United Soccer League 2017

United Soccer League 2017
master	Louisville City FC
Teams	30th
Games	480  (of which 480 played)
Gates	1313  (ø 2.74 per game)
spectator	2,065,006  (ø 4302 per game)
Top scorer	Dane Kelly (18)
← 2016 2018 →
↑ Major League Soccer 2017 Division III (not assigned) ↓

The 7th United Soccer League season began with the regular season on March 25, 2017. It was raised to provisional Division II status (2nd division) by the United States Soccer Federation . The status of the original second-rate North American Soccer League was withdrawn for the 2018 season.

The Real Monarchs won the regular season . The subsequent play-offs were won for the first time by Louisville City FC by beating Swope Park Rangers 1-0 in the final .

mode

The regular sesaon took place from March to September 2017. In this, the clubs competed in a round-robin tournament with a return game against the other clubs from the same conference. The four other games were played against regional competitors from the same conference. The eight best clubs of the two conferences qualified for the play-offs, which were held from October 2017. In these the respective conference champions were determined, the two conference winners then met in the final on November 13, 2017.

Changes compared to 2016

On September 16, 2015, the association announced the expansion of the league to include Reno 1868 FC . On October 25, 2016, it was announced that the Tampa Bay Rowdies were moving from the North American Soccer League to the USL this season . Ottawa Fury also moved from NASL to USL this season. The new owner of Arizona United SC renamed the franchise Phoenix Rising in November 2016 and went by that name this season. On December 9, 2016, Montreal Impact signed a partner contract with Ottawa Fury , the previous farm team FC Montréal , which had played in the USL, was therefore dissolved. The Wilmington Hammerheads moved to the amateur league Premier Development League .

Franchises

Bethlehem Charleston Charlotte Colorado Springs Cincinnati Harrisburg Carson Louisville Montclair Oklahoma City Irvine Orlando Ottawa Scottsdale Pittsburgh Portland Herriman Reno Richmond Edinburgh Rochester Sacramento Fenton San Antonio Tukwila Kansas City Saint Petersburg Vaughan Tulsa Vancouver

Venues for the USL 2017 franchises (red: Western Conference, blue: Eastern Conference)

society	city	Stadion	capacity	Trainer	MLS partner
Bethlehem Steel FC	Bethlehem , Pennsylvania	Goodman Stadium	16,000	Brendan Burke	Philadelphia Union
Charleston Battery	Charleston , South Carolina	MUSC Health Stadium	5,100	Michael Anhaeuser
Charlotte Independence	Charlotte , North Carolina	Ramblewood Soccer Complex	4,300	Mike Jeffries
Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Colorado Springs , Colorado	Weidner Field	5,000	Steve stepping shoe
Cincinnati FC	Cincinnati , Ohio	Nippert Stadium	40,000	Alan Koch
Harrisburg City Islanders	Harrisburg , Pennsylvania	FNB Field	6.187	Bill mug
LA Galaxy II	Carson , California	StubHub Center	2,000	Mike Muñoz	LA Galaxy
Louisville City FC	Louisville , Kentucky	Louisville Slugger Field	8,000	James O'Connor
New York Red Bulls II	Montclair , New Jersey	MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field	3,000	John Wolyniec	New York Red Bulls
Oklahoma City Energy	Oklahoma City , Oklahoma	Taft Stadium	7,500	Jimmy Nielsen	FC Dallas
Orange County SC	Irvine , California	Champion Stadium	5,000	Logan pause	Los Angeles FC
Orlando City B	Orlando , Florida	Orlando City Stadium	25,500	Anthony Pulis	Orlando City
Ottawa Fury	Ottawa , Ontario	TD Place Stadium	24,000	Julian de Guzman	Montreal Impact
Phoenix Rising	Scottsdale , Arizona	Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex	6,200	Patrice Carteron
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania	Highmark Stadium	3,500	Dave Brandt
Portland Timbers 2	Portland , Oregon	Providence Park	21,144	Andrew Gregor	Portland Timbers
Real monarchs	Herriman , Utah	Rio Tinto Stadium	20,213	Mark Briggs	Real Salt Lake
Reno 1868 FC	Reno , Nevada	Greater Nevada Field	9,013	Ian Russell	San Jose Earthquakes
Richmond Kickers	Richmond , Virginia	City Stadium	22,611	Leigh Cowlishaw	DC United
Rio Grande Valley Toros	Edinburgh , Texas	HEB Park	9,735	Junior Gonzalez	Houston Dynamo
Rochester Rhinos	Rochester , New York	Rochester Rhinos Stadium	13,768	Bob Lilley	New England Revolution
Sacramento Republic	Sacramento , California	Papa Murphy's Park	11,569	Paul Buckle
Saint Louis FC	Fenton , Missouri	Toyota Stadium	5,500	Predrag Radosavljević
San Antonio FC	San Antonio , Texas	Toyota Field	8,296	Darren Powell	New York City FC
Seattle Sounders 2	Tukwila , Washington	Starfire Sports	4,500	Ezra Hendrickson	Seattle Sounders
Swope Park Rangers	Kansas City , Missouri	Swope Soccer Village	3,557	Nikola Popovic	Sporting Kansas City
Tampa Bay rowdies	Saint Petersburg , Florida	Al Lang Stadium	7,500	Stuart Campbell
Toronto FC II	Vaughan , Ontario	Ontario Soccer Center	2,000	Jason Bent	Toronto FC
Tulsa Roughneck	Tulsa , Oklahoma	ONEOK Field	7,833	David Vaudreuil
Vancouver Whitecaps 2	Vancouver , British Columbia	Thunderbird Stadium	3,500	Rich Fagan	Vancouver Whitecaps

