Season 2014 Commissioner's Cup Orlando City SC Champion Sacramento Republic FC Matches played 210 | Champions Sacramento Republic Start date 2014 Goals scored 585 | |
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Top goalscorer Kevin Molino
(20-USL Pro Record) Biggest home win ORL 7, DDL 0
(August 31) Biggest away win SAC 6, OCB 1
(August 17) Similar 2013–14 Professional Arena So, 2015 North American Soccer L, 2015 Major League Soccer se, 2012 Major League Soccer se, 2015 Lamar Hunt US | ||
2014 usl pro season
The 2014 USL Pro season was the 28th season of third-division soccer in the United States, and is the fourth season of the United Soccer Leagues' (USL) PRO professional competition.
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Teams
Antigua Barracuda FC and VSI Tampa Bay FC folded following the 2013 season and were replaced by Sacramento Republic FC and Oklahoma City Energy FC. On January 29, 2014, the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS announced that they would be fielding a USL Pro team, the LA Galaxy II. The Los Angeles Blues were rebranded Orange County Blues FC on February 5, 2014. Arizona United SC replaced Phoenix FC on March 13, 2014.
Orlando City Soccer Club spent their final season in USL Pro playing at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on the campus of Walt Disney World Resort in Kissimmee, Florida. This is due to the closure of the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium, their home for their first three seasons, for remodeling during 2014. The following season Orlando City moved up to Major League Soccer.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
MLS-USL Pro Alliance
Each USL PRO team will compete in two additional inter-league games against 2014 MLS Reserve League opponents in a "geographically influenced unbalanced schedule". The inter-league games will count in both the official USL PRO and MLS Reserve League standings.
The following teams will affiliate:
USL Pro teams compiled an 14 Win, 5 Tie and 9 Loss record against MLS Reserve Teams in 2014.
Player transfers
For full article, see List of USL Pro transfers 2014.
League table
Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification:1st Head-to-head; 2nd number of matches won; 3rd goal difference.
(CC) = Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (D) = Divisional winners.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the USL Pro Playoffs, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.
Standings updated as of September 7, 2014
† Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.
Results table
USL Pro published schedule and results.
Playoffs
The 2014 USL PRO Playoffs will include the top eight finishers in the table, with the quarterfinals (No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, etc.) set for the weekend of September 12–14. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams will be played the following weekend, with the 2014 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 26–28. All playoff rounds feature a single-game knockout format and teams will not be re-seeded following each round.
Championship Game MVP: Rodrigo López (SAC)