The 2022 USL Championship Playoffs (branded as the 2022 USL Championship Playoffs presented by

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for sponsorship reasons) is the post-season championship of the 2022 USL Championship. It is the twelfth edition of the USL Championship Playoffs. The playoffs began October 22, and concluded with the USL Championship Final on November 13.

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won the regular season. Defending title holders

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did not qualify for the playoffs.

Format

The top seven teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. With the top team from each conference entering the competition during the conference semi-finals. After the opening round the tourament will be reseeded to ensure that the top team from each conference plays the lowest seeded team and hosting rights will be determined by regular season record. All playoff matches will be streamed live on

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except the Championship final on

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, and

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FC.

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Western Conference

Bracket

Schedule

Conference Quarter-finals

Conference Semi-finals

Conference Finals

USL Championship Final

In a mirror of the 2022 MLS playoffs the final sees a showdown between the top seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences, with

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and

coming to the final as their conferences respective regular-season and play-off champions. As overall regular-season champion, San Antonio FC maintain home-field advantage for the final. For Louisville City, 2022 marks the fourth Championship final in five seasons, having won two of their previous three in 2017 and 2018. For San Antonio FC, this is a first USL Championship final.

Championship Game MVP:

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( SAN)

Top goalscorers

Awards

*Goal of the Playoffs: Charlie Dennis (

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) *Save of the Playoffs: Jordan Farr ( SAN)

References

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