USL League One
Season2020
DatesJuly 18[a] – October 24
ChampionsGreenville Triumph SC
(1st title)
Regular season titleGreenville Triumph SC
(1st title)
Matches played87
Goals scored222 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerEmiliano Terzaghi (10 goals)
Biggest home winMAD 4–0 TRM
(August 14)
Biggest away winMAD 0–4 NEW
(September 4)
Highest scoringNTX 3–3 NEW
(August 15)
Longest winning run5 games
Greenville Triumph SC
(September 4 – October 2)
Longest unbeaten run8 games
Union Omaha
(July 25 – September 11)
Longest winless run13 games
Orlando City B
(August 14 – October 24)
Longest losing run8 games
Orlando City B
(September 6 – October 24)
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 USL League One season was the second season of USL League One. The regular season was scheduled to begin on March 27 and end on October 3. On March 13, it was announced the regular season start would be delayed to April 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This delay was extended to May 10. The delay was extended for a third time with the USL awaiting guidance and clarity from various authorities before announcing a new date. On June 5, the league announced a provisional return date of July 18. On July 2, the league announced a modified 20-game schedule (but changed to a 16-game schedule on July 17) with a modified playoffs. Now, only the top two teams will go straight to the League Finals, on the weekend of October 31. On July 8, Toronto FC II announced they would not play in 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions. They remain a member club of the league, and plan to return for the 2021 season.[1] Nine teams[2] return from the inaugural season, while three new teams enter for the first time; MLS reserve teams Fort Lauderdale CF and New England Revolution II, and expansion club Union Omaha.

North Texas SC was the defending champion.[3] They were unable to defend the title after finishing third in the regular season, eliminating them from the Championship game.

The Championship game was canceled on October 29, 2020, after several Union Omaha players tested positive for COVID-19. Greenville Triumph SC was awarded the title based on points per game average (2.188 to 1.825).[4]

Teams

2020 USL League One season is located in the United States
TRM
TUC
GVL
MAD
RIC
TOR
CHA
ORL
NEW
NTX
OMA
FTL
Locations of teams for the 2020 USL League One season
Withdrew because of COVID-19 restrictions
Club City Stadium Capacity Head coach Affiliate Jersey manufacturer Jersey sponsor
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Chattanooga, Tennessee CHI Memorial Stadium 5,000[5] Jimmy Obleda Germany Adidas Transcard
Fort Lauderdale CF Fort Lauderdale, Florida Inter Miami CF Stadium 19,000 Jason Kreis Inter Miami CF Germany Adidas
Forward Madison FC Madison, Wisconsin Hart Park[6] 3,000 Daryl Shore Chicago Fire FC Denmark Hummel Dairyland Insurance
Greenville Triumph SC Greenville, South Carolina Legacy Early College Field 4,000 John Harkes United States Nike Scansource
New England Revolution II Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium 20,000 Clint Peay New England Revolution Germany Adidas UnitedHealthcare
North Texas SC Arlington, Texas Globe Life Park in Arlington 48,114 Eric Quill FC Dallas Germany Adidas AdvoCare
Orlando City B Kissimmee, Florida Osceola County Stadium 5,400 Marcelo Neveleff Orlando City SC Germany Adidas Orlando Health
Richmond Kickers Richmond, Virginia City Stadium 22,611 Darren Sawatzky Germany Adidas Absolute Stone Design
South Georgia Tormenta FC Statesboro, Georgia Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park 3,500 Ian Cameron Germany Adidas Optim Healthcare
Toronto FC II † Toronto, Ontario BMO Training Ground 1,000 Mike Muñoz Toronto FC Germany Adidas BMO
FC Tucson Tucson, Arizona Kino Sports Complex 3,500 John Galas Phoenix Rising FC Italy Macron Chapman Automotive
Union Omaha Papillion, Nebraska Werner Park 9,023 Jay Mims United States Nike CHI Health (home)
Nebraska Medicine (away)
  MLS affiliated
  MLS/USLC owned

†Withdrew for the season.[1]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Richmond Kickers United States David Bulow[7] Contract not renewed October 9, 2019 United States Darren Sawatzky[8] November 6, 2019
FC Tucson United States Darren Sawatzky[9] Mutual separation November 6, 2019 United States John Galas[10] December 24, 2019
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC United States Tim Hankinson Mutual separation November 20, 2019 United States Jimmy Obleda[11] November 21, 2019
Orlando City B Costa Rica Roberto Sibaja End of interim period December 20, 2019 Argentina Marcelo Neveleff[12] December 20, 2019
Toronto FC II United States Michael Rabasca Mutual separation January 27, 2020 United States Mike Muñoz[13] January 27, 2020
South Georgia Tormenta FC United States John Miglarese Promoted to technical director September 16, 2020 Scotland Ian Cameron[14] September 16, 2020

