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Nashville SC a Member of 18-Team Eastern Conference in 2019 USL Championship Season

December 13, 2018 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Nashville SC News Release


NASHVILLE - The United Soccer League (USL) Championship announced its 2019 conference alignment for the regular season on Thursday afternoon, and Nashville Soccer club will remain in the Eastern Conference. The league's 36 teams will span across two conferences with each club slated to play a 34-game regular season over 33 weeks.

EXPANSION TEAMS

With the addition of seven teams for the 2019 season, each of the Eastern and Western conferences will boast 18 teams. In the West three expansion teams, Austin Bold FC, El Paso Locomotive FC and New Mexico United will be added to the mix while the other four of Birmingham Legion FC, Hartford Athletic, Loudoun United FC and Memphis 901 FC will be Eastern Conference foes.

EASTERN CONFERENCE ADDITIONS

The addition of seven teams to the USL Championship means that the Eastern Conference will have some changes in the coming year. In order to have 18 teams in each conference, Saint Louis FC and the Swope Park Rangers will move from the West to the East. Both clubs were in the playoffs last season with Saint Louis FC finishing in the eighth spot and Swope Park Rangers finishing just ahead in seventh place.

CLOSE CONFINES

Nashville SC will have a lot of competition in the area next season with several teams playing in cities geographically close to Nashville. Just like last season, Nashville SC will play close to home when it travels to play Indy Eleven, Louisville City FC and Atlanta United 2. Expansion teams Memphis 901 FC and Birmingham Legion FC along with Saint Louis FC will also make for driveable away trips for the club and its fans.

SCHEDULE FORMAT

Last season, Nashville SC played FC Cincinnati, Louisville City FC and Atlanta United 2 three times in the regular season. With the new conference alignment, clubs will no longer have to play each other more than twice in the regular season. With the 34-game regular season, each side will play each other twice in a home-and-away format. The 33-week season will kick off the weekend of March 8-10, 2019. A full 2019 regular season schedule will be announced at a future date.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATL UTD 2

Bethlehem Steel FC

Birmingham Legion FC

Charleston Battery

Charlotte Independence

Hartford Athletic

Indy Eleven

Loudoun United FC

Louisville City FC

Memphis 901 FC

Nashville SC

New York Red Bulls II

North Carolina FC

Ottawa Fury FC

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

Saint Louis FC

Swope Park Rangers

Tampa Bay Rowdies

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Austin Bold FC

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

El Paso Locomotive FC

Fresno FC

LA Galaxy II

Las Vegas Lights FC

New Mexico United

OKC Energy FC

Orange County SC

Phoenix Rising FC

Portland Timbers 2

Real Monarchs SLC

Reno 1868 FC

Rio Grande Valley FC

Sacramento Republic FC

San Antonio FC

Seattle Sounders FC 2

Tulsa Roughnecks FC



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