC)
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 4 | |
Louisville City FC | |||
3 | Real Monarchs SLC | 3 | |
Real Monarchs SLC | |||
5 | Real Monarchs SLC | 2 | |
Sacramento Republic | |||
El Paso Locomotive | |||
Indy Eleven | |||
Louisville City FC | |||
El Paso Locomotive | |||
11 | North Carolina FC | 1 | |
Sacramento Republic | |||
Fresno FC | |||
El Paso Locomotive FC | |||
Fresno FC | |||
Louisville City FC | |||
Pittsburgh Riverhounds | |||
Phoenix Rising FC | |||
North Carolina FC | |||
El Paso Locomotive FC | |||
Tampa Bay Rowdies | |||
Birmingham Legion | |||
Reno 1868 FC | |||
Charleston Battery | |||
Birmingham Legion | |||
Louisville City FC | |||
Sacramento Republic | |||
Nashville SC | |||
El Paso Locomotive | |||
Charleston Battery | |||
Real Monarchs SLC | |||
Austin Bold FC | |||
Pittsburgh Riverhounds | |||
Nashville SC | |||
Indy Eleven | |||
Orange County SC | |||
Real Monarchs SLC | |||
Real Monarchs SLC | |||
Nashville SC | |||
Real Monarchs SLC | |||
Ottawa Fury FC | |||
New Mexico United | |||
Real Monarchs SLC | |||
Orange County SC | |||
Austin Bold FC | |||
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | |||
Sacramento Republic | |||
Birmingham Legion |
Own Goals
References
- "Road to the 2019 USL Championship Final Unveiled". USLChampionship.com. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- Anderson, Jake (September 28, 2019). "Phoenix Rising clinches USL regular-season title with late comeback draw". ArizonaSports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- "Playoffs Stats". United Soccer League. Retrieved November 17, 2019.