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2021 USL League One season

The 2021 USL League One season was the third season of USL League One. The regular season began on April 10 and ended on October 30, 2021. The playoffs was held from November 6 to 20, 2021.

Season
April 10 – October 30 (regular season)November 6–20 (playoffs)
Union Omaha (1st Title)
Union Omaha(1st Title)
172
456 (2.65 per match)
Emiliano Terzaghi Richmond Kickers
Emiliano Terzaghi Richmond Kickers(18 goals)
Akira Fitzgerald Richmond Kickers
GVL 4–0 NTX(May 1)FTL 5–1 TUC(May 16)NCA 4–0 RIC(July 21)NTX 4–0 NCA(August 14)
TRM 0–4 OMA(October 1)
FTL 4–4 TRM(October 10)
5 matchesRIC
15 matchesCHA
8 matchesGVL
4 matchesMADGVLNCATRMTUC
← 2020 2022 →
All statistics correct as of October 30, 2021 (regular season only).

The 2021 USL League One season was the third season of USL League One. The regular season began on April 10 and ended on October 30, 2021. The playoffs was held from November 6 to 20, 2021.

North Carolina FC joined the league for this season, after leaving the USL Championship in what the team called a "strategic move" to enhance its youth development pathway.

Greenville Triumph SC were the defending champions on both regular season and playoffs. Union Omaha took both titles to won their first League One regular season and championship titles.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	MLS associate	Jersey manufacturer	Jersey sponsor
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Chattanooga, Tennessee	CHI Memorial Stadium	5,000	Jimmy Obleda		Adidas	Transcard
Fort Lauderdale CF	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	DRV PNK Stadium	19,000	Darren Powell	Inter Miami CF	Adidas
Forward Madison FC	Madison, Wisconsin	Breese Stevens Field	5,000	Carl Craig	Chicago Fire FC	Hummel	Dairyland Insurance
Greenville Triumph SC	Greenville, South Carolina	Legacy Early College Field	4,000	John Harkes		Hummel	Scansource
New England Revolution II	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Gillette Stadium	20,000	Clint Peay	New England Revolution	Adidas	UnitedHealthcare
North Carolina FC	Cary, North Carolina	Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park	10,000	John Bradford		Adidas	WakeMed
North Texas SC	Arlington, Texas	Choctaw Stadium	48,114	Eric Quill	FC Dallas	Adidas	AdvoCare
Richmond Kickers	Richmond, Virginia	City Stadium	22,611	Darren Sawatzky		Adidas	Ukrop's
South Georgia Tormenta FC	Statesboro, Georgia	Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park	3,500	Ian Cameron		Adidas	Optim Healthcare
Toronto FC II	Toronto, Ontario	Grande Sports WorldOsceola County Stadium BMO Training Ground	Various	Mike Muñoz	Toronto FC	Adidas	BMO
FC Tucson	Tucson, Arizona	Kino Sports Complex	3,500	Jon Pearlman		Puma
Union Omaha	Papillion, Nebraska	Werner Park	9,023	Jay Mims		Nike	XCancer

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Forward Madison FC	Daryl Shore	Mutual separation	October 27, 2020	Carl Craig	December 1, 2020
Fort Lauderdale CF	Jason Kreis	Mutual separation	March 16, 2021	Darren Powell	March 16, 2021
FC Tucson	John Galas	Mutual separation	June 30, 2021	Jon Pearlman	June 30, 2021

The 2021 USL League One Playoffs (branded as the 2021 USL League One Playoffs presented by TwinSpires for sponsorship reasons) was the post-season championship of the USL League One season.

