Memphis, Tenn. – The USL Championship today announced the competition structure for the 2023 season with the league’s 24 teams divided into two 12-club conferences.
First-year Head Coach Stephen Glass will lead his side in a 34-game regular season from March 11 to Oct. 14, playing each Eastern Conference foe twice. The remaining 12 games of the season will be played against Western Conference clubs with six home games and six away.
“The successful expansion of interconference play during the 2022 campaign showed the appetite both our clubs and their supporters have for a full, national schedule,” said USL President Jake Edwards. “We are extremely happy to expand on that success, while also keeping the home-and-home series that make the great rivalries across the league.”
At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams in each conference will qualify for the 2023 USL Championship Playoffs. The single-elimination postseason with return to a fixed bracket format with the USL Championship Final on a to be determined date between Nov. 9 and No. 13.
Home openers and full schedule for the 2023 US Championship season will be announced in January 2023.
2023 USL Championship
EASTERN CONFERENCE
- Birmingham Legion FC
- Charleston Battery
- Detroit City FC
- Hartford Athletic
- Indy Eleven
- Loudoun United FC
- Louisville City FC
- Memphis 901 FC
- The Miami FC
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
- Tampa Bay Rowdies
- FC Tulsa
WESTERN CONFERENCE
- Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
- El Paso Locomotive FC
- Las Vegas Lights FC
- Monterey Bay F.C.
- New Mexico United
- Oakland Roots SC
- Orange County SC
- Phoenix Rising FC
- Rio Grande Valley FC
- Sacramento Republic FC
- San Antonio FC
- San Diego Loyal SC
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