The 2018 USL Cup Playoffs was the
postseason
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tournament following the
2018
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United Soccer League
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regular season, the fourth since the league rebranded for the 2015 season, and second as a
USSF Division II league. Including USL Pro history, it is the seventh postseason tournament. The tournament will begin on the weekend of October 20 and end on November 8.
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 winners of the Eastern and Western Conference Championship will play for the
USL Cup
The USL Championship Final is the post-season championship match of the USL Championship, the second tier of professional men's soccer in the United States. The winner is crowned champion in the same manner as in other North American sports lea ...
. The winner of the playoffs will be crowned league champion.
FC Cincinnati
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clinched the USL regular-season title on September 26th and will be the number one seed in the Eastern Conference.
Conference standings
The top 8 teams from each conference advance to the USL playoffs.
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Bracket
Schedule
Conference Quarterfinals
Conference Semifinals
Conference Finals
USL Championship
Championship Game MVP:
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(
LOU)
Top goalscorers
References
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playoffs
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...
USL Championship Playoffs