The 2022 USL League Two season is the 28th season of

USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

. The regular season began on May 1 and ended on July 17. 113 teams participated in this season. The league reached a new high of 16 divisions after removing the Deep South division and adding five new divisions. The new divisions were the Chesapeake, Deep North, Lone Star, South Central, and Valley.

Team changes

New teams

Ballard FC Ballard FC is an American soccer club based in Seattle, Washington, competing in the Northwest Division of USL League Two. They began play in the 2022 season and won their first league championship in 2023. The team plays their home matches a ...

(Seattle, WA) * Blackwatch Rush (Albany, NY) * Blue Goose SC (Shreveport, LA) * Boston City FC (Revere, MA) * Caledonia SC (Lakeland, FL) * Central Valley Fuego FC 2 *

Chicago City SC Chicago City SC is an American soccer club based out of Chicago. The organization has two senior teams, with the men's team playing in USL League Two as a member of the Heartland Division and the women's team playing in the USL W League as a mem ...

* Chicago Dutch Lions FC *

Christos FC Christos FC is an American soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, that competes in USL-2 & the American Premier Soccer League, an affiliated league of United States Adult Soccer Association. They formerly competed in the Maryland Major Socc ...

(Baltimore, MD) * Cleveland Force SC * Colorado International Soccer Academy (Aurora, CO) * Commonwealth Cardinals FC (Fredericksburg, VA) * Davis Legacy SC (Davis, CA) * AC Houston Sur *

Hudson Valley Hammers Hudson may refer to: People * Hudson (given name) * Hudson (surname) * Hudson (footballer, born 1986), Hudson Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, Brazilian football right-back * Hudson (footballer, born 1988), Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos, Brazilian fo ...

(Hudson Valley, NY) *

One Knoxville SC One Knoxville Sporting Club is an American soccer team based in Knoxville, Tennessee, that competes in USL League One, the third tier of the United States soccer league system. They play their home matches at Covenant Health Park, a multi-use st ...

Lansing City Football Lansing () is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan. The most populous city in Ingham County, parts of the city extend into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. It is the sixth-most populous city in Michigan with a population ...

* LA Parish AC (Baton Rouge, LA) *

Louisiana Krewe FC Louisiana Krewe FC is an American soccer team based in Lafayette, Louisiana and competes within USL League Two. As members of the Gulf Coast Premier League, the team earned national attention when it qualified for the 2020 U.S. Open Cup in its f ...

(Lafayette, LA) * Miami AC * Marin FC Legends (Marin County, CA) * Midwest United FC (Grand Rapids, MI) * Minneapolis City SC * New Mexico United U-23 (Albuquerque, NM) * NONA FC (Orlando, FL) *

Oly Town FC FC Olympia, formerly Oly Town FC, is an American association football, soccer club from Olympia, Washington. It has a men's outdoor team in USL League Two, a men's indoor team in the Western Indoor Soccer League, a women's outdoor side in the US ...

(Olympia, WA) * Patuxent Football Athletics (Patuxent, MD) * St. Croix SC (Stillwater, MN) * Springfield Athletic SC (Springfield, IL) * Tennessee SC (Franklin, TN) * Vermont Green FC (Burlington, VT)

Returning teams

FC Manitoba FC Manitoba is a Canadian soccer team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The club was founded in 2010 as WSA Winnipeg. In 2020, the club was acquired by a new ownership group and re-organized and branded as FC Manitoba. The team played in USL League Tw ...

St. Louis Lions St. Louis Lions was an American association football, soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 2006, the team played in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team played its home games at ...

Thunder Bay Chill Thunder Bay Chill Soccer Club is a Canadian soccer team based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2000, the team played in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the United States soccer pyramid from 2000 to 2024. The team plays its home ...

Departing teams

Calgary Foothills FC Calgary Foothills Football Club is a Canadian soccer club based in Calgary, Alberta, that competes in League1 Alberta (L1AB). The club was founded as a youth club in 1972 and joined as a USL2 franchise in 2015. The team plays its home games at ...

* Grand Rapids FC * Green Bay Voyageurs *

New York Red Bulls U-23 The New York Red Bulls U-23 is an American soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2009, the team plays in USL League Two, a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. It is part of the official De ...

* Saint Louis Scott Gallagher * Santa Cruz Breakers FC *

TSS FC Rovers TSS FC Rovers, commonly referred to as TSS Rovers, are a Canadian soccer team based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada that play in League1 British Columbia, the third tier of soccer in Canada. Established for the 2017 PDL season by general m ...

Name changes

*FC Málaga City New York to Pathfinder FC *Colorado Rush SC to

Flatirons Rush SC Flatirons FC is a pre-professional soccer club based in Superior, Colorado, with a men's side that competes in the Mountain Division of USL League Two and a women's side that also competes in the Mountain Division, but in the USL W League. It wa ...

*Ogden City SC to Salt City SC *Portland Timbers U23s to

Capital FC Capital FC is an American soccer team based in Salem, Oregon, United States. Although founded in 2008 as part of the development system for the Portland Timbers USSF D2 organization, beginning in 2011 they were part of the development system for ...

