2023 USL Championship season


The 2023 USL Championship season was the 13th season of the USL Championship and the seventh season under Division II sanctioning. The 2023 season had 24 teams participating in two conferences during the regular season. San Antonio FC were the defending champions.

Teams

Changes from 2022

Joined MLS Next Pro

Personnel and sponsorships

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerKit sponsor
Birmingham Legion FCsortname|Tom|Soehn

Regular season

Format

The teams will play a balanced 34-game schedule. Each team will play their conference opponents twice, and play one game each with the teams in the opposite conference. The top 8 teams in each conference will make the playoffs.

Schedule

Conference Quarterfinals



Conference Semifinals



Conference Finals



USL Championship Final

Championship Game MVP: Rocco Ríos Novo

Regular season statistical leaders

Hat-tricks

;Notes
– Home team
– Away team

Attendances

Sacramento Republic drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023 edition of the USL Championship.

Average home attendances totals

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance with total Attendance.
Team
Sacramento Republic FC17181,64620,2318,76310,685
Louisville City FC17179,33813,2487,28510,549
Indy Eleven17164,54312,3517,1949,679
New Mexico United17163,51811,3856,1029,619
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC17132,0678,0236,2487,769
San Antonio FC17122,2228,2664,7067,190
El Paso Locomotive FC17112,0388,4115,0146,590
Phoenix Rising FC17-479,47710,4374,5306,114*
Detroit City FC17102,5667,1814,2936,033
Tampa Bay Rowdies17-191,2187,4073,5345,701
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC1786,3116,1072,8795,077
Birmingham Legion FC1784,3656,7223,2504,963
Hartford Athletic17-178,7246,5003,0304,920
San Diego Loyal SC1782,0625,6713,2144,827
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros1777,5616,9522,7314,562
Orange County SC1776,0685,5003,0474,475
FC Tulsa1773,4436,4442,1774,320
Monterey Bay FC1767,3785,7203,0193,963
Oakland Roots SC1766,0716,1352,0983,887
Memphis 901 FC1758,6024,0012,2643,447
Charleston Battery1752,9104,4631,6613,112
Loudoun United FC1745,2884,3891,2712,664
Las Vegas Lights FC17-818,4522,8191,1692,050*
Miami FC1724,3402,2351,0071,432
Total4082,220,20820,2311,0075,635