Western Conference (USL Championship)

Western Conference
League	USL Championship
Sport	Soccer
Founded	January 21, 2015
No. of teams	18
Most recent; champion(s)	Real Monarchs SLC; (1st title)
Most titles	Swope Park Rangers; (2 titles)

The Western Conference is one of two conferences in USL Championship soccer.^[1]

Current standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	Reno 1868 FC	16	11	2	3	43	21	+22	36	2.25	Conference Quarterfinals
2	Phoenix Rising FC	16	11	3	2	46	17	+29	35	2.19
3	San Antonio FC	16	10	3	3	30	14	+16	33	2.06
4	El Paso Locomotive FC	16	9	2	5	24	14	+10	32	2.00
5	Sacramento Republic	16	8	2	6	27	17	+10	30	1.88
6	New Mexico United	15	8	4	3	23	17	+6	27	1.80
7	FC Tulsa	15	6	2	7	21	16	+5	25	1.67
8	LA Galaxy II	16	8	6	2	29	32	−3	26	1.63
9	Orange County SC	16	7	6	3	18	18	0	24	1.50
10	San Diego Loyal SC	16	6	5	5	17	18	−1	23	1.44
11	Austin Bold FC	16	5	4	7	30	26	+4	22	1.38
12	Tacoma Defiance	16	4	10	2	25	32	−7	14	0.88
13	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	16	2	7	7	19	28	−9	13	0.81
14	Real Monarchs	16	3	11	2	14	25	−11	11	0.69
15	Las Vegas Lights FC	16	2	9	5	24	34	−10	11	0.69
16	Rio Grande Valley Toros	14	2	9	3	17	28	−11	9	0.64
17	OKC Energy FC	16	1	8	7	12	29	−17	10	0.63
18	Portland Timbers 2	16	3	13	0	20	50	−30	9	0.56

Source: USL Championship
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) points; 3) total wins; 4) total goal differential; 5) total goals scored; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Teams

AUS

COS

ELP

LAG

LVL

NMU

OKC

OCSC

PHX

POR

SLC

RNO

RGV

SAC

SAN

SDG

TAC

TUL

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Locations of teams for the 2020 USL Championship season

Western Conference

The following teams are playing in the 2020 Westen Conference season:

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	MLS affiliate / ownership
Austin Bold FC	Austin, Texas	Bold Stadium	5,000	Marcelo Serrano
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Weidner Field	5,000	Alan Koch	Colorado Rapids
El Paso Locomotive FC	El Paso, Texas	Southwest University Park ^[A]	9,500	Mark Lowry
LA Galaxy II	Carson, California	Dignity Health Track Stadium	5,000	Junior Gonzalez	LA Galaxy
Las Vegas Lights FC	Las Vegas, Nevada	Cashman Field	9,334	Frank Yallop
New Mexico United	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Isotopes Park ^[A]	13,500	Troy Lesesne
OKC Energy FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Taft Stadium ^[A]	7,500	John Pascarella
Orange County SC	Irvine, California	Champion Stadium	5,000	Braeden Cloutier
Phoenix Rising FC	Tempe, Arizona	Casino Arizona Field	6,200	Rick Schantz
Portland Timbers 2	Hillsboro, Oregon	Hillsboro Stadium ^[A]	7,600	Cameron Knowles	Portland Timbers
Real Monarchs	Herriman, Utah	Zions Bank Stadium	5,000	Jámison Olave	Real Salt Lake
Reno 1868 FC	Reno, Nevada	Greater Nevada Field ^[A]	9,013	Ian Russell	San Jose Earthquakes
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Edinburg, Texas	H-E-B Park	9,400	Gerson Echeverry	Houston Dynamo
Sacramento Republic FC	Sacramento, California	Papa Murphy's Park	11,569	Mark Briggs
San Antonio FC	San Antonio, Texas	Toyota Field	8,296	Alen Marcina	New York City FC
San Diego Loyal SC	San Diego, California	Torero Stadium ^[A]	6,000	Landon Donovan
Tacoma Defiance	Tacoma, Washington	Cheney Stadium ^[A]	6,500	Chris Little	Seattle Sounders FC
FC Tulsa	Tulsa, Oklahoma	ONEOK Field ^[A]	7,833	Michael Nsien

MLS-affiliated

MLS-owned

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Non-soccer specific stadium.

Members

Current

Club	City	Stadium
Austin Bold FC	Elroy, Texas	Bold Stadium
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Weidner Field
El Paso Locomotive FC	El Paso, Texas	Southwest University Park
Las Vegas Lights FC	Las Vegas, Nevada	Cashman Field
LA Galaxy II	Carson, California	StubHub Center Track Stadium
New Mexico United	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Isotopes Park
OKC Energy FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Taft Stadium
Orange County SC	Irvine, California	Champion Stadium
Phoenix Rising FC	Scottsdale, Arizona	Casino Arizona Field
Portland Timbers 2	Portland, Oregon	Providence Park
Real Monarchs SLC	Herriman, Utah	Zions Bank Stadium
Reno 1868 FC	Reno, Nevada	Greater Nevada Field^[2]^[i]^[ii]
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Edinburg, Texas	H-E-B Park
Sacramento Republic FC	Sacramento, California	Papa Murphy's Park
San Antonio FC	San Antonio, Texas	Toyota Field
San Diego Loyal SC	San Diego, California	Torero Stadium ^[i]
Tacoma Defiance	Tacoma, Washington	Cheney Stadium ^[i]^[ii]
FC Tulsa	Tulsa, Oklahoma	ONEOK Field ^[ii]^[i]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shared facility; not a soccer-specific stadium
^ ^a ^b ^c Baseball park