Championship Game MVP: Damià Viader (Union Omaha)

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Team	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}GP	Total	High	Low	Average
Union Omaha	14	46,013	3,884	2,405	3,287
Forward Madison FC	14*	35,896	3,607	1,529	2,761
Greenville Triumph SC	14	33,373	4,027	1,536	2,384
Richmond Kickers	14	29,094	3,212	1,126	2,078
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	14	25,512	2,149	1,508	1,822
North Carolina FC	14*	21,286	4,084	996	1,637
Tormenta FC	14	16,869	2,045	635	1,205
FC Tucson	14	13,825	1,556	654	988
North Texas SC	14	11,883	2,212	550	849
New England Revolution II	14*	1,965	500	100	151
Fort Lauderdale CF	14*	0	0	0	0
Toronto FC II	14*	0	0	0	0

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers
Marios Lomis	Greenville Triumph SC
Greg Hurst	Union Omaha
Shaan Hundal	Fort Lauderdale CF
Marco Micaletto	Tormenta FC
Evan Conway	Union Omaha
Juan Galindrez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
Azaad Liadi	Tormenta FC
Charlie Dennis	FC Tucson
Shak Adams	FC Tucson
Mitchell Curry	Fort Lauderdale CF
Garrett McLaughlin	Toronto FC II

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Greg Hurst	Union Omaha	New England Revolution II	4–2 (H)	June 12, 2021
Marios Lomis	Greenville Triumph SC	0–3 (A)	July 4, 2021
Garrett McLaughlin	Toronto FC II	North Carolina FC	2–4 (A)	July 18, 2021
Gio Calixtro	FC Tucson	Fort Lauderdale CF	0–4 (A)	August 22, 2021
Charlie Dennis	FC Tucson	Greenville Triumph SC	3–3 (A)	September 19, 2021
Evan Conway	Union Omaha	Tormenta FC	0–4 (A)	October 1, 2021
Azaad Liadi	Tormenta FC	Fort Lauderdale CF	4–4 (A)	October 10, 2021
Evan Conway	Union Omaha	North Carolina FC	4–1 (H)	October 16, 2021

Notes

(H) – Home team

(A) – Away team

Award	Winner	Team
Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	18 goals (league record)
Rashid Nuhu	Union Omaha	9 shutouts, 0.75 goals against average
Ricky Ruiz	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	10 assists
Akira Fitzgerald	Richmond Kickers	10 shutouts, 89 saves, 72.1 save percentage
Damià Viader	Union Omaha	6 goals, 5 assists, 58 key passes
Jay Mims	Union Omaha	Won regular season title
Noah Allen	Fort Lauderdale CF	2,430 minutes, 35 interceptions, 28 key passes
Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	18 goals; 85 shots; 40 shots on target
Devin Boyce	Union Omaha	vs FC Tucson in the playoffs
Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	vs Greenville

First team
Akira Fitzgerald (RIC)	Kobe Franklin (TOR) Jason Ramos (CHA) Ryan Spaulding (NEW) Damià Viader (OMA)	Marco Micaletto (TRM) Aaron Molloy (MAD) Ricky Ruiz (CHA)	Greg Hurst (OMA) Marios Lomis (GVL) Emiliano Terzaghi (RIC)

Second team
Rashid Nuhu (OMA)	Noah Franke (TUC) Brandon Fricke (GVL) Abdi Mohamed (GVL) Connor Tobin (MAD)	Devin Boyce (OMA) Charlie Dennis (TUC) Aaron Walker (GVL)	Evan Conway (OMA) Shaan Hundal (FTL) Gibran Rayo (NTX)

Player of the Week
Sean O'Hearn	New England Revolution II	Defender
Juan Pablo Monticelli	Richmond Kickers	Defender
Thibaut Jacquel	North Texas SC	Forward
Marios Lomis	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward
Damià Viader	Union Omaha	Defender
George Acosta	Fort Lauderdale CF	Midfielder
Garrett McLaughlin	Toronto FC II	Forward
Connor Tobin	Forward Madison FC	Defender
Nil Vinyals	Richmond Kickers	Midfielder
Greg Hurst	Union Omaha	Forward
Juan Galindrez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Forward
Jay Tee Kamara	North Carolina FC	Midfielder
Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	Forward
Kazu	North Texas SC	Defender
Garrett McLaughlin	Toronto FC II	Forward
Robert Kristo	North Carolina FC	Forward

