The American football pyramid

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Every league in the top three tiers of American football, from Major League Soccer down to USL League One. Promotion, play-off and relegation places are marked on every table.

Standings as of 23 Oct · checked through the day

Tier 1Major League SoccerMLS30 clubs · 2 groups Tier 2USL ChampionshipUSLC25 clubs · 2 groups Tier 3USL League OneUSL117 clubs

Bar width is to scale with the number of clubs in each tier.

Promotion and relegation races

Tier 1

Major League Soccer

30 clubs in 2 groups · as of 22 Oct

Fixtures and results

1–7 in each group Play-offs
8–9 in each group Wild card

Western Conference

Major League Soccer, Western Conference
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Play-offs)	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	16	7	7	63	31	+32	DLDDW	556
2 (Play-offs)	St. Louis City	30	14	9	7	56	41	+15	WWWDL	5110
3 (Play-offs)	FC Dallas	30	14	9	7	55	47	+8	DWLWD	518
4 (Play-offs)	San Jose Earthquakes	30	13	9	8	52	42	+10	DWDDD	487
5 (Play-offs)	Houston Dynamo	30	13	8	9	41	39	+2	DLDDD	474
6 (Play-offs)	Los Angeles FC	31	12	10	9	48	33	+15	DLDWD	466
7 (Play-offs)	Seattle Sounders	30	11	9	10	39	37	+2	WWWLD	4210
8 (Wild card)	LA Galaxy	31	10	10	11	43	52	−9	WWLWD	4010
9 (Wild card)	Colorado Rapids	30	11	6	13	41	41	0	DLDDD	394
10	Real Salt Lake	30	10	6	14	45	48	−3	LWLDW	367
11	Portland Timbers	30	9	7	14	51	56	−5	LLDLD	342
12	San Diego FC	30	8	10	12	53	56	−3	DDLDD	344
13	Minnesota United	30	8	10	12	47	55	−8	LLDDW	345
14	Austin FC	30	7	10	13	38	56	−18	DDLLL	312
15	Sporting Kansas City	30	6	4	20	36	75	−39	WLDLL	224

Eastern Conference

Major League Soccer, Eastern Conference
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Play-offs)	Nashville SC	30	20	7	3	64	23	+41	WWWWD	6713
2 (Play-offs)	Inter Miami	30	15	10	5	73	51	+22	DLWWW	5510
3 (Play-offs)	New England Revolution	30	16	4	10	49	41	+8	WLLWW	529
4 (Play-offs)	Chicago Fire	30	14	6	10	52	44	+8	WWWLL	489
5 (Play-offs)	Charlotte FC	30	13	8	9	53	45	+8	WLWLD	477
6 (Play-offs)	Philadelphia Union	30	13	7	10	61	48	+13	WWWWD	4613
7 (Play-offs)	Orlando City SC	30	12	5	13	58	70	−12	LLWDW	417
8 (Wild card)	FC Cincinnati	30	10	9	11	62	71	−9	LWLLW	396
9 (Wild card)	New York Red Bulls	30	10	6	14	39	56	−17	WLWLL	366
10	Toronto FC	30	8	12	10	46	55	−9	LLWDW	367
11	Columbus Crew	30	10	5	15	46	47	−1	WWLWW	3512
12	New York City FC	30	8	10	12	43	41	+2	LDLLD	342
13	D.C. United	30	7	12	11	38	53	−15	DLWLL	334
14	Atlanta United	30	8	6	16	37	51	−14	WDLWL	307
15	CF Montréal	30	6	7	17	36	60	−24	LWLLD	254

The top seven in each conference go into the play-offs for the MLS Cup; 8th and 9th play a wild-card game.
Canadian clubs (Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal) play in MLS too.

