The 2023 USL Championship Playoffs (branded as the 2023 USL Championship Playoffs presented by Hisense for sponsorship reasons) was the post-season championship of the
2023 USL Championship. It was the thirteenth edition of the USL Championship Playoffs. The playoffs began on October 21, and concluded with the USL Championship Final on November 12.
were the defending title holders and were eliminated in the Conference Semi-finals by
Sacramento Republic FC
Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California, that plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second level in US soccer. Co-founded by Warren Smith and Joe Wagoner in 2012, the ...
.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC and the
Tampa Bay Rowdies were the first teams to clinch a playoff berth which they both achieved on September 3 and subsequently both lost in the first round.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC won the regular season and were eliminated in the Conference Quarterfinals by
Detroit City FC.
The
Charleston Battery and
Phoenix Rising FC advanced to the Final after failing to make the postseason the previous year. A match Phoenix won after a
penalty shoot-out for their first title.
Format
The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs which was in a single-elimination, fixed bracket format. All playoff matches were streamed live on
ESPN+
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except the Championship final on
ESPN2,
ESPN Deportes, and
Sirius XM
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FC.
Conference standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Bracket
Schedule
Conference Quarterfinals
Conference Semifinals
Conference Finals
USL Championship Final
Championship Game MVP: Rocco Ríos Novo (PHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is a civil–military public airport east of downtown Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is Arizona's largest and busiest airport, and among the largest commercial airports in th ...
)