The USL Championship is nearing the halfway point of the 2025 campaign, and some major storylines are taking over the league. Meanwhile, the USL's intra-league competition, the Jägermeister Cup, returns this August, with the quarterfinals of the competition arriving as well.
In regular season play, reigning champions Colorado Switchbacks were expected to compete for multiple trophies this season, but nothing has gone to plan, and they sit at the bottom of the Western Conference. Meanwhile, two teams across the league are excelling, but for different reasons.
The Charleston Battery are playing incredible attacking soccer at the moment, and are thriving in the final third thanks to a stellar forward tandem in the Eastern Conference. In the West, New Mexico United are being propelled by former U.S. youth international star Mukwelle Akale, who has found a home with the club 11 years on from his biggest moment on the U.S. stage.
GOAL takes a look at where each club sits and digs into the stats that are defining the USL Championship halfway through the 34-match season.