Damian Rivera	New England Revolution II	Forward
Ricky Ruiz	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Midfielder
Gio Calixtro	FC Tucson	Forward
Shak Adams
Aaron Walker	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward
Nazmi Albadawi	North Carolina FC	Midfielder
Charlie Dennis	FC Tucson	Midfielder
Nicky Hernandez	North Texas SC	Forward
Evan Conway	Union Omaha	Forward
Azaad Liadi	Tormenta FC	Forward
Evan Conway	Union Omaha	Forward
Bernard Kamungo	North Texas SC	Midfielder
Abdi Mohamed	Greenville Triumph SC	Defender

Goal of the Week
Shaan Hundal	Fort Lauderdale CF	Tormenta FC	Forward
Evan Conway	Union Omaha	Forward
Lachlan McLean	Greenville Triumph SC	North Texas SC	Forward
Jimmie Villalobos	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Midfielder
Derek Gebhard	Forward Madison FC	North Carolina FC	Forward
Marios Lomis	Greenville Triumph SC	Tormenta FC	Forward
João Delgado	FC Tucson	Toronto FC II	Midfielder
Edison Azcona	Fort Lauderdale CF	North Carolina FC	Midfielder
Kobe Perez	Tormenta FC	Toronto FC II	Midfielder
Michael Tsicoulias	New England Revolution II	Forward Madison FC	Forward
Aaron Molloy	Forward Madison FC	Greenville Triumph SC	Midfielder
Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	North Texas SC	Forward
Juan Galindrez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	FC Tucson	Forward
Tormenta FC
Noah Fuson	Forward Madison FC	Fort Lauderdale CF	Forward
Greg Hurst	Union Omaha	North Texas SC	Forward
Antonio Carlini	Toronto FC II	Richmond Kickers	Midfielder
Jackson Dietrich	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	North Carolina FC	Midfielder
Aaron Molloy	Forward Madison FC	Toronto FC II	Midfielder
Nelson Martinez	North Carolina FC	Forward Madison FC	Midfielder
Damià Viader	Union Omaha	North Carolina FC	Defender
Azaad Liadi	Tormenta FC	North Texas SC	Forward
George Acosta	Fort Lauderdale CF	Tormenta FC	Forward
Nicky Hernandez	North Texas SC	North Carolina FC	Midfielder
Evan Conway	Union Omaha	Tormenta FC	Forward
Zacarías Morán	Richmond Kickers	North Texas SC	Midfielder
Paul Rothrock	Toronto FC II	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Midfielder
Tobias Otieno	Union Omaha	Richmond Kickers	Midfielder
Christian Enriquez	Forward Madison FC	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Midfielder

Save of the Week
Luis Zamudio	Fort Lauderdale CF	North Texas SC
Austin Aviza	Richmond Kickers	Fort Lauderdale CF
Jake McGuire	North Carolina FC	Greenville Triumph SC
Rashid Nuhu	Union Omaha	Greenville Triumph SC
Dallas Jaye	Greenville Triumph SC	Tormenta FC
Phil Breno	Forward Madison FC	Tormenta FC
Brad Knighton	New England Revolution II	Richmond Kickers
Pablo Jara	Tormenta FC	Toronto FC II
Nick Holliday	North Carolina FC	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
Rashid Nuhu	Union Omaha	FC Tucson
Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	Forward Madison FC
Toronto FC II
Andreas Vaikla	Toronto FC II	North Carolina FC
Phil Breno	Forward Madison FC	Fort Lauderdale CF
Tim Trilk	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Forward Madison FC
Nick Holliday	North Carolina FC	Forward Madison FC
Rashid Nuhu	Union Omaha	FC Tucson
Phil Breno	Forward Madison FC	North Texas SC
Tim Trilk	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Toronto FC II
Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	Tormenta FC
Tim Trilk	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	North Texas SC
Nick Holliday	North Carolina FC	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
Joe Rice	New England Revolution II
Paul Christensen	Greenville Triumph SC	Fort Lauderdale CF
Jake McGuire	North Carolina FC	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	Greenville Triumph SC
Phil Breno	Forward Madison FC	Union Omaha
Jake McGuire	North Carolina FC	Greenville Triumph SC

