The 2023 USL League Two season was the 28th season of USL League Two, a semi-professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.
The regular season began on May 6 and ended on July 18. 122 teams participated in this season. Two additional divisions were added to the league this season, Nor Cal and South Florida, bringing the total to 18.
Team changes
New teams Academica SC (Turlock, CA) Arizona Arsenal SC (Mesa, AZ) Bavarian United SC (Milwaukee, WI) Boulder County United (Lafayette, CO) Brevard SC (Melbourne, FL) Capo FC (San Juan Capistrano, CA) FC Buffalo FC Carolinas (Waxhaws, NC) Ironbound SC (Newark, NJ) Monterey Bay FC 2 (Salinas, CA) North Alabama SC (Huntsville, AL) Redlands FC (Redlands, CA) RKC Third Coast (Racine & Kenosha, WI) Rochester FC (Rochester, MN) St. Charles FC (St. Charles, MO) Sarasota Paradise (Sarasota, FL) St. Petersburg FC (St. Petersburg, FL) United PDX (Portland, OR) Virginia Marauders FC (Winchester, VA)
Departing teams Caledonia SC Central Valley Fuego FC 2 Chicago FC United Commonwealth Cardinals FC FC Florida U23 FC Golden State Force Kaw Valley FC One Knoxville SC (to USL League One) OVF Alliance Peachtree City MOBA St. Louis Lions Tri-Cities Otters
Returning teams FC Tucson (from USL League One)
Name changes Blackwatch Rush to Albany Rush East Atlanta FC to East Atlanta Dutch Lions FC Florida Tropics SC to Swan City SC Brazos Valley Cavalry FC to Twin City Toucans FC
On hiatus South Georgia Tormenta FC 2
Map
Standings
Eastern Conference Northeast Division
Mid Atlantic Division
Metropolitan Division
Chesapeake Division
South Atlantic Division
Central Conference Great Lakes Division
Heartland Division
Valley Division
Deep North Division
Southern Conference South Central Division
Southeast Division
South Florida Division
Mid South Division
Lone Star Division
Western Conference Mountain Division
Northwest Division
Nor Cal Division
Southwest Division
Playoffs Bracket
Eastern Conference
Southern Conference
Central Conference
Western Conference
USL League Two Championship National Semifinals
USL League Two Championship Game
Championship MVP: Peter Kingston (BAL)
Awards
Individual Awards AwardWinnerTeamReasonGolden Boot Logan Farrington Ventura County Fusion 13 Goals in 11 games Sergio Ors Navarro Texas United 13 Goals in 10 gamesGolden Glove Aurie Briscoe Fort Wayne FC 0.43 Goals Against Average; 10 ShutoutsYoung (U20) Player of the Year Aidan Morrison Charlotte Independence 2 3 Goals in 4 gamesDefender of the Year Hugo Bacharach Flint City Bucks Helped with 7 shutoutsPlayer of the Year Logan Farrington Ventura County Fusion 13 goalsGoal of the Year Alexandre Frank Fort Wayne FC vs Kings Hammer FCSave of the Year Mathias Tieppo The Villages SC vs Swan City SC
Team of the YearPlayerTeamPosition Jason SmithPark City Red WolvesGoalkeeper Hosei KijimaSarasota ParadiseRight Back Hugo BacharachFlint City BucksCenter Back Reid SproatFort Wayne FC Lesia ThetsaneBallard FCLeft Back Nick ParianoOcean City Nor'eastersMidfielder Marc TorrellasChicago City SC Jeorgio KocevskiLong Island Rough Riders Bernardo dos Santos MonteiroCharlotte EaglesLeft Wing Eliot GoldthorpDes Moines MenaceRight Wing Logan FarringtonVentura County FusionStriker
Divisional Players of the YearDivisionPlayerTeamEastern ConferenceChesapeake Taylor CalheiraChristos FCMetropolitan Jeorgio KocevskiLong Island Rough RidersMid-Atlantic Nick ParianoOcean City Nor'eastersNortheast Taig HealySeacoast United PhantomsSouth Atlantic Bernardo Dos Santos MonteiroCharlotte EaglesCentral ConferenceDeep North Bradley SampleThunder Bay ChillGreat Lakes Hugo BacharachFlint City BucksHeartland Eliot GoldthorpDes Moines MenaceValley Seth AntwiFort Wayne FCSouthern ConferenceLone Star Jack ClarksonAHFC RoyalsMid South Sergio Ors NavarroTexas UnitedSouth Central Quentin HuermanAsheville City SCSouth Florida Hosei KijimaSarasota ParadiseSoutheast Alvaro CarreroThe Villages SCWestern ConferenceMountain Jason SmithPark City Red WolvesNor Cal Max ChretienSan Francisco Glens SCNorthwest Stas KorzeniowskiBallard FCSouthwest Logan FarringtonVentura County Fusion
Notes
Team of the Month Team of the Month Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards May Hogan (LBR) Langan (LIR) Weimann (NCF) Riecke (OCN) Thetsane (BAL) Jordan (TEX) Goldthorp (DMM) Boadi (WMP) Yehya (RED) Farrington (VCF) Diarbian (VER) June Troutman (DMM) Miller (ASH) Sproat (FW) Bacharach (FCB) Calzola (TBC) Banzouzi (SCU) Lopez (VCF) Torrellas (CCS) Linhares (STA) Korzeniowski (BAL) Monteiro (CHE)
Weekly Awards Goal of the Week Week Player Club Opponent 1 Pol MurLouisiana Krewe FCBlue Goose SC 2 Alexandre FrankFort Wayne FCKings Hammer FC 3 Nicholas CenekRKC Third CoastMinneapolis City SC 4 Tycho CollinsMiami ACSt. Petersburg FC 5 Malcolm WardAsheville City SCEast Atlanta Dutch Lions FC 6 David SilvaLansing City FootballMidwest United FC 7 Forster AjagoTobacco Road FCNorth Carolina FC U23 8 Hugo BacharachFlint City BucksOakland County FC 9 Ali NasserToledo Villa FCFC Buffalo 10 Sebastian Garcia DuarteWest Virginia UnitedTobacco Road FC 11 Carlos ArmindarizFC TucsonArizona Arsenal
Save of the Week 1 Johan GaribayDavis Legacy SCProject 51O 2 Arthur HillFC BuffaloCleveland Force SC 3 Karl VernetWest Virginia UnitedCharlotte Eagles 4 Matheus FrancaIronbound SCWestchester Flames 5 Jordaine JaegerToledo Villa FCKings Hammer FC 6 Nathan JonesLionsbridge FCChristos FC 7 Jason SmithPark City Red WolvesSalt City SC 8 Matheus FrancaIronbound SCManhattan SC 9 Evan BarkerFC ManitobaRochester FC 10 Nathan SchnurVermont Green FCWestern Mass Pioneers 11 Willem FicekLane United FCUnited PDX
References
External links USL League Two website