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League One's biggest season yet has arrived | News & Notes - Week 1

By ETHAN TRIEBSCH - ethan.triebsch@uslsoccer.com, 03/06/25, 9:45AM EST

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Highlighted by addition of five clubs, seventh seasons kicks off on March 7

USL League One's seventh season is nearly here! Ahead of Week 1, find information for this week's matches, the Discipline Report, News & Notes, and current player, team and league records below.

Season seven starts in Statesboro 

Matchup: South Georgia Tormenta FC vs. Richmond Kickers
Venue: Tormenta Stadium; Statesboro, Ga.
Kickoff: Friday, March 7; 7 p.m. ET
Weather: Partly cloudy, 60°
Broadcast: ESPN+
Series (First Meeting): 5-4-8, RIC (2019)

The Ibises and Roos will officially kick off the 2025 USL League One season at Tormenta Stadium on Friday evening. A new-look Tormenta FC side is seeking its first home victory against the Kickers since June 2019 and its first home opener win since its debut League One season in 2019.

High-powered attacks clash in the Upstate

Matchup: Greenville Triumph SC vs. Westchester SC
Venue: Paladin Stadium; Greenville, S.C.
Kickoff: Saturday, March 8; 4 p.m. ET
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 72°
Broadcast: ESPN+
Series (First Meeting): N/A

Following the departure of Player of the Year and Golden Boot winner Lyam MacKinnon over the offseason, Greenville reloaded up top with the former Chattanooga attacking tandem of Ropapa Mensah and Chevone Marsh. Triumph SC will be tasked with containing Golden Boot runner-up Juan Carlos Obregón, Jr. and the remainder of Westchester SC's daunting roster in the club's first competitive match.

Paradise Coast party

Matchup: FC Naples vs. Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
Venue: Paradise Coast Sports Complex; Naples, Fla.
Kickoff: Saturday, March 8; 7 p.m. ET
Weather: Sunny, 72°
Broadcast: ESPN+
Series (First Meeting): N/A

The first of five expansion sides to officially welcome League One to town, FC Naples will host the League One-original Red Wolves in what will likely be a raucous, sold-out Paradise Coast Sports Complex. Featuring a pair of fairly equal rosters, we'll see if Naples can capitalize on its home-field advantage to come out on top.

Discipline Report – Week 1

No player or coaches enter the 2025 USL League One regular season on the discipline report.

NEWS & NOTES

ONWARD AND UPWARD

League One is set for its biggest season yet, thanks to the addition of five new expansion sides - the largest single-season batch of additions in league history. All five newcomers - AV ALTA FC in California’s Antelope Valley, FC Naples located along Florida’s Paradise Coast, Maine’s Portland Hearts of Pine, Texoma FC positioned in North Texas, and Westchester SC nestled within New York City - bring professional soccer to communities eager to cheer on a club of their own.

In addition to the introduction of five new clubs, League One’s field of 14 clubs for 2025 is the largest in the league’s seven-year history, and its nearly 17% membership growth rate from 2024 to 2025 is a single-season record. The league’s rapid growth is poised to continue, especially with recent interest from several clubs and communities eager to hop on board. 

WHO SCORES FIRST?

A pair of League One originals in South Georgia Tormenta FC and the Richmond Kickers will officially kick off the 2025 campaign from Tormenta Stadium on Friday, March 7. Both South Georgia and Richmond have previously earned the distinction of scoring the first League One goal of the season, we'll see if that trend continues on Friday.

First League One goal of the season:

  • 2019 - Alex Morrell (TRM) vs. GVL (3/29/19)
  • 2020 - Alex Morrell (GVL) vs. FLT (7/18/20)
  • 2021 - Ryan Sierakowski (NE) vs. FTL (4/9/21)
  • 2022 - Emiliano Terzaghi (RIC) vs. TUC (4/2/22)
  • 2023 - Mukwelle Akale (TRM) vs. NC (3/17/23)
  • 2024 - Josh Dolling (SPK) vs. GVL (3/9/24)

A WEEKEND OF FIRSTS

Only two of the five newcomers will take the pitch in Week 1 - Westchester and Naples - but over the course of the next few weeks, five players will etch their name into history as the first League One goalscorer in club history.

