2019 USL Championship season

USL Championship
Season2019
ChampionsReal Monarchs SLC
Regular season titlePhoenix Rising FC
Matches played612
Goals scored1,904 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerSolomon Asante (22)
Biggest home winNYR 8–1 ATL
(July 13)
PGH 7–0 BHM
(October 26) - USL Playoff Record
Biggest away winATL 0–5 PIT
(June 15)
CHS 0–5 TBR
(August 3)
Highest scoringLOU 8–3 SPR
(October 12)
Longest winning run20 games
Phoenix Rising FC
(May 10 – September 21)
(USLC Record, North American Record)
Longest unbeaten run20 games
Phoenix Rising FC
(May 10 – September 21)
Longest winless run17 games
Tulsa Roughnecks
(April 27 – August 28)
Longest losing run8 games
Hartford Athletic
(March 9 – April 27)
Highest attendance20,251
IND 1–0 HFD
(March 30)
Lowest attendance214
SPR 3–2 LOU
(May 6)
Total attendance2,740,323
Average attendance4,478
2018
2020
All statistics correct as of November 17, 2019.

The 2019 USL Championship season is the ninth season of the USL Championship and third under Division II sanctioning. This is the first season in which the league is operating under the name "USL Championship," having used the name "United Soccer League" through 2018. The season began on March 8, 2019, and concluded on October 20, 2019; with each team playing 34 matches.[1] 36 teams competed in the 2019 USL Championship season, split into 2 conferences of 18 teams each. Louisville City FC are the two-time defending USL Cup champions.

The 2019 season is the last for the current version of Nashville SC. The club's identity transferred to a Major League Soccer team that started to play in 2020.[2] Additionally, this season was the last for Ottawa Fury FC. On November 8, the club announced that it had suspended operations; Fury FC had received sanctioning from its country's governing body, Canada Soccer, but was denied by U.S. Soccer and the continental governing body of CONCACAF.[3]

  1. ^ "USL Announces 33-Week Regular Season for 2019 - Soccer Stadium Digest". Soccer Stadium Digest. August 3, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "Nashville MLS expansion team unveils name, crest" (Press release). Major League Soccer. February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "Ottawa Fury FC Forced to Suspend Operations" (Press release). USL Championship. November 8, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.