The 2025 USL League Two season was the 30th season of USL League Two, a semi-professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. A total of 144 teams, organized into 4 conferences and 19 divisions, participated in the 2025 season. At the beginning of the year, the Central Conference lost one division, the Deep North, but also added two new divisions, the Great Forest and Great Plains.
Vermont Green FC won their first league title by defeating Ballard FC 2–1 in the championship final that they hosted at Virtue Field in Burlington, Vermont. Green FC had an undefeated season with sixteen wins and three draws.
Team changes
New teams Akron City FC (from NPSL) Annapolis Blues FC (from NPSL) Apotheos FC (from NPSL) Bigfoot FC City SC Colorado Storm Columbus United FC Delaware FC Denton Diablos FC (from NPSL) Erie Sports Center FC FC Miami City Fort Lauderdale United FC Global Football Innovation Academy King Hammer FC Columbus Laredo Heat Lexington SC Lonestar SC McKinney Chupacabras FC Montgomery United FC New England Fútbol Club Northern Indiana FC Portland Bangers FC Red River FC Santafé Wanderers FC San Juan SC Snohomish United Springfield FC Sporting Club Jacksonville Stars FC Steel City FC (from NPSL) St. Louis Ambush Sunflower State FC
Departing teams Arizona Arsenal SC Bavarian United SC (to UPSL) Blue Goose SC (rebrand to Red River FC) Capital FC Atletico (withdrew) Florida Elite SA (merger with Sporting Club Jacksonville) Michiana Lions FC New Mexico United U23 Pathfinder FC Philadelphia Lone Star FC Salt City SC Tampa Bay United Thunder Bay Chill (on hiatus) United PDX Utah Avalanche
Moves Central – Deep North to Central – Heartland Minneapolis City SC RKC Third Coast Rochester FC Saint Croix SC Central – Heartland to Central – Great Plains Des Moines Menace Peoria City Central – Valley to Central – Great Forest Cleveland Force SC FC Buffalo Toledo Villa FC Eastern – South Atlantic to Central – Valley West Virginia United
Name changes Swan City to Kings Hammer Sun City
Map
Standings Eastern Conference Northeast Division
Mid Atlantic Division
Metropolitan Division
Chesapeake Division
South Atlantic Division
Central Conference Great Forest Division
Great Lakes Division
Great Plains Division
Heartland Division
Valley 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 Qualifying Round
Eastern Conference
Southern Conference
Central Conference
Western Conference
USL League Two Championship National Semifinals
USL League Two Championship Game
Championship MVP: Julien Le Bourdoulous Vermont Green FC Awards Monthly Awards Team of the Month Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards May van Haveren (FTL) Gray (LRR) Briscoe (BAL) Ndiaye (VER) Ewald (LIO) Zambrano (FTL) Silva (UTU) Persenico (PEO) Stainrod (LIR) Giles (SJS) Battistessa (SJS) June Mennell (ASH) Williams (MOT) Edmondson (VBU) Ogunleye (SUE) Graeca (STE) Burkhardt (NEFC) Mauriz (RED) Hardin (LRR) Lopes (STP) Backstein (DMM) Rossi Molinas (LUF)
Yearly Awards AwardWinnerTeamReasonGolden Boot Gage Lyons Northern Virginia FC 12 Goals in 11 games Donavan Phillip Flint City Bucks 12 Goals in 12 gamesGolden Glove Jonny Mennell Asheville City SC 0.27 Goals Against Average; 9 ShutoutsYoung (U20) Player of the Year Osei Gyamfi Sporting JAX 7 Goals including a Hat Trick Defender of the Year Moussa Ndiaye Vermont Green FC had an 83.8% passing rate in the middle and defensive-thirds and averaged 38 medium-range passes per gamePlayer of the Year Donavan Phillip Flint City Bucks 12 goals, 9 Assists in 12 gamesGoal of the Year Owen O'Malley Vermont Green FC vs Western Mass PioneersCoach of the Year Tom Shields FC Motown STA First ever Regular Season Championship
Divisional Players of the YearDivisionPlayerTeamEastern ConferenceChesapeake Gage LyonsNorthern Virginia FCMetropolitan Mo WilliamsFC Motown STAMid-Atlantic Rafael KawataOcean City Nor'eastersNortheast Moussa NdiayeVermont Green FCSouth Atlantic Drew KerrNorth Carolina FC U23Central ConferenceGreat Forest Nicholas GraecaSteel City FCGreat Lakes Donavan PhillipFlint City BucksGreat Plains Dominick BachsteinDes Moines MenaceHeartland Jacob SwallenMinneapolis City SCValley Tiago DiasFort Wayne FCSouthern ConferenceLone Star Nacho AbealCorpus Christi FCMid South Alejandro PadillaLittle Rock RangersSouth Central Jonny MennellAsheville City SCSouth Florida Carlos ZambranoFort Lauderdale United FCSoutheast Osei GyamfiSporting JAXWestern ConferenceMountain Tobi OsifodunrinColorado StormNor Cal Adrian GuzmanSan Francisco Glens SCNorthwest Abeselom ZemenfesBallard FCSouthwest Alexis LedouxFC Tucson
Conference Teams of the Year
Eastern Conference F: Evan Howard (LIO), Jack Stainrod (LIR), Gage Lyons (NOVA) M: Theo Da Silva (OCN), Zachary Zengue (VER), Israel Neto (WMP) D: Liam Evans (HVH), Maurice Williams (STA), Moussa Ndiaye (VER)*, Nathan Goulet (SAL) G: Alan Rutkowski (STA)
Southern Conference F: Rodrigo Lopes (STP), Nacho Abeal (CRP), Edouard Nys (ASH) M: Jack Clarkson (AHFC), Carlos Zambrano (FTL) *, Laurie Goddard (DOT) D: Alejandro Padilla (LRR), Lukas Kamrath (SAR), Guillermo Garcia (LAK), Yurok Cho (LAR) * G: Jonny Mennell (ASH)
Central Conference F: Donavan Phillip (FCB)*, Dominick Bachstein (DMM), DJ Koulai (PEO) M: Jackson Kirsch (MCS), Nicholas Graeca (STC), Antonio Costabile (SUE) D: Ryan Quintos (RVL), Christian Shannon (MDW), Tiago Dias (FTW), Ellis Jones (FCB) G: Aurie Briscoe (FTW)
Western Conference F: Arnold Matshazi (ALM), Sean Battistessa (SJS), Tobi Osifodunrin (COL) M: Adrian Guzman (SFG), Connor Lofy (SNO), Ethan Doud (LUF) D: D'Andre Pickett (TUC), Alex Fritcher (UTU), Abeselom Zemenfes (BAL)*, Andres Torres (VCF) G: Roark Looney (UTU)
* denotes Player of the Conference
References
External links USL League Two website