Team of the Week
1–3	Nuhu (OMA)	Polak (GVL) Sousa (OMA) Hemmings (GVL) Waldeck (NTX)	Doyle (OMA) Pilato (GVL) Morán (RIC)	Jacquel (NTX) Hurst (OMA) Rayo (NTX)
4	Jaye (GVL)	Thorn (TRM) Hardin (FTL) Fricke (GVL)	Booth (GVL) Perez (TRM) Acosta (FTL) Billhardt (TRM)	Lomis (GVL) Hundal (FTL) McLean (GVL)
5	Fitzgerald (RIC)	Viader (OMA) Magalhães (RIC) Osumanu (OMA)	García (CHA) Morrell (GVL) Scearce (OMA) Corfe (TUC)	Terzaghi (RIC) McLean (GVL) Villalobos (CHA)
6	Nuhu (OMA)	Toyama (MAD) Viader (OMA) Ricketts (CHA)	Acosta (FTL) Firmino (OMA) España (CHA) Scearce (OMA)	Evans (FTL) Gebhard (MAD) Santana (NTX)
7	Fitzgerald (RIC)	Antonoglou (TOR) Polak (GVL) Crisler (RIC) Mbaye (NCA)	Kamara (NCA) Ramos (CHA) Smart (GVL)	McLaughlin (TOR) Lomis (GVL) España (CHA)
8	Edwards (NEW)	Tobin (MAD) Cayet (NEW) Diaz (MAD) Schenfeld (TUC)	Sukow (MAD) Rozhansky (NEW) García (CHA) Molloy (MAD)	Corfe (TUC) Ruiz (CHA)
9	Zamudio (FTL)	Monticelli (RIC) Rosales (FTL) Viader (OMA)	Vinyals (RIC) Acosta (FTL) Miscic (NCA) Bedoya (TUC)	Alihodžić (OMA) Liadi (TRM) Keegan (MAD)
10	Jara (TRM)	Burgess (NTX) Thorn (TRM) Ricketts (CHA)	Perez (TRM) Boyce (OMA) Micaletto (TRM) Dennis (TUC)	Hurst (OMA) Ruiz (CHA) ElMedkhar (NTX)
11	Lapsley (TUC)	Sousa (OMA) Spaulding (NEW) Eckenrode (TRM)	Mayr-Fälten (TRM) Marshall-Rutty (TOR) Micaletto (TRM) Nelson (TOR)	Galindrez (CHA) Lomis (GVL) Hernández (CHA)
12	Castanheira (FTL)	Flick (NCA) Singh (TOR) Toyama (MAD) Spaulding (NEW)	Kamara (NCA) Molloy (MAD) Rozhansky (NEW)	Nelson (TOR) Hurst (OMA) Rivera (NEW)
13	Patterson-Sewell (TOR)	Díaz (MAD) Viader (OMA) Mohamed (GVL)	Dennis (TUC) Walker (GVL) Okello (TOR) Ferriol (TUC)	Terzaghi (RIC) Lomis (GVL) Hernández (CHA)
14	Christensen (GVL)	Kazu (NTX) Fricke (GVL) Munjoma (NTX) Spaulding (NEW) Martinez (NCA)	Ruiz (CHA) ElMedkhar (NTX) Bedoya (TUC)	Galindrez (CHA) Rayo (NTX)
15	Trilk (CHA)	Tobin (MAD) Waldeck (NTX) Crisler (RIC)	Yeates (TOR) Mayr-Fälten (TRM) Dennis (TUC) Doyle (OMA) Walker (GVL)	McLaughlin (TOR) Uzo (TUC)
16	McGuire (NCA)	Viader (OMA) Rosales (FTL) Toyama (MAD) Spaulding (NEW)	Coan (NCA) Rozhansky (NEW) Micaletto (TRM) Otieno (OMA)	Kristo (NCA) Hurst (OMA)
