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| USL Cup | |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Country: | United States Canada |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Defending Champions: | New York Red Bulls II |
| Champions: | Louisville City FC |
| Runner-Up: | Swope Park Rangers |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 32 |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Stefano Bonomo Brian Ownby (3 goals each) |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 USL Cup playoffs is a postseason tournament following the 2017 United Soccer League regular season, the third since the league rebranded for the 2015 season, and the first as a USSF Division II league. Including USL Pro history, it is the sixth postseason tournament. The tournament will begin on the weekend of October 20 and end on the weekend of November 10.
Sixteen teams (top 8 per conference) will compete in the single elimination tournament. Teams will be seeded one through eight in each conference. The conference semifinal winners will play against each other in the Conference Championship, which will serve as the overall semifinals for the playoff. The Eastern and Western Conference Championship winners will play for the USL Cup. The winner of the playoffs will be crowned league champion.[1] [2]
The top 8 teams from each conference advance to the USL playoffs.
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Championship Game MVP: Paolo DelPiccolo (LOU)
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefano Bonomo | New York Red Bulls II | 3 |
| Brian Ownby | Louisville City FC | ||
| 3 | César Elizondo | San Antonio FC | 2 |
| Georgi Hristov | Tampa Bay Rowdies | ||
| Tarek Morad | Louisville City FC | ||
| Marcel Schäfer | Tampa Bay Rowdies | ||
 Wojciech Wojcik | Oklahoma City Energy | ||
| 8 | Kharlton Belmar | Swope Park Rangers | 1 |
| Stefan Defregger | Rochester Rhinos | ||
 Amer Didic | Swope Park Rangers | ||
 Didier Drogba | Phoenix Rising FC | ||
 Luis Espino | Sacramento Republic FC | ||
 Junior Flemmings | New York Red Bulls II | ||
| Paris Gee | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | ||
| Jochen Graf | Rochester Rhinos | ||
| Éver Guzmán | San Antonio FC | ||
| Chandler Hoffman | Real Monarchs | ||
| Ethan Kutler | New York Red Bulls II | ||
| Cameron Lancaster | Louisville City FC | ||
| Enzo Martínez | Charlotte Independence | ||
| Ben Mines | New York Red Bulls II | ||
| Luke Spencer | Louisville City FC | ||
 Florian Valot | New York Red Bulls II |