2025 USL Championship season

The 2025 USL Championship season was the 15th season of the USL Championship, the eighth season under Division II sanctioning, and 30th season overall of a national division 2 league, in the United States.
Twenty-four teams in two conferences competed in the regular season. Lexington SC joined from USL League One. Memphis 901 FC withdrew because it was unable to secure the construction of a soccer-specific stadium. The team transferred their franchise rights to Santa Barbara Sky FC, which said they'd begin play in the 2026 season before announcing another delay, this time to the 2027 season. The Brooklyn FC men's team, which was scheduled to begin play in 2025, elected to postpone its debut to the 2026 season.
All 24 teams participated in the USL Jägermeister Cup alongside the 14 USL League One teams.
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC were the defending league champions and Louisville City FC were the defending Players' Shield winners.

Teams

Changes from 2024

Expansion clubs

Lexington SC

Departing clubs

Memphis 901 FC

Personnel and sponsorships

Team

Head coach

Captain

Kit manufacturer

Kit sponsor

Birmingham Legion FC

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Regular season

Format

The teams played an unbalanced 30-game schedule plus four USL Jägermeister Cup games. Each team played their conference opponents twice, home and away, and 8 of the 12 teams in the opposite conference. The top 8 teams in each conference will make the playoffs.

Playoffs

Bracket

Playoff Schedule

Conference Quarterfinals

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

USL Championship Final

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Team
Sacramento Republic FC	15	147,020	11,569	8,176	9,801
Louisville City FC	15	146,264	13,611	8,147	9,751
New Mexico United	15	142,913	11,581	6,713	9,528
Indy Eleven	15	141,969	10,375	7,017	9,465
Rhode Island FC	15	133,713	10,749	7,072	8,914
Oakland Roots SC	15	125,632	26,575	4,765	8,375
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	15	108,563	8,023	6,059	7,238
San Antonio FC	15	95,493	8,164	3,735	6,366
Detroit City FC	15	93,440	7,235	5,047	6,229
El Paso Locomotive FC	15	82,709	8,432	4,049	5,514
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	15	74,479	6,115	3,808	4,965
Hartford Athletic	15	73,707	5,500	4,034	4,914
Tampa Bay Rowdies	15	73,614	7,326	3,692	4,908
Phoenix Rising FC	15	73,018	7,563	3,757	4,868
Orange County SC	15	68,627	5,500	3,020	4,575
Birmingham Legion FC	15	68,106	6,920	2,762	4,540
Lexington SC	15	63,735	6,012	3,471	4,249
Charleston Battery	15	59,133	5,080	2,480	3,942
Monterey Bay FC	15	50,098	5,160	2,420	3,340
FC Tulsa	15	47,654	4,012	2,289	3,177
Las Vegas Lights FC	15	42,048	4,570	1,851	2,803
North Carolina FC	15	38,058	3,774	1,472	2,537
Loudoun United FC	15	34,991	4,204	583	2,333
Miami FC	15	17,491	2,033	768	1,166
Total	360	2,002,663	26,575	583	5,563

Player statistics

Hat-tricks

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– Home team
– Away team