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 Greenville Triumph SC 16 11 3 2 24 11 +13 35 2.19 Final, 2021 U.S. Open Cup
2 Union Omaha 16 8 3 5 20 15 +5 29 1.81 Final
3 North Texas SC[b] 16 7 3 6 27 19 +8 27 1.69
4 Richmond Kickers 16 8 6 2 22 22 0 26 1.63
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 15 6 5 4 21 17 +4 22 1.47
6 FC Tucson 16 6 6 4 21 19 +2 22 1.38
7 Forward Madison FC 16 5 5 6 20 14 +6 21 1.31
8 Tormenta FC 16 5 7 4 19 22 −3 19 1.19
9 New England Revolution II[b] 16 5 8 3 19 26 −7 18 1.13
10 Fort Lauderdale CF[b] 16 4 9 3 19 28 −9 15 0.94
11 Orlando City B[b] 15 1 11 3 10 29 −19 6 0.40
Source: 2020 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ^ The regular season was slated to begin on March 27, but was delayed to April 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This delay was extended to May 10. The delay was extended for a third time with the USL awaiting guidance and clarity from various authorities before announcing a new date. On June 5, a provisional start date of July 18 was announced.
  2. ^ a b c d Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

Results table

Color Key: Home  • Away  • Win  • Loss  • Draw  • Cancelled
Club Matches[15][16][17]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Chattanooga Red Wolves
(CHA)		 TRM TUC NTX GVL TRM NEW FTL NEW RIC OMA GVL MAD NTX ORL MAD RIC
2–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 CAN[18] 1–1 2–1
Fort Lauderdale CF
(FTL)		 GVL TUC TRM ORL NTX GVL CHA ORL TRM RIC TUC OMA NTX NEW MAD OMA
0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–3 0–3 1–4 2–2 0–1
Forward Madison FC
(MAD)		 NTX GVL RIC TRM OMA ORL NEW GVL TUC CHA TUC OMA FTL CHA NTX NEW
1–2 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1
Greenville Triumph SC
(GVL)		 FTL RIC MAD TRM CHA FTL NEW RIC TRM MAD CHA NTX ORL TUC OMA ORL
2–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 4–1
New England Revolution II
(NEW)		 OMA ORL NTX RIC GVL CHA MAD CHA TUC OMA ORL RIC FTL NTX TRM MAD
0–0 0–2 3–3 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–4 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 1–1 0–4 1–2
North Texas SC
(NTX)		 MAD OMA CHA NEW FTL OMA ORL TUC TUC GVL FTL CHA RIC NEW MAD TRM
2–1 0–1 2–2 3–3 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Orlando City B
(ORL)		 TRM NEW FTL TUC MAD TRM NTX OMA FTL NEW GVL RIC CHA TUC RIC GVL
0–2 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 CAN[18] 0–2 1–3 1–4
Richmond Kickers
(RIC)		 GVL TRM MAD TUC NEW GVL TUC CHA FTL OMA NEW ORL NTX TRM ORL CHA
2–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–4 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–2
Tormenta FC
(TRM)		 CHA RIC ORL GVL FTL MAD CHA ORL GVL OMA FTL OMA TUC RIC NEW NTX
2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–2
FC Tucson
(TUC)		 FTL CHA OMA RIC ORL OMA RIC NTX NEW NTX MAD FTL MAD TRM GVL ORL
2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0
Union Omaha
(OMA)		 NEW NTX TUC MAD NTX TUC ORL TRM CHA NEW RIC FTL TRM MAD GVL FTL
0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0

USL League One Championship

The game was canceled the day before because several Union Omaha players tested positive for COVID-19. Greenville was awarded the title based on points per game average (2.188 to 1.825).[4]

Greenville Triumph SCCancelledUnion Omaha
Legacy Early College Field, Greenville, South Carolina

Statistical leaders

League awards[edit]

Individual awards[edit]

[28]

All-League Teams[edit]

First team[29]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Guam Dallas Jaye (GVL) United States Justin Che (NTX)
United States Brandon Fricke (GVL)
United States Tyler Polak (GVL)
Spain Damià Viader (OMA) 		United States Evan Conway (OMA)
United States Noah Pilato (GVL)
Venezuela Eduardo Sosa (FTL) 		Scotland Greg Hurst (CHA)
Argentina Emiliano Terzaghi (RIC)
United States Alex Morrell (GVL)
Second team[29]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Ghana Rashid Nuhu (OMA) United States Ian Fray (FTL)
United States Ricky Ruiz (CHA)
United States Connor Tobin (MAD)
United States Collin Verfurth (NEW) 		Brazil Nicolas Firmino (NEW)
Brazil Maciel (NEW)
Italy Marco Micaletto (TRM) 		Dominican Republic Edison Azcona (FTL)
Australia Lachlan McLean (GVL)
United States Ethan Vanacore-Decker (OMA)

Monthly awards[edit]

Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month Save of the Month Coach of the Month References
Player Club Position Player Club Position Goalkeeper Club Coach Club
July United States Jake Keegan Greenville Triumph SC Forward Argentina Emiliano Terzaghi Richmond Kickers Forward Guam Dallas Jaye Greenville Triumph SC United States John Harkes Greenville Triumph SC [1] [2] [3] [4]
August United States Ethan Vanacore-Decker Union Omaha Forward United States Ricky Lopez-Espin Fort Lauderdale CF Forward United States Sam Howard Union Omaha United States Darren Sawatzky Richmond Kickers [5] [6] [7] [8]
September Argentina Emiliano Terzaghi Richmond Kickers Forward United States Noah Pilato Greenville Triumph SC Midfielder United States Joe Rice New England Revolution II United States John Harkes Greenville Triumph SC [9] [10] [11] [12]
October United States Evan Conway Union Omaha Forward Brazil Nicolas Firmino New England Revolution II Midfielder United States Austin Aviza Orlando City B United States Eric Quill North Texas SC [13] [14] [15] [16]

Weekly awards[edit]

See also[edit]

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