First League One goalscorers in club history:

  • TRM - Alex Morrell vs. GVL (3/29/19)
  • CHA - Steven Beattie vs. NTX (3/30/19)
  • TUC - Guillermo Delgado vs. ORL (3/30/19)
  • LAN - Tumi Moshobane vs. RIC (3/30/19)
  • ORL - Koby Osei-Wusu vs. TUC (3/30/19)
  • NTX - Ricardo Pepi vs. CHA (3/30/19)
  • RIC - Maxi Rodriguez vs. LAN (3/30/19)
  • TOR - Luca Petrasso vs. ORL (4/5/19)
  • GVL - Jake Keegan vs. LAN (4/6/19)
  • MAD - Josiel Núñez vs. ORL (4/19/19)
  • FTL - Ricky Lopez-Espin vs. TUC (7/25/20)
  • OMA - Evan Conway vs. NTX (8/1/20)
  • NE - Nick Firmino vs. NTX (8/15/20)
  • NC -Selmir Miščić vs. GVL (5/8/21)
  • CV - Christian Chaney vs. GVL (4/2/22)
  • CLT - Tresor Mbuyu vs. CV (4/8/22)
  • NCO - Ethan Vanacore-Decker vs. RIC (4/9/22)
  • LEX - Don Smart vs. KNX (3/18/23)
  • KNX - Jimmie Villalobos vs. LEX (3/18/23)
  • SPK - Josh Dolling vs. GVL (3/9/24)

League Records - Player

Across USL League One regular season play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Evan Lee (GVL) – 147
  2. Conor Doyle (OMA/CHA/TRM) – 145
  3. Brandon Fricke (GVL/LAN) – 141
  4. Nil Vinyals (RIC/TRM) - 137
  5. Tyler Polak (GVL) – 136
  6. Jake Keegan (GVL/KNX/NCO/MAD) – 135*
  7. Aaron Walker (GVL/TRM) – 130
  8. Akira Fitzgerald (RIC) – 121*
  9. Ualefi (CHA) – 120
  10. Pablo Jara (TRM/RIC) – 119

Minutes played

  1. Evan Lee (GVL) – 12,495
  2. Brandon Fricke (GVL/LAN) – 11,915
  3. Conor Doyle (OMA/CHA/TRM) – 11,585
  4. Tyler Polak (GVL) – 11,570
  5. Akira Fitzgerald (RIC) – 10,832*
  6. Aaron Walker (GVL/TRM) – 10,663
  7. Nil Vinyals (RIC/TRM) – 10,638
  8. Pablo Jara (TRM/RIC) – 10,637
  9. Rashid Nuhu (OMA) – 9,816
  10. Jake Keegan (GVL/KNX/NCO/MAD) – 9,723*

Matches won

  1. Evan Lee (GVL) – 69
  2. Brandon Fricke (GVL/LAN) – 66
  3. Tyler Polak (GVL) – 64
  4. Conor Doyle (OMA/CHA/TRM) – 59
  5. Rashid Nuhu (OMA) – 57
  6. Jake Keegan (GVL/KNX/NCO/MAD) – 57*
  7. Aaron Walker (GVL/TRM) – 55
  8. Marky Hernández (NCO/CHA) – 51
  9. J.P. Scearce (OMA) – 48*
  10. Jacob Crull (MAD/OMA/TUC) - 47

Goals

  1. Emiliano Terzaghi (RIC) – 58
  2. Garrett McLaughlin (NC/TOR/MAD) – 31
  3. Jake Keegan (GVL/KNX/NCO/MAD) – 30*
  4. Juan Galindrez (CHA/MAD) – 29
  5. Oalex Anderson (NC/RIC) – 29*
  6. Trevor Amann (NCO) – 28*
  7. Christian Chaney (MAD/CV) – 26*
  8. Kazaiah Sterling (TRM) – 26*
  9. Rafa Mentzingen (NC/CHA/LAN) – 26*
  10. Greg Hurst (OMA) – 23*
  11. Lyam MacKinnon (GVL) - 23*
  12. Ates Diouf (LEX/ORL) - 23*

Assists

  1. Arthur Rogers (NCO) – 20*
  2. Conor Doyle (OMA/CHA/TRM) – 19
  3. Nil Vinyals (RIC/TRM) – 19
  4. Charlie Dennis (TUC) – 17*
  5. Rafa Mentzingen (NC/CHA/LAN) – 16*
  6. Derek Waldeck (NTX/KNX/SPK/GVL) – 15
  7. Allen Gavilanes (GVL) – 15*
  8. Miguel Ibarra (CLT) – 14
  9. Luis Gil (OMA/SPK) – 14
  10. Marky Hernández (NCO/CHA) – 14

