2018 USL Playoffs Home teams first, times are ET This is single-game knockout tournament with a fixed bracket. Friday, October 19 (W3) Phoenix v. (W6) Portland 2 10:30 pm Saturday, October 20 (E1) Cincinnati v. (E8) Nashville 4:00 pm (W4) Real Monarchs v. (W5) Reno 5:00 pm (E3) Pittsburgh v. (E6) Bethlehem 7:00 pm (E4) Charleston v. (E5) NY Red Bulls II 7:00 pm (E2) Louisville v. (E7) Indy 7:30 pm (W1) Orange County v. (W8) Saint Louis 10:00 pm (W2) Sacramento v. (W7) Swope Park 10:30 pm The Conference semifinals are October 25-28.
2018 USL Playoffs First result: Friday, October 19 (W3) Phoenix 3-0 (W6) Portland2 Saturday, October 20 (E1) Cincinnati v. (E8) Nashville 4:00 pm (W4) Real Monarchs v. (W5) Reno 5:00 pm (E3) Pittsburgh v. (E6) Bethlehem 7:00 pm (E4) Charleston v. (E5) NY Red Bulls II 7:00 pm (E2) Louisville v. (E7) Indy 7:30 pm (W1) Orange County v. (W8) Saint Louis 10:00 pm (W2) Sacramento v. (W7) Swope Park 10:30 pm The Conference semifinals are October 25-28.
2018 USL Playoffs Home team first, times are ET Conference Quarterfinals Friday, October 19 (W3) Phoenix 3-0 (W6) Portland2 Saturday, October 20 (E1) Cincinnati 1-1 (pks 6-5) (E8) Nashville (W4) Real Monarchs 0-1 (W5) Reno (E3) Pittsburgh 2-2 (pks 7-8) (E6) Bethlehem (E4) Charleston 0-1 (E5) NY Red Bulls II (E2) Louisville 4-1 (E7) Indy (W1) Orange County 4-0 (W8) Saint Louis (W2) Sacramento 1-2 (W7) Swope Park Conference Semifinals Friday, October 26 (W3) Phoenix v. (W7) Swope Park 10:30 pm Saturday, October 27 (E1) Cincinnati v. (E5) NY Red Bulls II 4:00 pm (E2) Louisville v. (E6) Bethlehem 7:30 pm (W1) Orange County v. (W5) Reno 10:00 pm
2018 USL Playoffs Home team first, times are ET Conference Semifinals Friday, October 26 (W3) Phoenix 4-2 (W7) Swope Park Saturday, October 27 (E1) Cincinnati 0-1 (E5) NY Red Bulls II (E2) Louisville 2-0 (E6) Bethlehem (W1) Orange County 1-0 (W5) Reno Conference Finals Friday, November 2 (E2) Louisville v. (E5) NY Red Bulls II 7:30 pm Saturday, November 3 (W1) Orange County v. (W3) Phoenix 10:00 pm The USL Cup Final will be Thursday, November 8 on ESPN2.
(E1) Cincinnati 0-1 (E5) NY Red Bulls II So...instead of more matches in front of 30K+ in Cincy, the USL gets matches attended by friends and family on some godforsaken high school field somewhere. Thanks, FCC. Thanks a lot.
2018 USL Playoffs Home team first, times are ET Conference Finals Friday, November 2 (E2) Louisville 5-1 (E5) NY Red Bulls II Saturday, November 3 (W1) Orange County 1-2 (W3) Phoenix USL Cup Final Thursday, November 8 (E2) Louisville v. (W3) Phoenix 8:00 pm ESPN2
2018 USL Playoffs USL Cup Final Thursday, November 8 (E2) Louisville 1-0 (W3) Phoenix Louisville wins their 2nd straight USL Cup. That ties them with Orlando City for the most in the current iteration of the league.