2017 USL Cup Playoffs explained

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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]}

USL Conference standings

The top 8 teams from each conference advance to the USL playoffs.

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Bracket

Schedule

USL Championship

Championship Game MVP: Paolo DelPiccolo (LOU)

Top goalscorers

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

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Notes and References

1. Web site: USL Announces 2017 Conference Alignment. United Soccer League (USL). January 11, 2017. January 9, 2017.
2. Web site: 2017 USL Cup Playoffs Matchups Set. United Soccer League (USL). October 15, 2017. October 15, 2017.
3. Web site: USL playoff statistics . November 13, 2017.