17	Fitzgerald (RIC)	Franklin (TOR) Viader (OMA) Maldonado (NTX)	Kamara (NCA) Molloy (MAD) García (CHA) Dennis (TUC)	Kristo (NCA) Terzaghi (RIC) Hurst (OMA)
18	Rice (NEW)	Franklin (TOR) Spaulding (NEW) Petrasso (TOR)	Mayr-Fälten (TRM) Kazu (NTX) Carlini (TOR) Mueller (TRM)	Kizza (NEW) Rivera (NEW) Liadi (TRM)
19	Nuhu (OMA)	Ramos (CHA) Fernandes (MAD) Waldeck (NTX)	Ruiz (CHA) ElMedkhar (NTX) Otieno (OMA) Sukow (MAD) Buck (NEW)	Curry (FTL) Terzaghi (RIC)
20	Vaikla (TOR)	Fox (TUC) Munjoma (NTX) Ramos (CHA) Magalhães (RIC)	Molloy (MAD) Dennis (TUC) Ruiz (CHA) Micaletto (TRM)	Calixtro (TUC) Jacquel (NTX)
21	Vaikla (TOR)	Blanco (NCA) Franke (TUC) Ramos (CHA)	Acosta (FTL) Dennis (TUC) Albadawi (NCA) Hernandez (NTX)	Adams (TUC) Curry (FTL) Liadi (TRM)
22	Callender (FTL)	Viader (OMA) Franke (TUC) Ricketts (CHA) Spaulding (NEW)	Walker (GVL) Bedoya (TUC) Scearce (OMA) Booth (GVL)	Liadi (TRM) Donnelly (GVL)
23	Breno (MAD)	Mastrantonio (TUC) Mohamed (GVL) Ricketts (CHA)	Albadawi (NCA) Scearce (OMA) Kamara (NCA) Boyce (OMA) Mayr-Fälten (TRM)	Corfe (TUC) Coan (NCA)
24	Breno (MAD)	Viader (OMA) Ricketts (CHA) Schenfeld (TUC)	Dennis (TUC) Walker (GVL) Micaletto (TRM) Rozhansky (NEW)	ElMedkhar (NTX) Hernández (CHA) Rivera (NEW)
25	Rice (NEW)	Leonard (MAD) Schenfeld (TUC) Gomes (NTX) Lee (GVL)	Delgado (TUC) Vinyals (RIC) Molloy (MAD)	Hernandez (NTX) Terzaghi (RIC) Rennicks (NEW)
26	Fitzgerald (RIC)	Franklin (TOR) Verfurth (NEW) Mohamed (GVL) Petrasso (TOR)	Boyce (OMA) Molloy (MAD) Otieno (OMA)	Conway (OMA) ElMedkhar (NTX) Terzaghi (RIC)
27	Christensen (GVL)	Viader (OMA) Magalhães (RIC) Ricketts (CHA) Politz (TOR)	Boyce (OMA) Morán (RIC) Ortiz (CHA)	Liadi (TRM) Hurst (OMA) Curry (FTL)
28	Rice (NEW)	Franklin (TOR) Otieno (OMA) Blanco (NCA)	Boyce (OMA) ElMedkhar (NTX) Dennis (TUC) Gavilanes (GVL)	Conway (OMA) Rodriguez (TUC) Terzaghi (RIC)
29	Sánchez (NTX)	Knutson (OMA) Tobin (MAD) Blanco (NCA)	Molloy (MAD) Pearson (NCA) Kamungo (GVL) Dennis (TUC) Munjoma (NTX)	Trimmingham (MAD) Hundal (FTL)
30	Christensen (GVL)	Petrasso (TOR) Mohamed (GVL) Schenfeld (TUC) Mastrantonio (TUC)	Rothrock (TOR) Delgado (TUC) Ferri (NTX) Yeates (TOR)	Terzaghi (RIC) Adams (TUC)
Bold denotes Player of the Week

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