Regular season

As in previous seasons, if there is a tie, the number of wins is decisive, then goal difference and goals scored to determine the placement.

Eastern Conference

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Louisville City FC	32	18th	8th	6th	058:310	+27	62
2.	Charleston Battery	32	15th	9	8th	053:330	+20	54
3.	Tampa Bay Rowdies (N)	32	14th	11	7th	050:350	+15	53
4th	Rochester Rhinos	32	14th	11	7th	036:280	+8	53
5.	Charlotte Independence	32	13	9	10	052:400	+12	48
6th	Cincinnati FC	32	12	10	10	046:480	−2	46
7th	New York Red Bulls II (M)	32	13	5	14th	057:600	−3	44
8th.	Bethlehem Steel FC	32	12	8th	12	046:450	+1	44
9.	Orlando City B	32	10	12	10	037:360	+1	42
10.	Ottawa Fury (N)	32	8th	14th	10	042:410	+1	38
11.	Harrisburg City Islanders	32	10	7th	15th	028:470	−19	37
12.	Saint Louis FC	32	9	9	14th	035:480	−13	36
13.	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	32	8th	12	12	033:420	−9	36
14th	Richmond Kickers	32	8th	8th	16	024:360	−12	32
15th	Toronto FC II	32	6th	7th	19th	027:540	−27	25th

Qualification play-offs

(M)	Defending champion
(N)	Newbie

Western Conference

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Real monarchs	32	20th	7th	5	059:310	+28	67
2.	San Antonio FC	32	17th	11	4th	045:240	+21	62
3.	Reno 1868 FC (N)	32	17th	8th	7th	075:390	+36	59
4th	Swope Park Rangers	32	17th	7th	8th	055:370	+18	58
5.	Phoenix Rising	32	17th	7th	8th	050:370	+13	58
6th	Oklahoma City Energy	32	14th	7th	11	046:410	+5	49
7th	Tulsa roughnecks	32	14th	4th	14th	046:490	−3	46
8th.	Sacramento Republic	32	13	7th	12	045:430	+2	46
9.	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	32	12	8th	12	055:510	+4	44
10.	Orange County Blues	32	11	10	11	043:470	−4	43
11.	Rio Grande Valley Toros	32	9	8th	15th	037:500	−13	35
12.	Seattle Sounders 2	32	9	4th	19th	042:610	−19	31
13.	LA Galaxy II	32	8th	5	19th	032:640	−32	29
14th	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	32	5	9	18th	032:520	−20	24
15th	Portland Timbers 2	32	3	6th	23	027:630	−36	15th

Qualification play-offs

(N)

Newbie

Play-offs

	First round					Conference semifinals					Conference finals					USL Championship
	1	Louisville City FC	4th
	8th	Bethlehem Steel FC	0
							Louisville City FC	1
							Rochester Rhinos	0
	4th	Rochester Rhinos	2
	5	Charlotte Independence	1 a.d.
												Louisville City FC	1 (4)
	Eastern Conference
												New York Red Bulls II	1 (3)
	3	Tampa Bay rowdies	3
	6th	Cincinnati FC	0
							Tampa Bay rowdies	1
							New York Red Bulls II	2 n. V.
	2	Charleston Battery	0
	7th	New York Red Bulls II	4th
																	Louisville City FC	1
																	Swope Park Rangers	0
	1	Real monarchs	1 (1)
	2	Sacramento Republic	1 (3)
							Sacramento Republic	0
							Swope Park Rangers	1
	4th	Swope Park Rangers	1 (4)
	5	Phoenix Rising	1 (2)
												Swope Park Rangers	0 (7)
	Western Conference
												Oklahoma City Energy	0 (6)
	3	Reno 1868 FC	0
	6th	Oklahoma City Energy	1
							Oklahoma City Energy	1 (4)
							San Antonio FC	1 (1)
	2	San Antonio FC	2
	7th	Tulsa roughnecks	1