Goal contributions

  1. Emiliano Terzaghi (RIC) – 62
  2. Garrett McLaughlin (NC/TOR/MAD) – 42
  3. Jake Keegan (GVL/KNX/NCO/MAD) – 42*
  4. Oalex Anderson (NC/RIC) – 42*
  5. Rafa Mentzingen (NC/CHA/LAN) – 42*
  6. Nil Vinyals (RIC/TRM) – 38
  7. Marky Hernández (NCO/CHA) – 35
  8. Trevor Amann (NCO) – 35*
  9. Christian Chaney (MAD/CV) – 34*
  10. Kazaiah Sterling (TRM) – 34*

Clean sheets

  1. Rashid Nuhu (OMA) – 39
  2. Akira Fitzgerald (RIC) – 31*
  3. Dallas Jaye (GVL) – 27*
  4. Pablo Jara (TRM/RIC) – 26
  5. Lalo Delgado (NCO) – 22
  6. Bernd Schipmann (MAD) – 21
  7. Carlos Avilez (CHA/NTX/CV/TRM) – 19
  8. Paul Christensen (GVL) – 17*
  9. Sean Lewis (KNX) – 15
  10. Austin Pack (CLT) – 14

Saves

  1. Akira Fitzgerald (RIC) – 362*
  2. Pablo Jara (TRM/RIC) – 312
  3. Rashid Nuhu (OMA) – 255
  4. Carlos Avilez (CHA/NTX/CV/TRM) – 250
  5. Austin Pack (CLT) – 202
  6. Amal Knight (LEX/TUC) – 178*
  7. T.J. Bush (TRM/CHA) – 166*
  8. Carlos Merancio (TUC/SPK) – 163
  9. Sean Lewis (KNX) - 137
  10. Bernd Schipmann (MAD) - 129

* - indicates former player

League Records - Club

Across USL League One regular season play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches won

  1. Greenville – 71
  2. Omaha – 66
  3. Richmond – 54
  4. Madison – 53
  5. Chattanooga – 52
  6. South Georgia – 50
  7. Northern Colorado – 41*
  8. North Carolina – 34*
  9. North Texas – 34*
  10. Charlotte - 34

Clean sheets

  1. Greenville – 58
  2. Madison – 45
  3. Richmond – 39
  4. Omaha – 39
  5. South Georgia – 37
  6. Northern Colorado – 27*
  7. Chattanooga – 24
  8. North Texas – 23*
  9. Charlotte – 22
  10. North Carolina – 21*

Home wins

  1. Greenville – 39
  2. Omaha – 36
  3. Chattanooga – 34
  4. Madison – 33
  5. Richmond – 33
  6. Northern Colorado – 25*
  7. South Georgia – 24
  8. Charlotte – 22
  9. North Texas – 20*
  10. Tucson - 18*
  11. North Carolina – 18*

Away wins

  1. Greenville – 32
  2. Omaha – 30
  3. South Georgia – 26
  4. Richmond – 21
  5. Madison – 20
  6. Chattanooga – 18
  7. Northern Colorado – 16*
  8. North Carolina – 16*
  9. Tucson – 15*
  10. North Texas – 14*

Goals

  1. Chattanooga – 219
  2. South Georgia – 217
  3. Greenville – 216
  4. Omaha – 206
  5. Richmond – 204
  6. Madison – 192
  7. Charlotte - 135
  8. Northern Colorado – 135*
  9. Tucson – 134*
  10. North Carolina – 123*

Win percentage

  1. Omaha – 0.52
  2. Northern Colorado – 0.49*
  3. North Texas – 0.47*
  4. Greenville – 0.46
  5. Lansing – 0.43*
  6. Charlotte – 0.40
  7. North Carolina – 0.38*
  8. New England – 0.36*
  9. Richmond - 0.35
  10. Chattanooga - 0.34
  11. Madison - 0.34
  12. Toronto - 0.34*

Points

  1. Greenville – 254
  2. Omaha - 236
  3. Madison - 215
  4. Richmond - 202
  5. Chattanooga - 198
  6. South Georgia - 193
  7. Northern Colorado - 145*
  8. Tucson - 127*
  9. Charlotte - 125
  10. North Texas - 123*