Locations of announced teams for the 2020 USL Championship season

MLS-owned club;

MLS-affiliated club;

no MLS affiliation

Conference Lineups

Clubs timeline

Conference Member Club moved to Eastern Conference Club moved to USL League Two Former clubs

2015

Lineup for 2015

2016

Lineup for 2016

Changes from 2015

Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, Swope Park Rangers and San Antonio FC were added as expansion franchises ^[3]
Saint Louis FC moved in from Eastern Conference
Austin Aztex went on hiatus for the 2016 season

2017

Lineup for 2017

Changes from 2016

Arizona United SC was renamed Phoenix Rising FC
Orange County Blues was renamed Orange County SC
Austin Aztex folded
Reno 1868 FC was added as an expansion franchise
Saint Louis FC moved out to Eastern Conference^[4]

2018

Lineup for 2018

Changes from 2017

Fresno FC, Las Vegas Lights FC were added as expansion franchises
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 folded
Saint Louis FC moved in to Western Conference

2019

Lineup for 2019

Changes from 2018

Austin Bold FC, El Paso Locomotive FC and New Mexico United were added as expansion franchises.^[5]
Saint Louis FC and Swope Park Rangers moved out to Eastern Conference
Seattle Sounders FC 2 was rebranded as Tacoma Defiance.

2020

Lineup for 2020

Changes from 2019

San Diego Loyal SC was added as an expansion franchise.
Tulsa Roughnecks were rebranded FC Tulsa.
Fresno FC was disbanded.

Western Conference Playoff champions by year

Bold	USL Champions

Season	Champions	Score	Runners Up
2015	LA Galaxy II	2–1	OKC Energy FC
2016	Swope Park Rangers	3–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
2017	Swope Park Rangers	0–0 (7–6 PK)	OKC Energy FC
2018	Phoenix Rising FC	2–1	Orange County SC
2019	Real Monarchs SLC	2–1 (AET)	El Paso Locomotive FC

Western Conference regular season champions by year

Bold	USL Regular Season Champions

Season	Team	Record	Playoffs result
2015	Orange County Blues	14–9–5 (+4)	Lost Conference Semifinals
2016	Sacramento Republic FC	14–10–6 (+16)	Lost Conference Quarterfinals
2017	Real Monarchs SLC	20–5–7 (+28)	Lost Conference Quarterfinals
2018	Orange County SC	20–8–6 (+30)	Lost Conference Final
2019	Phoenix Rising FC	24–4–6 (+53)	Lost Conference Semifinals

References

^ "Expanded USL Unveils 2015 Format". United Soccer League (USL). January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
^ Kevin Reichard (July 28, 2015). "Aces Look To Add Pro Soccer In 2017". Ballpark Digest.
^ "2016 USL Alignment and Format Announced". United Soccer League (USL). January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
^ "USL Announces 2017 Conference Alignment". www.uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League (USL). January 9, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
^ "USL Championship Unveils 2019 Conference Alignment". United Soccer League (USL). December 13, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Non-soccer specific stadium.

[fn2-3] Shared facility; not a soccer-specific stadium

[fn3-4] Baseball park

[1] "Expanded USL Unveils 2015 Format". United Soccer League (USL). January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.

[2] Kevin Reichard (July 28, 2015). "Aces Look To Add Pro Soccer In 2017". Ballpark Digest.

[2016format-5] "2016 USL Alignment and Format Announced". United Soccer League (USL). January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.

[2017format-6] "USL Announces 2017 Conference Alignment". www.uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League (USL). January 9, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2017.

[7] "USL Championship Unveils 2019 Conference Alignment". United Soccer League (USL). December 13, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

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v t e USL Championship
Eastern Conference	Birmingham Legion FC Charleston Battery Detroit City FC Hartford Athletic Indy Eleven Loudoun United FC Louisville City FC Miami FC North Carolina FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Rhode Island FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
Western Conference	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC El Paso Locomotive FC Las Vegas Lights FC Monterey Bay FC New Mexico United Oakland Roots SC Orange County SC Phoenix Rising FC Sacramento Republic FC San Antonio FC FC Tulsa
Future teams	Brooklyn FC (2025) Sporting Club Jacksonville (2025) Lexington SC (2025) Buffalo Pro Soccer (2026) Milwaukee Pro Soccer (2026) Ozark United FC (2026) Santa Barbara Sky FC (2026) USL Dallas (2027) USL Pro Iowa (TBD) USL New Orleans (TBD) USL Palm Beach (TBD) OKC Energy FC (on hiatus)
Former teams	Antigua Barracuda FC Atlanta United 2 Austin Aztex Charlotte Eagles Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Dayton Dutch Lions Fresno FC LA Galaxy II Memphis 901 FC FC Montreal Nashville SC F.C. New York New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Orlando City SC Ottawa Fury FC Penn FC Philadelphia Union II Phoenix FC Portland Timbers 2 Puerto Rico United Real Monarchs Reno 1868 FC Richmond Kickers Rio Grande Valley FC Toros River Plate Puerto Rico Rochester Rhinos Saint Louis FC San Diego Loyal SC Sevilla FC Puerto Rico Sporting Kansas City II Tacoma Defiance Toronto FC II VSI Tampa Bay FC Whitecaps FC 2 Wilmington Hammerheads FC
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Miscellaneous	Foreign players USL Championship Final United Soccer League USL League One USL League Two