First round

Eastern Conference

Oct 20, 2017 7:30 PM EDT	Louisville City FC	4: 0 (2: 0)	Bethlehem Steel FC	Louisville Slugger Field Spectators: 6,378 Umpire: Marcos de Oliveira
	Morad 14 ′ , 31 ′ Spencer 70 ′ Ownby 79 ′	report

Oct 21, 2017 6:05 PM EDT	Rochester Rhinos	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)	Charlotte Independence	Rochester Rhinos Stadium Spectators: 1,647 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
	Count 53 ′ Defregger 113 ′	report	Martinez 69 ′

Oct 21, 2017 7:00 PM EDT	Charleston Battery	0: 4 (0: 1)	New York Red Bulls II	MUSC Health Stadium Spectators: 3,410 Referee: Kevin Broadley
		report	Bonomo 39 ′ Kutler 51 ′ Valot 71 ′ Mines 84 ′

Oct 21, 2017 7:30 PM EDT	Tampa Bay rowdies	3: 0 (2: 0)	Cincinnati FC	Al Lang Stadium Spectators: 6,104 Referee: Malik Badawi
	Shepherd 8 ′ , 25 ′ Christow 67 ′	report

Western Conference

October 20, 2017 7:00 p.m. MDT	Real monarchs	1: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)	Sacramento Republic	Rio Tinto Stadium Spectators: 2,234 Referee: Ramy Touchan
	Hoffman 86 ′ ( penalty )	report	Espino 49 ′

		penalties shoot
	Cruz Velásquez Haber Hoffman	1: 3	Partain Kiffe Hall

Oct 21, 2017 5:45 PM PDT	Reno 1868 FC	0: 1 (0: 1)	Oklahoma City Energy	Greater Nevada Field Spectators: 4,342 Umpire: Victor Rivas
		report	Wojcik 41 ′

October 21, 2017 7:30 p.m. CDT	San Antonio FC	2: 1 (0: 1)	Tulsa roughnecks	Toyota Field Spectators: 7,019 Umpire: Timothy Ford
	Elizondo 61 ′ Guzmán 90 + 4 ′ ( Penalty )	report	Gee 23 ′

October 21, 2017 7:30 p.m. CDT a	Swope Park Rangers	1: 1 a.d. (0: 0, 0: 0)	Phoenix Rising	Swope Soccer Village Spectators: 912 Referees: Guido Gonzales Jr.
	Didic 109 ′	report	Drogba 99 ′

		penalties shoot
	Selbol Duke Belmar Moloto	4: 2	Lambert Dia Awako Mala

^a The game was stopped after the first half due to heavy rain and continued the next day.

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

Oct 28, 2017 7:30 PM EDT	Louisville City FC	1: 0 (0: 0)	Rochester Rhinos	Louisville Slugger Field Spectators: 7,117 Umpire: Victor Rivas
	Ownby 77 ′	report

Oct 28, 2017 7:30 PM EDT	Tampa Bay rowdies	1: 2 n.v. (1: 1, 1: 0)	New York Red Bulls II	Al Lang Stadium Spectators: 5,119 Referee: Joseph Dickerson
	Christow 26 ′	report	Bonomo 58 ′ ( penalty ) , 93 ′

Western Conference

October 28, 2017 4:00 p.m. CDT	Swope Park Rangers	1: 0 (0: 0)	Sacramento Republic	Children's Mercy Park Spectators: 1,248 Referee: Ramy Touchan
	Belmar 46 ′	report

October 28, 2017 8:30 p.m. CDT	San Antonio FC	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0)	Oklahoma City Energy	Toyota Field Spectators: 7,032 Referees: Guido Gonzales Jr.
	Elizondo 7 ′	report	Wojcik 85 ′

		penalties shoot
	Guzmán Castillo Reed	1: 4	Angulo Brown Hyland Wallace

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

Nov. 4, 2017 7:30 PM EDT	Louisville City FC	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0)	New York Red Bulls II	Louisville Slugger Field Spectators: 10,047 Umpire: Sorin Stoica
	Ownby 12 ′	report	Flemmings 57 ′

		penalties shoot
	Smith DelPiccolo Totsch Jimenez Ballard	4: 3	Bonomo Martínez Valot Mines Kutler

Western Conference

November 4, 2017 7:30 p.m. CDT	Swope Park Rangers	0: 0 a.d.	Oklahoma City Energy	Children's Mercy Park Spectators: 3,012 Referee: Robert Sibiga
	Belmar 46 ′	report

		penalties shoot
	Selbol Duke Belmar Moloto Hernandez Barnathan Storm Musa Didic Maher Zendejas	7: 6	Angulo Brown Hyland Wallace González Gonzalez Daly Wojcik Bond Fink Cochran