Points per match

  1. Omaha – 1.84
  2. Northern Colorado - 1.73*
  3. North Texas - 1.71*
  4. Lansing - 1.64*
  5. Greenville - 1.63
  6. Charlotte - 1.49
  7. Madison - 1.38
  8. Knoxville - 1.35
  9. Toronto - 1.32*
  10. North Carolina - 1.31*

* - indicates former club

AV ALTA FC
AV ALTA FC

Across USL League One play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. N/A

Goals

  1. N/A

Assists

  1. N/A

Charlotte Independence
Charlotte Independence

Across USL Championship, USL Championship Playoffs, USL League One, USL League One Playoffs, USL Jägermeister Cup, USL Jägermeister Cup Knockouts and U.S. Open Cup play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Joel Johnson – 220*
  2. Enzo Martínez – 161*
  3. Jorge Herrera – 147*
  4. Clay Dimick – 131
  5. Alex Martínez – 119*

Goals

  1. Enzo Martínez – 47*
  2. Jorge Herrera – 45*
  3. Dane Kelly – 30*
  4. Tresor Mbuyu – 21*
  5. Juan Carlos Obregón, Jr. - 20*

Assists

  1. Enzo Martínez – 29*
  2. Joel Johnson – 25*
  3. Jorge Herrera – 18*
  4. Alex Martínez – 17*
  5. Gabriel Obertan - 17*

* - indicates former player

Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC

Across USL League One, USL League One Playoffs, USL Jägermeister Cup and U.S. Open Cup play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Ualefi – 134
  2. Pedro Hernandez – 64
  3. José Carrera-García – 62*
  4. Jimmie Villalobos – 60*
  5. Ricky Ruiz – 60*

Goals

  1. Juan Galindrez – 24*
  2. Ropapa Mensah – 23*
  3. Chevone Marsh – 20*
  4. Mayele Malango – 11*
  5. Steven Beattie – 11*

Assists

  1. Ricky Ruiz – 13*
  2. José Carrera-García – 10*
  3. Moe Espinoza – 10*
  4. Ryley Kraft – 7*
  5. Marky Hernández – 7*
  6. Vangjel Zguro – 7*
  7. Jonathan Filipe – 7

* - indicates former player

Greenville Triumph SC
Greenville Triumph SC

Across USL League One, USL League One Playoffs, USL Jägermeister Cup and U.S. Open Cup play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Evan Lee – 171
  2. Tyler Polak – 158
  3. Aaron Walker – 131*
  4. Brandon Fricke – 129
  5. Allen Gavilanes - 92*

Goals

  1. Lyam MacKinnon – 31*
  2. Leo Castro – 22
  3. Jake Keegan – 18*
  4. Jacob Labovitz – 18*
  5. Aaron Walker – 15*
  6. Marios Lomis – 15*

Assists

  1. Allen Gavilanes – 18*
  2. Lyam MacKinnon – 14*
  3. Aaron Walker – 10*
  4. Evan Lee – 10
  5. Alex Morrell – 8*

* - indicates former player

One Knoxville SC
One Knoxville SC

Across USL League One, USL League One Playoffs, USL League Two, USL League Two Playoffs, USL Jägermeister Cup and U.S. Open Cup play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Callum Johnson – 62
  2. Dani Fernández – 58
  3. Jordan Skelton – 58
  4. Angelo Kelly-Rosales – 57
  5. Jalen Crisler - 54*

Goals

  1. Kempes Tekiela – 13
  2. Stephen Afrifa – 10*
  3. Frank Ross – 9*
  4. Sebastian Andreassen - 8*
  5. Dani Fernández – 7

Assists

  1. Derek Waldeck – 6*
  2. Callum Johnson – 6
  3. Angelo Kelly-Rosales – 5
  4. Stuart Ritchie – 4*
  5. James Thomas – 4

* - indicates former player

Forward Madison FC
Forward Madison FC

Across USL League One, USL League One Playoffs, USL Jägermeister Cup, USL Jägermeister Cup Knockouts and U.S. Open Cup play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Derek Gebhard – 120
  2. Eric Leonard – 98*
  3. Mitch Osmond – 88
  4. Connor Tobin – 72*
  5. Nazeem Bartman - 70

