2015 USL playoffs

2015 USL playoffs
Tournament details
Country	United States; Canada
Teams	12
Defending champions	Sacramento Republic FC
Final positions
Champions	Rochester Rhinos
Runner-up	LA Galaxy II
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	29 (2.64 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ariel Lassiter (4)
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The 2015 USL playoffs was a postseason tournament following the 2015 United Soccer League regular season, the first since the league rebranded for the 2015 season. Including USL Pro history, it is the fourth postseason tournament. The tournament began on September 25 and will last until October 16.

Twelve teams (top 6 per conference) will compete, up from 8 the last 3 seasons. Teams will be seeded one through six in each conference, with the two highest seeds earning a bye to the conference semifinals. The third seed will host the sixth seed, while the fourth seed will host the fifth seed in a single-elimination match. The winners will face the second and first seed, respectively, in the conference semifinals.

The conference semifinal winners will play against each other in the Conference Championship, which will serve as the overall semifinals for the playoff. The winners of the Eastern and Western Conference Championship will play for the championship.

The winner of the playoffs will be crowned league champion.^[1]

USL Conference standings[edit]

The top 6 teams from each conference advance to the USL playoffs.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Rochester Rhinos (C, X)	28	61
2	Louisville City FC	28	48
3	Charleston Battery	28	46
4	New York Red Bulls II	28	42
5	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	41
6	Richmond Kickers	28	41
7	Charlotte Independence	28	40
8	Harrisburg City Islanders	28	39
9	Saint Louis FC	28	33
10	FC Montreal	28	28
11	Toronto FC II	28	23
12	Wilmington Hammerheads	28	19

Source: 2015 USL schedule
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Orange County Blues	28	47
2	Oklahoma City Energy	28	47
3	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	28	46
4	Sacramento Republic	28	46
5	LA Galaxy II	28	45
6	Seattle Sounders 2	28	42
7	Tulsa Roughnecks	28	39
8	Portland Timbers 2	28	35
9	Austin Aztex	28	33
10	Arizona United	28	32
11	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	28	30
12	Real Monarchs	28	29

Source: 2015 USL schedule

Bracket[edit]

First round

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

USL Championship

October 3

#1 Rochester Rhinos

2

September 26

#4 New York Red Bulls II

0

#4 New York Red Bulls II (a.e.t.)

4

October 10

#5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds

2

#1 Rochester Rhinos

1

September 26

#2 Louisville City FC

0

#3 Charleston Battery (a.e.t.)

2

October 3

#6 Richmond Kickers

1

#2 Louisville City FC (a.e.t.)

2

#3 Charleston Battery

0

October 16

#1 Rochester Rhinos (a.e.t.)

2

#5 LA Galaxy II

1

October 3

#1 Orange County Blues FC

0

September 26

#5 LA Galaxy II

2

#4 Sacramento Republic FC

0

October 11

#5 LA Galaxy II

1

#5 LA Galaxy II

2

September 25

#2 Oklahoma City Energy FC

1

#3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

2

October 4

#6 Seattle Sounders FC 2

0

#2 Oklahoma City Energy FC (p)

2 (4)

#3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

2 (3)

Schedule[edit]

First round[edit]

September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 pm MDT	Gonzalez 14' Greer 22' Burt 78' Gorrick 88' Phillips 90+'	Report Report Report	Fairclough 5' Lowe 49'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 2,532 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

September 26, 2015 (2015-09-26)	New York Red Bulls II	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 pm EDT	Sanchez 62' Ouimette 102', 115' Bedoya 119'	Report Report Report	Hunt 15', 96' Moloto 61' Arena 65' Newnam 123' 123'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 915 Referee: Jaime Herrera

September 26, 2015 (2015-09-26)	Charleston Battery	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 pm EDT	Kelly 107' Boyd 109' 120' Lasso 114'	Report Report Report	Callahan 27' Mueller 92' (o.g.)	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

September 26, 2015 (2015-09-26)	Sacramento Republic	0–1	LA Galaxy II	Sacramento, California
10:00 pm EDT	López 42' Kiffe 70' Vuković 90+'	Report Report Report	Olivera 13' (pen.) Bowen 36' Covarrubias 40' Walker 89'	Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 11,442 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Conference semifinals[edit]

October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)	Rochester Rhinos	2–0	New York Red Bulls II	Rochester, New York
7:05 pm EDT	Dos Santos 48', 69' Obasi 63' Van De Casteele 77'	Report Report	Plewa 22'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,378 Referee: Greg Dopka

October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)	Louisville City FC	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Charleston Battery	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 pm EDT	Burke 42' Fondy 107', 117'	Report Report	Kelly 48'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,517 Referee: Luis Guardia

October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)	Orange County Blues	0–2	LA Galaxy II	Carson, California
7:00 pm PDT	Navarro 18' Petričević 90+'	Report Report	Lassiter 14', 54' McBean 47' Walker 79' Covarrubias 89'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 2,047 Referee: Chipalo Street

October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)	Oklahoma City Energy FC	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6:00 pm CDT	Sanchez 45+' Thomas 90' Doue 98' 99'	Report Report	Vercollone 6' Burt 14' Argueta 39' Armstrong 90+' King 105' Gonzalez 105+'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 6,370 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
	Penalties
	König Evans Thomas Ryden		Vercollone Maybin Robinson Hoffman Gonzalez

Conference finals[edit]

October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)	Rochester Rhinos	1–0	Louisville City FC	Rochester, New York
7:05 pm EDT	Apostolopoulos 21' McMahon 29' Forbes 49' Walls 60' Dixon 74' Dos Santos 83'	Report Report Report	Quinn 49'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,561 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11)	Oklahoma City Energy FC	1–2	LA Galaxy II	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6:00 pm CDT	Evans 31' Andrews 66'	Report Report Report	Lassiter 7' Auras 23' Maganto 89'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 7,654 Referee: Jaime Herrera

USL championship[edit]

October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16)	Rochester Rhinos	2–1 (a.e.t.)	LA Galaxy II	Rochester, New York
7:30 pm EDT	Bourdeau 58' Forbes 82' Samuels 90+1', 113'	Report Report Report	Walker 45' Lassiter 65' Maganto 86'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,247 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Championship Game MVP: Asani Samuels (ROC)

Top goalscorers[edit]

^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ariel Lassiter	LA Galaxy II	4
2	Steevan Dos Santos	Rochester Rhinos	2
	Matthew Fondy	Louisville City FC
	Willie Hunt	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
	Karl Ouimette	New York Red Bulls II
	Asani Samuels	Rochester Rhinos
7	Coady Andrews	Oklahoma City Energy	1
	Vassilios Apostolopoulos	Rochester Rhinos
	André Auras	LA Galaxy II
	Dan Bedoya	New York Red Bulls II
	Peabo Doue	Oklahoma City Energy
	Miguel Gonzalez	Colorado Springs Switchbacks
	J. J. Greer	Colorado Springs Switchbacks
	Dane Kelly	Charleston Battery
	Aaron King	Colorado Springs Switchbacks
	Forrest Lasso	Charleston Battery
	Bryan Olivera	LA Galaxy II
	Chuy Sanchez	Oklahoma City Energy
	Manolo Sanchez	New York Red Bulls II
	Luke Vercollone	Colorado Springs Switchbacks

References[edit]

^ "2015 USL Playoff Statistics". United Soccer Leagues (USL). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
^ "2015 USL Playoffs Hub". United Soccer Leagues (USL). Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[stats-1] "2015 USL Playoff Statistics". United Soccer Leagues (USL). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[topscorer-2] "2015 USL Playoffs Hub". United Soccer Leagues (USL). Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

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