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2015 USL Championship

United Soccer League
Season 2015
Champions Rochester Rhinos
Regular Season Title Rochester Rhinos
Matches played 336
Goals scored 958 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer Matt Fondy (22)
(USL Record)
Biggest home win CSS 5–0 AZU
(May 23)
CSS 5–0 OCB
(Jun 24)
Biggest away win MON 0–5 HAR
(Sep 16)
Highest scoring PIT 6–5 HAR
(May 30)
(USL Record)
Longest winning run 6 games
Colorado Springs Switchbacks
(Jun 6 – Jul 3)
Louisville City FC
(Jun 27 – Aug 1)
Longest unbeaten run 19 games
Rochester Rhinos
(Mar 28 – Jul 26)
Longest losing run 5 games
FC Montréal
(Mar 28 – May 2)
Arizona United
(Jul 12 – Aug 2)
Highest attendance 13,979
RMO 2-1 SEA
(Aug 28)
Lowest attendance 50
TOR 1–0 WIL
(Jun 27)
Total attendance 1,121,962
(333 of 336 games reported)
Average attendance 3,369
2014
2016
All statistics correct as of September 24, 2015.

The 2015 USL season was the fifth season of the United Soccer League (USL) and the first under its new name (previously the league was called USL Pro). This season represented a substantial expansion from 14 teams in 2014 to 24 teams in 2015, and the division of the league into two conferences. It is also the 29th season of third-division soccer in the United States.

Seven Major League Soccer clubs created reserve franchises in the USL for the 2015 season, following the lead of the LA Galaxy, who had done so in 2014: FC Montréal, New York Red Bulls II, Portland Timbers 2, Real Monarchs, Seattle Sounders FC 2, Toronto FC II, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2.

In 2015, the Austin Aztex, Colorado Springs Switchbacks, Saint Louis FC and Tulsa Roughnecks joined the league as expansion sides. The Charlotte Eagles and Dayton Dutch Lions, both original founding members of the USL, removed themselves to the Premier Development League. The Eagles transferred their USL rights to the new Charlotte Independence club. After joining MLS, Orlando City sold their USL franchise rights to Louisville City.

There are eight USL teams owned and operated by MLS clubs and 11 USL-MLS affiliations among the 24 USL clubs.

For full article, see List of USL transfers 2015.

Due to expansion, the league was divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team plays the clubs within their conferences in a home and away series plus six additional games with geographic rivals regardless of conference for a 28-game schedule. The top six finishers in each conference qualify for the four-week playoffs.

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