Goals

  1. Christian Chaney – 23*
  2. Derek Gebhard – 18
  3. Nazeem Bartman – 10
  4. Don Smart – 10*
  5. Paulo Júnior - 8*

Assists

  1. Derek Gebhard – 13
  2. Paulo Júnior – 11*
  3. Don Smart – 8*
  4. Jayden Onen – 7*
  5. Stephen Payne - 6*
  6. Wolfgang Prentice - 6*
  7. Cyrus Rad - 6*

* - indicates former player

FC Naples
FC Naples

Across USL League One play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. N/A

Goals

  1. N/A

Assists

  1. N/A

Union Omaha
Union Omaha

Across USL League One, USL League One Playoffs, USL Jägermeister Cup, USL Jägermeister Cup Knockouts and U.S. Open Cup play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Rashid Nuhu – 131
  2. J.P. Scearce – 109*
  3. Conor Doyle – 96*
  4. Dion Acoff – 82
  5. Daltyn Knutson – 70*

Goals

  1. Steevan Dos Santos – 25*
  2. Noe Meza – 23*
  3. Pedro Dolabella – 22*
  4. Evan Conway – 19*
  5. J.P. Scearce – 17*

Assists

  1. Conor Doyle – 16*
  2. Devin Boyce – 11*
  3. Pedro Dolabella – 10*
  4. Joe Gallardo – 10
  5. Luis Gil – 9*

* - indicates former player

Portland Hearts of Pine
Portland Hearts of Pine

Across USL League One play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. N/A

Goals

  1. N/A

Assists

  1. N/A

Richmond Kickers
Richmond Kickers

Across USL Championship, USL Championship Playoffs, USL League One, USL League One Playoffs, USL Jägermeister Cup and U.S. Open Cup play since 2011. Accurate as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Yomby William – 194*
  2. Sascha Görres – 142*
  3. Matthew Delicâte – 137*
  4. Braeden Troyer – 136*
  5. Akira Fitzgerald - 127*

Goals

  1. Emiliano Terzaghi – 59
  2. Matthew Delicâte – 46*
  3. Jason Yeisley – 23*
  4. George Davis IV – 20*
  5. Nil Vinyals - 19*

Assists

  1. Sascha Görres – 20*
  2. Nil Vinyals – 17*
  3. Matt Bolduc – 13*
  4. Jonathan Bolanos – 13*
  5. Fred Sekyere – 10*
  6. Stanley Nyazamba – 10*
  7. Brian Ownby – 10*

* - indicates former player

South Georgia Tormenta FC
South Georgia Tormenta FC

Across USL League One, USL League One Playoffs, USL League Two, USL League Two Playoffs, USL Jägermeister Cup and U.S. Open Cup play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Pablo Jara – 135*
  2. Josh Phelps – 119*
  3. Marco Micaletto – 85*
  4. Jake Dengler – 81*
  5. Jad Arslan – 79*

Goals

  1. Kazaiah Sterling – 31*
  2. Marco Micaletto – 26*
  3. Pedro Fonseca – 14*
  4. Sebastián Vivas - 12
  5. Mukwelle Akale – 12*
  6. Jad Arslan – 12*

Assists

  1. Pedro Fonseca – 11*
  2. Mukwelle Akale – 10*
  3. Marco Micaletto – 10*
  4. Kazaiah Sterling – 9*
  5. Jackson Khoury – 8*
  6. Azaad Liadi – 8*
  7. Conner Antley – 8*

* - indicates former player

Spokane Velocity FC
Spokane Velocity FC

Across USL League One, USL League One Playoffs, USL Jägermeister Cup and U.S. Open Cup play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. Derek Waldeck – 36
  2. Josh Dolling – 36*
  3. Andre Lewis – 35
  4. Marcelo Lage – 34
  5. Javier Martín Gil - 34

Goals

  1. Luis Gil – 11
  2. Andre Lewis – 7
  3. Josh Dolling – 5*
  4. Ahmed Longmire – 3*
  5. Javier Martín Gil – 2
  6. Camron Miller – 2
  7. Masango Akale – 2
  8. Azriel González – 2*
  9. Romain Métanire – 2*

Assists

  1. Luis Gil – 5
  2. Josh Dolling – 5*
  3. Andre Lewis – 4
  4. Derek Waldeck – 3
  5. Masango Akale – 4

* - indicates former player

Texoma FC

Across USL League One play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. N/A

Goals

  1. N/A

Assists

  1. N/A

Westchester SC
Westchester SC

Across USL League One play as of Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Matches played

  1. N/A

Goals

  1. N/A

Assists

  1. N/A

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