The USL Championship on Tuesday announced a 2023 competition structure that will see Louisville City FC play 34 regular season games between March 11 and Oct. 14.
The league’s 24 clubs split evenly into Eastern and Western conferences, making for a balanced schedule. LouCity will play all foes from the East twice – once at home, once away. The remaining 12 games of the season will be played against teams from the opposing conference, with six games at home and six away.
This format results in every team in the league squaring off for the first time since the USL Championship instituted a two-conference format in 2015.
“The successful expansion of inter-conference play during the 2022 campaign showed the appetite both our clubs and their supporters have for a full, national schedule,” said USL President Jake Edwards. “We are extremely happy to expand on that success, while also keeping the home-and-home series that make the great rivalries across the league.”
Both conference’s top-eight finishers will qualify for the 2022 USL Championship Playoffs. The postseason will remain a single-elimination format and return to a fixed bracket format, culminating in the 2023 USL Championship Final on a date to be determined between Nov. 9 and Nov. 13, 2023.
The full USL Championship schedule will be released in January. Season ticket memberships are on sale by visiting LouCity.com/tickets or calling (502) LOU-CITY during regular business hours.
2023 EASTERN CONFERENCE
Birmingham Legion FC
Charleston Battery
Detroit City FC
Hartford Athletic
Indy Eleven
Loudoun United FC
Louisville City FC
Memphis 901 FC
The Miami FC
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Tampa Bay Rowdies
FC Tulsa
2023 WESTERN CONFERENCE
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
El Paso Locomotive FC
Las Vegas Lights FC
Monterey Bay F.C.
New Mexico United
Oakland Roots SC
Orange County SC
Phoenix Rising FC
Rio Grande Valley FC
Sacramento Republic FC
San Antonio FC
San Diego Loyal SC