2019 USL Championship season
| Season | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Real Monarchs SLC |
| Regular season title | Phoenix Rising FC |
| Matches played | 612 |
| Goals scored | 1,904 (3.11 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Solomon Asante (22) |
| Biggest home win | NYR 8–1 ATL (July 13) PGH 7–0 BHM (October 26) - USL Playoff Record |
| Biggest away win | ATL 0–5 PIT (June 15) CHS 0–5 TBR (August 3) |
| Highest scoring | LOU 8–3 SPR (October 12) |
| Longest winning run | 20 games Phoenix Rising FC (May 10 – September 21) (USLC Record, North American Record) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 20 games Phoenix Rising FC (May 10 – September 21) |
| Longest winless run | 17 games Tulsa Roughnecks (April 27 – August 28) |
| Longest losing run | 8 games Hartford Athletic (March 9 – April 27) |
| Highest attendance | 20,251 IND 1–0 HFD (March 30) |
| Lowest attendance | 214 SPR 3–2 LOU (May 6) |
| Total attendance | 2,740,323 |
| Average attendance | 4,478 |
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All statistics correct as of November 17, 2019. | |
The 2019 USL Championship season was the ninth season of the USL Championship and third under Division II sanctioning. This was the first season in which the league operated under the name "USL Championship," using the moniker "United Soccer League" through 2018. The season began on March 8, 2019, and concluded on October 20, 2019, with each team playing 34 matches. 36 teams competed in the 2019 USL Championship season, split into 2 conferences of 18 teams each. Louisville City FC were the two-time defending champions.
The 2019 season was the last for the current version of Nashville SC. The club's identity transferred to a Major League Soccer team that started to play in 2020. Additionally, this season was the last for Ottawa Fury FC. On November 8, the club announced that it had suspended operations; Fury FC had received sanctioning from its country's governing body, Canada Soccer, but was denied by U.S. Soccer and the continental governing body of CONCACAF.