Western Conference (USL Championship)


The Western Conference is one of two conferences in USL Championship soccer.

Current standings

Teams

The following teams are playing in the 2020 Westen Conference season:
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityHead coachMLS affiliate / ownership-
Austin Bold FCAustin, TexasBold Stadium5,000 Marcelo Serrano-
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCColorado Springs, ColoradoWeidner Field5,000 Alan KochColorado Rapids
El Paso Locomotive FCEl Paso, TexasSouthwest University Park 9,500 Mark Lowry-
LA Galaxy IICarson, CaliforniaDignity Health Track Stadium5,000 Junior GonzalezLA Galaxy-
Las Vegas Lights FCLas Vegas, NevadaCashman Field9,334 Frank Yallop-
New Mexico UnitedAlbuquerque, New MexicoIsotopes Park 13,500 Troy Lesesne-
OKC Energy FCOklahoma City, OklahomaTaft Stadium 7,500 John Pascarella-
Orange County SCIrvine, CaliforniaChampion Stadium5,000 Braeden Cloutier-
Phoenix Rising FCTempe, ArizonaCasino Arizona Field6,200 Rick Schantz-
Portland Timbers 2Hillsboro, OregonHillsboro Stadium 7,600 Cameron KnowlesPortland Timbers-
Real MonarchsHerriman, UtahZions Bank Stadium5,000 Jámison OlaveReal Salt Lake-
Reno 1868 FCReno, NevadaGreater Nevada Field 9,013 Ian RussellSan Jose Earthquakes-
Rio Grande Valley FC TorosEdinburg, TexasH-E-B Park9,400 Gerson EcheverryHouston Dynamo-
Sacramento Republic FCSacramento, CaliforniaPapa Murphy's Park11,569 Mark Briggs-
San Antonio FCSan Antonio, TexasToyota Field8,296 Alen MarcinaNew York City FC-
San Diego Loyal SCSan Diego, CaliforniaTorero Stadium 6,000 Landon Donovan-
Tacoma DefianceTacoma, WashingtonCheney Stadium 6,500 Chris LittleSeattle Sounders FC-
FC TulsaTulsa, OklahomaONEOK Field 7,833 Michael Nsien-

Members

Current

Notes

Conference Lineups

Clubs timeline


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2015

Lineup for 2015

Lineup for 2016

Lineup for 2017

Lineup for 2018

Lineup for 2019

Lineup for 2020

SeasonChampionsScoreRunners Up
2015LA Galaxy II2–1OKC Energy FC
2016Swope Park Rangers3–0Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
2017Swope Park Rangers0–0 OKC Energy FC
2018Phoenix Rising FC2–1Orange County SC
2019Real Monarchs SLC2–1 El Paso Locomotive FC

Western Conference regular season champions by year

SeasonTeamRecordPlayoffs result
2015Orange County Blues14–9–5 Lost Conference Semifinals
2016Sacramento Republic FC14–10–6 Lost Conference Quarterfinals
2017Real Monarchs SLC20–5–7 Lost Conference Quarterfinals
2018Orange County SC20–8–6 Lost Conference Final
2019Phoenix Rising FC24–4–6 Lost Conference Semifinals