2020 USL Championship season
The 2020 USL Championship season was the tenth season of the USL Championship and fourth under Division II sanctioning. This was the second season under the name "USL Championship", having used the name "United Soccer League" through 2018. Real Monarchs were the defending USL Cup champions. The 2020 season saw 35 teams participate in two conferences during the regular season.
| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Tampa Bay Rowdies (Eastern Conference) Phoenix Rising FC (Western Conference) |
| Regular season title | Reno 1868 FC |
| Matches played | 276 |
| Goals scored | 851 (3.08 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Junior Flemmings (14) |
| Biggest home win | RNO 7–1 POR (September 5) NYR 6–0 PHI (September 9) |
| Biggest away win | PHI 0–6 PIT (July 18) |
| Highest scoring | NYR 5–4 PHI (September 26) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Sacramento Republic FC (August 8 – September 9) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches San Antonio FC (March 7 – September 5) |
| Longest winless run | 12 matches RGV FC Toros (March 8 – September 5) |
| Longest losing run | 10 matches Portland Timbers 2 (March 7 – September 5) |
| Highest attendance | 11,569 SAC 1–1 TUL (March 7) |
| Lowest attendance | 467 PHI 0–0 LDN (March 7) |
| Total attendance | 64,619 |
| Average attendance | 4,039 |
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On November 8, 2019, Ottawa Fury FC announced that it had suspended operations. The team had received sanctioning from its country's governing body, Canada Soccer, but was denied by U.S. Soccer and the continental governing body of CONCACAF. Additionally, the 2020 season is the first season without Nashville SC. The club's identity transferred to a Major League Soccer team that started play in 2020.
The season was suspended on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America. On June 4, the league announced a return to play on July 11, 2020.
The playoffs began on October 10, and originally scheduled to conclude with the USL Championship Final on November 1. The Final was then cancelled the day before because several Tampa Bay Rowdies players and staff tested positive for COVID-19. The championship would not be awarded.
Real Monarchs were the defending USL Championship champions, but failed to qualify for the playoffs.