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What to Watch Across the USL Championship: Week 24

September 30, 2021 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
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Playoff positioning will take on a more prominent role in Week 24 across the USL Championship. While some postseason tickets may be all but booked, home-field advantage and a higher playoff seed is very much still in play.

Pacific Division

Orange County SC secured its second win in three matches with a 2-1 result over Oakland Roots SC, dropping the East Bay side down the table. LA Galaxy II climbed two posts with its third straight win on Wednesday, a 3-0 result over Phoenix Rising FC that now has Los Dos sitting at 32 points with 7 matches remaning. Sacramento, Oakland and Tacoma remain in the hunt for the division's top four slots, with a matchup against each opponent coming in the next six days.

Miami FC vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

Miami dropped three points last weekend to Charlotte before taking their frustrations out on Loudoun United in a 6-1 midweek fixture. Christian François, who has scored in both previous meetings this year with Riverhounds SC, recorded his second brace in four matches in the win over Loudoun. The Florida side can move into second in the Atlantic Division - and more imprtantly, a home-field advantage situation - with three points against Pittsburgh this weekend.

Pittsburgh is looking for its first win since September 11 after dropping a 1-0 contest to Charlotte and salvaging a point from Charleston in a physical 3-3 affair thanks to Alex Dixon's equalizer in the 87th minute. Three points for the Hounds can push them over the 50-point plateau for the third time in four years. Pittsburgh and Miami have combined for 89 goals this season.

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC vs. El Paso Locomotive FC

El Paso wasn't able to push a win over the line in Austin with a late equalizer by Bold FC, but Locomotive FC redeemed themselves with a 1-0 win over Real Monarchs over the weekend. Now unbeaten in its last five matches, El Paso faces a clash of the titans in the Mountain Division with a Saturday kickoff against one of the league's most potent offenses in Colorado Springs.

Switchbacks FC is also undefeated in its last five outings after a 3-1 win over Austin this past Saturday, and doing so without Michee Ngalina in the Starting XI means the Colorado side's attack won't be too depleted down the stretch. This weekend's test against an El Paso defense with three clean sheets in its last four matches is a must-win, though, if Switchbacks wants to gain ground on the top spot in the Mountain Division.

FC Tulsa vs. Memphis 901 FC

Kyle Murphy's strike in the 31st minute against Indy Eleven was all Memphis needed to stay afloat in the Central Division race before a 1-1 draw with Louisville City FC moved 901 FC closer to the playoff line. Murphy bagged the game's first goal against LouCity as well.

Murphy has scored in both meetings with Tulsa this year, and a win in Oklahoma can put 901 FC level on points with fourth-place OKC Energy FC.

A draw against Sporting Kansas City II may have hurt Tulsa's chance at hosting in the postseason, but a good showing this weekend is still vital for a side looking for table separation and its first win since September 8.

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