Transfers
In
Date
Player
Number
Position
Previous Club
Fee/Notes
January 8, 2018
Brandon Allen
40
FW
New York Red Bulls
Signed[1]
January 9, 2018
Omar Holness
36
MF
Real Salt Lake
Signed[2]
January 10, 2018
Brandon Aubrey
44
DF
Toronto FC II
Signed[3]
January 22, 2018
Olivier Mbaizo
47
DF
Rainbow FC
Signed[4]
February 19, 2018
AJ Paterson
49
MF
Wright State University
Signed[5]
February 21, 2018
Aidan Apodaca
42
FW
California Baptist University
2018 Philadelphia Union Draft Signing [6]
March 1, 2018
Mike Catalano
41
MF
University of Wisconsin
2018 Philadelphia Union Draft Signing [7]
March 14, 2018
Drew Skundrich
41
MF
Stanford University
Signed[8]
April 25, 2018
Michee Ngalina
46
FW
Montverde Academy
Signed[9]
July 16, 2018
Faris Pemi Moumbagna
35
FW
Montverde Academy
Signed[10]
September 12, 2018
Selmir Miscic
55
MF
Philadelphia Union Academy
Signed[11]
Out
Date
Player
Number
Position
New Club
Fee/Notes
November 2, 2017
Seku Conneh
36
FW
Ansan Greeners FC
Contract expired[12]
November 2, 2017
Amoy Brown
39
FW
Option declined[12]
November 2, 2017
Josh Heard
40
MF
Real Monarchs
Contract expired[12] [13]
November 2, 2017
Hugh Roberts
42
DF
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Option declined[12] [14]
November 2, 2017
Chris Wingate
43
DF
Option declined[12]
November 2, 2017
Charlie Reymann
44
DF
Option declined[12]
November 2, 2017
Yosef Samuel
49
MF
Atlanta United 2
Contract expired[12] [15]
December 21, 2017
Cory Burke
41
FW
Philadelphia Union
Signed to MLS Contract[16]
January 18, 2018
Matthew Real
47
DF
Philadelphia Union
Signed to MLS Contract[17]
May 22, 2018
Brandon Allen
40
FW
Nashville SC
Transfer[18]
Loan In
Competitions
Preseason
USL regular season
The 2018 USL season will be contested by 33 teams, 16 of which compete in the league's Eastern Conference. All teams will play a regular season total of 34 matches between teams within their respective conference. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight (8) teams from each conference advance to the 2018 USL Playoffs for a chance to compete for the USL Championship Title.
Standings (Eastern Conference)
Source:
2018 USL standings Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions;
(X) Regular Season League Champion
Results
All times in Eastern Time .[21]
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
Pts
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
34
50
14
12
8
56
41
+15
8
4
5
32
16
+16
6
8
3
24
25
−1
Last updated: February 9, 2019
Source: 2018 USL season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Ground H A H H H A H A H A A A H A H H A A H A H H A A H A H A H A H A A H Result W L L D D L W L W W L W D D D W L L D L L W W W L W W W L L W D D W Position 1 13 5 8 8 8 10 6 6 6 6
USL Playoffs
Statistics
As of 9 February 2019[22]
Players with names in italics were on loan from Philadelphia Union for individual matches with Bethlehem.
Players with names marked ‡ were academy call-ups from Philadelphia Union Academy for individual matches with Bethlehem.
Players with names marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bethlehem.
Goalkeepers
As of February 9, 2019. [22]
Honors
Team of the Week
USL Coach of the Month
August : Brendan Burke [37]
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^ "Ledesma Voted USL Player of the Week" . USLsoccer.com. May 22, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
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^ "Calistri Voted USL Player of the Week" . USLsoccer.com. June 12, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
^ "Johnson Voted USL Player of the Week" . USLsoccer.com. June 19, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
^ "Reid Voted USL Player of the Week" . USLsoccer.com. June 26, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
^ "Woszczynski Voted USL Player of the Week" . USLsoccer.com. July 3, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
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^ "Rittmeyer Voted USL Player of the Week" . USLsoccer.com. July 31, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
^ "Brett Voted USL Player of the Week" . USLsoccer.com. August 7, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
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^ "Bethlehem's Burke Named USL Coach of the Month" . USLsoccer.com. September 12, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
International
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