USL Championship

pairing	Louisville City FC - Swope Park Rangers
Result	1: 0 (0: 0)
date	Nov 13, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Stadion	Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville
spectator	14,456
referee	Jose Carlos Rivero
Gates	1-0 Lancaster (88th)
Louisville City FC	Greg Ranjitsingh - Paco Craig, Sean Totsch, Tarek Morad - Kyle Smith, Oscar Jimenez, Devon Williams, Paolo DelPiccolo (C) - Luke Spencer (67th Cameron Lancaster), George Davis, Brian Ownby (73rd Mark Anthony Kaye)
Swope Park Rangers	Adrian Zendejas - Colton Storm, Parker Maher, Amer Didic, Dakota Barnathan (91st Max Rugova) - James Musa, Kévin Oliveira, Christian Duke (C) (71st Felipe Hernandez) - Lebo Moloto, Nansel Selbol, Kharlton Belmar
yellow cards	Mark Anthony Kaye (90th + 3 ') - James Musa (17th), Amer Didic (24th)
References	Guy evening b (90th + 8 ') - no

^b As a substitute

statistics

List of goalscorers

If the number of goals is the same, the players are listed alphabetically. The goals from the regular season and the play-offs have been added.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Dane Kelly	Reno 1868 FC	18th
2.	Chandler Hoffman	Real monarchs	17th
	Enzo Martínez	Charlotte Independence
4th	José Angulo	Oklahoma City Energy	15th
	Kharlton Belmar	Swope Park Rangers
	Georgi Christow	Tampa Bay rowdies
	Romario Williams	Charleston Battery
8th.	Corey Hertzog	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	14th
9.	Stefano Bonomo	New York Red Bulls II	13
	Jason Johnson	Phoenix Rising
Status: end of season

templates

If the number of templates is the same, the players are listed alphabetically. The templates from the regular season and the play-offs have been added.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Chris Wehan	Reno 1868 FC	12
2.	Vincent Bezecourt	New York Red Bulls II	11
	Marcel Schäfer	Tampa Bay rowdies
4th	Maikel Chang	Charleston Battery	10
	Irvin Parra	Orange County SC
Status: end of season

Change of coach

date	society	Trainer	reason	successor	source
29th March 2017	Real monarchs	Mike Petke	Promoted ( Real Salt Lake )	Mark Briggs
April 24, 2017	Phoenix Rising	Frank Yallop	resignation	Rick Schantz (Interim)
May 22, 2017	Phoenix Rising	Rick Schantz	End of the interim period	Patrice Carteron
15th August 2017	Ottawa Fury	Paul Dalglish	resignation	Julian de Guzmán (interim)

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Dane Kelly ( Reno 1868 FC )
• Rookie of the Year: Chris Wehan ( Reno 1868 FC )
• Defender of the Year: Sebastien Ibeagha ( San Antonio FC )
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Diego Restrepo ( San Antonio FC )
• Coach of the Year: Mark Briggs ( Real Monarchs )

Web links

• Table status 2017 of the USL

Individual evidence

1. ↑ USL Granted USSF Provisional Division 2 status. January 6, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
2. ↑ US Soccer denies NASL Division 2 status for 2018. In: ESPN . September 5, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
3. ↑ USL Announces 2017 Expansion Club in Reno. United Soccer League , September 16, 2015; Archived from the original on September 20, 2015 ; accessed on March 14, 2018 (English). 
4. ↑ USL Expands with Addition of Tampa Bay Rowdies. October 25, 2016, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
5. ^ USL Announces Addition of Ottawa Fury FC. October 25, 2016, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Alejandro Barahona: Arizona United SC reveals new name and logo, plus stadium plans for 2017 season. November 28, 2016, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
7. ^ The Montreal Impact associates with Ottawa Fury FC in the USL. December 6, 2016, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
8. ^ New York Red Bulls II Make Montclair State University Home; Remainder of 2016 USL Schedule to be played at Red Bull Arena. May 10, 2016, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
9. ^ Lightning, Heavy Rain Postpones Swope Park, Phoenix. October 22, 2017, accessed on March 14, 2018 . 
10. ^ Match Report - Louisville City FC vs. Swope Park Rangers. Retrieved March 14, 2018 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} 2017 LEAGUE LEADERS. USL, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Monarchs Appoint Briggs as head coach. March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2018 . 
13. ^ Rising FC Begins Coaching Search. April 24, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2018 . 
14. ^ Rising FC Names Carteron as Head Coach. May 22, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2018 . 
15. ^ Head Coach Paul Dalglish resigns from Ottawa Fury FC; Julian de Guzman named interim head coach. August 15, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Kelly Named Most Valuable Player. November 22, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
17. ↑ Wehan Named Rookie of the Year. November 22, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Ibeagha Named Defender of the Year. November 22, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
19. ^ Restrepo Named Goalkeeper of the Year. November 22, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018 . 
20. ^ Briggs Named Coach of the Year. November 22, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018 .