(Salem, OR)

Teams

Standings

Eastern Conference

Northeast Division

Mid Atlantic Division

Metropolitan Division

Chesapeake Division

Central Conference

Great Lakes Division

Heartland Division

Valley Division

Deep North Division

Southern Conference

South Central Division

Southeast Division

South Atlantic Division

Mid South Division

Lone Star Division

Western Conference

Mountain Division

Northwest Division

Southwest Division

Playoffs

Bracket

Conference Playoffs

Eastern Conference

Southern Conference

Central Conference

Western Conference

USL League Two Championship

Semifinals

USL League Two Championship Game

Championship MVP: Nathaniel Opoku ( VCF)

Awards

All-League and All-Conference Teams

Eastern Conference

F: Ben Stitz (

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Ryan Carmichael Ryan Carmichael (born 3 August 2001) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for MLS Next Pro club Atlanta United 2. College career In 2020, Carmichael would be given an opportunity of a four-year scholarship to play ...

(

LIR Lir or Ler (meaning "Sea" in Old Irish; ''Ler'' and ''Lir'' are the nominative and genitive forms, respectively) is a sea god in Irish mythology. His name suggests that he is a personification of the sea, rather than a distinct deity. He is na ...

), Braudilio Rodrigues ( WMP) *
M: Taig Healy ( SUP), Diba Nwegbo (

VER Ver or VER may refer to: * Voluntary Export Restraints, in international trade * VER, the IATA airport code for Veracruz International Airport * Volk's Electric Railway, Brighton, England * VerPublishing, of the German group VDM Publishing, re ...

Peter Stroud Peter Stroud is a US guitarist best known for his work with Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Pete Droge, and Sarah McLachlan. He is cofounder of 65amps, a company manufacturing guitar amplifiers. Biography Peter Stroud was born in Greensboro, North ...

(

MOT Mot or MOT may refer to: * Montserrat, UNDP country code Media * Ministry of Truth, the propaganda ministry in George Orwell 1949 novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' * ''mot'' (magazine), former German car magazine * Mot (Star Trek), a minor charact ...

TOB Tob was the name of a place in Transjordan, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Hebrew Bible Jephthah flees from his brothers to the "land of Tob". In Tob, Jephtha gatheres some men until his brothers want him back to fight against the Ammonites (). ...

) *
D: Moise Bombito ( SUP) *, Bjarne Thiesen (

) *, Nicolas Oberrauch ( WMP), Samory Powder ( HVH) *
G: Wessel Speel (

) *

Southern Conference

F: Ethan Stevenson ( BVC), Quesi Weston (

LAK Lak may refer to: People * Laks (Caucasus), an ethnic group of Dagestan, North Caucasus, Russia * Lak (tribe), a Kurdish tribe in Iran and Turkey. * Hamed Lak (born 1990), Iranian football goalkeeper * Peter Lak (born 1973), American retired soc ...

), Kemy Amiche (

ASH Ash is the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash is the ...

) *
M: Tom Marriott ( SCU), Joao Gomeiro ( NCF) *, JC Ngando (

SGT SGT may refer to * Sergeant, a rank in many uniformed organizations * Scotland's Great Trails * Singapore Standard Time or Singapore Time * Society of Glass Technology The Society of Glass Technology (SGT) is an organisation for individuals and o ...

)
D: Joel Sangwa ( NONA), Ben Weimann ( NCF), Bissaffi Dotte (

), Moses Mensah ( KNOX) *
G: Max Collingwood ( WVU)

Central Conference

F: Kainan Dos Santos ( SBL), Telvin Vah (

STC STC may refer to: Education * Saint Theresa's College (disambiguation), any of several institutions * St. Thomas' College, Matale, Sri Lanka * S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka * Scott Theological College, Kenya * Sha Tin College, H ...

), Matt Whelan ( KAL)
M: Curt Calov (

AAA AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming * AAA (video game industry) - a category of high budget video games *'' TripleA'', an open source wargame Mu ...

Eliot Goldthorp Eliot Goldthorp (born 3 November 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Tulsa on loan from Lexington SC. Early life Goldthorp was born in Leeds and played youth football for Manchester United, Leeds United ...

(

DMM DMM may refer to: Businesses * DMM Corporation (Digital Media Mart), a Japanese company which sold video games including eroge **DMM.com, its later incarnation *DMM Wales, a Welsh manufacturer of rock-climbing equipment Science and technology * ...

), Ryley Kraft (

) *
D: Tyler Freitas ( PEO), Kori Cupid (

), Tom Abrahamsson ( FTW), Hugo Bacharach ( FCB)
G: Evan Barker ( FCM)

Western Conference

Logan Farrington Logan Farrington (born December 14, 2001) is an American soccer player who plays for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer. Early life Farrington played youth soccer with the Milwaukee Bavarians, helping the team win a Wisconsin State Club Champion ...

( VCF), Ian Mejia ( BAL), Nathaniel Opoku ( VCF) *
M: Kevin Lo ( SFG), Marley Edwards ( VCF), Jose Sosa (

CAP A cap is a flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head. They made their first appearance as early as 3200 BC. The origin of the word "cap" comes from the Old French word "chapeau" which means "head co ...

)
D: Lesia Thetsane ( BAL), Javi Ruiz Duran ( 51O), Kolade Salaudeen ( OVF), Robin Terry ( LUN)
G: Jason Smith ( PCW) ''* denotes All-League player''

References

External links

USL League Two website
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