It’s semifinal weekend, with four teams left in the USL Championship’s Western and Eastern Conferences as well as USL League One. These playoffs have already been surprising; four of the top six seeds across the divisions fell in the first round. The opening weekend of the playoffs was
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The first round of the USL Championship Playoffs has arrived, so which in-game battles should you be watching for? We have tape on every match-up that’s coming this weekend, and I’m spotlighting a key tactical battle that could help decide each game. Want a more conventional assessment of
The 2025 USL League One season felt like a passing of the torch. Expansion clubs stole the headlines for much of the year, and much of the “old guard” – Greenville, Richmond, Madison, etc. – failed to reach the postseason. The majority of playoff teams hired their coach within the last calendar
If you follow me over on Twitter, you’ll have seen the weekly post I throw out that predicts a club’s final points tally and their odds of making the playoff field. Such projections are a staple of sports data coverage across other leagues, so I decided to develop