Tier 2

USL Championship

25 clubs in 2 groups · as of 23 Oct

Fixtures and results

1–8 in each group Play-offs

Eastern Conference

USL Championship, Eastern Conference
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Play-offs)	Tampa Bay Rowdies	29	17	7	5	50	26	+24	WDLWW	5810
2 (Play-offs)	Charleston Battery	29	15	5	9	55	35	+20	WWLDW	5010
3 (Play-offs)	Detroit City	29	14	8	7	34	21	+13	DWWWL	5010
4 (Play-offs)	Louisville City	29	13	7	9	51	43	+8	WDWWW	4613
5 (Play-offs)	Rhode Island FC	29	12	6	11	41	31	+10	WWLWD	4210
6 (Play-offs)	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	29	12	6	11	31	29	+2	WLLWD	427
7 (Play-offs)	Hartford Athletic	29	9	13	7	33	32	+1	DDLDL	403
8 (Play-offs)	Miami FC	30	9	9	12	39	49	−10	WWWLL	369
9	Indy Eleven	29	9	7	13	35	40	−5	LLDLL	341
10	Birmingham Legion	29	6	12	11	39	44	−5	WLWDW	3010
11	Loudoun United	29	5	13	11	34	45	−11	WDWLD	288
12	Brooklyn FC	29	5	6	18	31	59	−28	LLLWL	213
13	Sporting JAX	29	3	5	21	32	76	−44	LLLLL	140

Western Conference

USL Championship, Western Conference
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Play-offs)	El Paso Locomotive	29	15	5	9	48	37	+11	WDLWL	507
2 (Play-offs)	New Mexico United	29	14	7	8	44	34	+10	LLWWL	496
3 (Play-offs)	Sacramento Republic	29	12	12	5	39	26	+13	WWDDW	4811
4 (Play-offs)	Lexington SC	29	14	5	10	54	36	+18	WWWDW	4713
5 (Play-offs)	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	29	12	8	9	42	38	+4	DDDDW	447
6 (Play-offs)	FC Tulsa	29	11	10	8	34	29	+5	DWDDL	436
7 (Play-offs)	San Antonio FC	29	10	12	7	30	29	+1	DDLDW	426
8 (Play-offs)	Phoenix Rising	29	10	9	10	42	43	−1	LLLWW	396
9	Orange County SC	29	10	9	10	38	47	−9	LWLLL	393
10	Oakland Roots	29	9	11	9	37	37	0	WWDDW	3811
11	Las Vegas Lights	29	10	6	13	40	46	−6	DLWLL	364
12	Monterey Bay	29	5	6	18	30	51	−21	LLWLL	213

The top eight in each conference go into the play-offs.

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Tier 3

USL League One

17 clubs · as of 22 Oct

Fixtures and results

1–8 Play-offs

USL League One table
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Form	PtsL5
1 (Play-offs)	Charlotte Independence	31	20	6	5	73	42	+31	WDWWW	6613
2 (Play-offs)	Union Omaha	31	19	4	8	54	34	+20	WWWLL	619
3 (Play-offs)	Forward Madison	31	16	7	8	54	30	+24	WLDLW	557
4 (Play-offs)	Boise	31	16	7	8	49	41	+8	DLWWW	5510
5 (Play-offs)	Spokane Velocity	31	16	6	9	50	43	+7	DWLWD	548
6 (Play-offs)	One Knoxville	32	15	9	8	52	36	+16	DLWLW	547
7 (Play-offs)	Chattanooga Red Wolves	31	14	4	13	50	44	+6	LLWLL	463
8 (Play-offs)	Fort Wayne	31	12	9	10	47	40	+7	DDWWL	458
9	Naples	31	13	4	14	38	46	−8	WWWWW	4315
10	Westchester SC	31	11	6	14	53	49	+4	WDWWW	3913
11	Sarasota Paradise	31	11	6	14	47	49	−2	WLWWL	399
12	Corpus Christi	31	9	9	13	34	49	−15	WLLLL	363
13	Alta	31	8	9	14	38	46	−8	LLLDL	331
14	Portland Hearts of Pine	31	7	10	14	44	57	−13	DLDLL	312
15	Greenville Triumph	31	7	6	18	36	60	−24	LLDWL	274
16	NY Cosmos	31	7	5	19	39	65	−26	WLLLD	264
17	Richmond Kickers	31	7	5	19	37	64	−27	LWLLW	266

The top eight go into the play-offs.