Top eight teams in each conference advance to postseason.
Tiebreakers will be achieved by the following criteria, in order of importance:
- Head-to-Head Points Earned in Regular Season League Games*
- Goal Differential in Head-to-Head matches.
- PPG vs. in-Conference Opponents in Regular Season League Games**
- Total Wins in Regular Season League Games
- Goal Differential in Regular Season League Games
- Goals Scored in Regular Season League Games
- Points earned against top four Conference finishers (except that if the number of such Games is unequal, then points will be divided by the number Games played against the top four Conference finishers to arrive at a common basis for comparison)
- Number of disciplinary points (i.e., fewest disciplinary points).
- Lottery conducted by the League.
* If Head-to-Head is Not Applicable, Skip Directly to Tiebreaker No. 4 as Goal Differential and PPG in-Conference would not be applicable either if the teams did not compete head-to-head.
** For the USL Championship Final, Tiebreaker No. 3 is Not Applicable. If the teams are level on head-to-head and GD, skip directly to No. 4.
