2020 Loudoun United FC season explained

Club:Loudoun United FC
Season:2020
League:
Chrtitle:General manager
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Ryan Martin
Stadium:Segra Field
League Result:Group F: 5th
Eastern Conf.: 17th
Cup1:USL Playoffs
Cup1 Result:Did not qualify
Highest Attendance:520
Lowest Attendance:452
Largest Win:NY 1–2 LDN
League Topscorer:Elvis Amoh (4)
American:true
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

The 2020 Loudoun United FC season was Loudoun United FC's second season of existence, their second in the second-division of American soccer, and their 2nd in the USL Championship. The team only played one competitive match before the USL Championship suspended all league matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1] until further notice.

On July 11, the league resumed play in a radically different format: all USLC teams were sorted into regional Groups for a round-robin style tournament, where the top two teams from each Group would earn a playoff spot. Loudoun United was drawn into Group F with other teams from the Northeastern US, and would resume play on July 20 against Hartford Athletic.

On September 25, Loudoun United announced that some of their team members had tested positive for COVID-19, and that they would cancel the rest of the season.[2] The team's poor performance resulted in only one win throughout the entire season and mathematical elimination from competing for the USL Championship Final.

Club

Roster

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Competitions

USL Championship

See main article: article and 2020 USL Championship season.

Group F Table

The standings for the Group include the results of any games that were played before the season was suspended.

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup.

Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (D.C. United), LUFC is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USL Championship Temporarily Suspends Play . USL Championship . July 4, 2020 . en-us . March 12, 2020.
  2. News: Goff . Steven . Loudoun United cancels remaining matches because of positive coronavirus tests . Washington Post . September 26, 2020 . September 25, 2020.
  3. Web site: Roster. Loudoun United FC. February 17, 2020. April 18, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190418001938/https://www.loudoununitedfc.com/playerroster. dead.
  4. January 8, 2020 . Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship . March 11, 2020.