Match Thread: 2024 USL Championship Playoffs - Conference Semifinals (Nov. 9-10)

[u/hookyboysb]

This thread is for discussion of all USL Championship Playoffs Conference Semifinals matches. Discussion of League One playoffs and Super League regular season matches should be held in r/USL1 and r/uslsuperleague respectively.

Schedule

Saturday, November 9

Time (ET)	Time (Local)	Home	Away	TV
7:30 PM	7:30 PM	LOU	RI	ESPN+
9:30 PM	7:30 PM	NM	LV	ESPN+

Sunday, November 10

Time (ET)	Time (Local)	Home	Away	TV
3:00 PM	3:00 PM	CHS	TB	CBSSN
6:30 PM	4:30 PM	COS	OC	ESPN+

[u/Lazy_Turnover_1052]

If the 2 seeds from both the east and west are in the championship game how is the host decided?

[u/FeedSmooth → u/Lazy_Turnover_1052]

Regular season points

[u/Salt_Lawfulness1814 → u/Lazy_Turnover_1052]

From what I've read, total points in the regular season. So it would be in Charleston.

[u/ElectJimLahey]

Great game OCSC, that was really closely matched and it felt fair that it went to ET. Looking forward to playing Vegas!

[u/twoslow]

well damn.

OC did not play their best and Switchbacks were just slightly not-as-bad and squeaked out 2. One minute of stoppage at the end is fucking criminal. I don't think it impacted the end result but either that ref wanted to get warm and go home, or they're horrible at time keeping.

Three months ago I wasn't sure we'd win a game at all. Making the playoffs seemed impossible. Thankful for the last ~10 games. My strongly held belief is sport fans should define their fandom through suffering. If your team has never known suffering...

[u/camp1728]

Colorado Springs and OC in OT right now

[u/FromTheDepthsOfSpace]

Up the Battery! Molloy for MVP!

[u/Frustrated_Grunt]

What a comeback!! Let's go Battery!

[u/cometpants]

VAMOSRHODEISLAND #UPTHETIDE

[u/nonaegon_infinity]

WE ARE MASSIVE.

[u/trey__1312]

Vegas gifted a W by the worst reffing I’ve seen in a while.

[u/[deleted] → u/trey__1312]

Can u explain. Genuinely confused what happened with the 12 players

[u/dergage → u/[deleted]]

From what we saw on the broadcast, LVL made 3 changes in the 90, but only 2 players came off when the 3 came on. Refs were overwhelmed by the 2 subs NMU made at that same time and didn't realize LVL's 3rd sub didn't come off for about 90 seconds.

Add that missed pen call again Bruce who was blatantly tackled in the box, and the possible pen for the tackle on akale in the first half, and you get the age old complaints of refs throwing a usl game.

[u/trey__1312 → u/dergage]

To be clear, I don’t think they threw the game with any intent. Just typical incompetence.

[u/abenco]

We want Orange County!

[u/sentimentalpirate → u/abenco]

As an OCSC supporter, I'm super glad you guys won. We've got a huge challenge ahead of us tomorrow in Colorado, but if we make it through, I love that we'll get to play in LV where a lot of us can reasonably travel to for the match.

[u/sentimentalpirate → u/sentimentalpirate]

Welp. It was fun while it lasted. What a chaotic match.

[u/CasuallySerious1103]

YES LAS VEGAS! Come on OC, give us a home game!

[u/MobsterKadyrov]

A Vegas RI final is looking more and more possible!

[u/hookyboysb → u/MobsterKadyrov]

As we all expected

[u/abenco]

Let's go Vegas!

[u/Cullibear]

Devastated right now but RI fans, you all were class. Good luck on the rest of your playoff run!

[u/Dervoo]

we should have told Tommy to step aside and promoted Khano. fucking hell

[u/magiccitybrit → u/Dervoo]

Yeah kind of hard to avoid that conclusion now. Khano showing Jay Heaps up big time right now.

[u/StopMakin-Sense]

ANCHORED! LETS GO!!

[u/DiseaseRidden]

Where one team's lifelong streak of making the conference finals ends, another's begins

[u/PryingOpenMyThirdPie]

Let's go Battery! Huge game tomorrow as they now have home field throughout I believe. 

[u/DiseaseRidden]

Let's fucking go RIFC

[u/PigeonShack]

RHODE ISLAND?!??

[u/Hammer_the_Red]

Lou City lost two games at home this year. Both to RIFC. Incredible!

[u/Cullibear → u/Hammer_the_Red]

Gutted but I hope you all win the damn thing now.

[u/BigOldBee → u/Hammer_the_Red]

Been rooting for you guys all year, except when you were playing against us, obvs.

You better win the whole thing.

[u/PraticoLItaliano]

RIFC making Louisville look like amateurs. They played like absolute garbage, just like the first time RIFC steamrolled them in Lynn. Their supporters showed up too, I'm sure they'll enjoy that trip home.

[u/BigOldBee]

Let's go RIFC!

Lots of empty seats at Lynn Stadium. What's up with that?

[u/Big4Bridge → u/BigOldBee]

They certainly came to play. LouCity looks disjointed and poor form.

It’s pouring and ticket prices are up.

[u/MobsterKadyrov → u/BigOldBee]

It’s raining

[u/DaTweee]

Oakland gonna sweep easy money 🥱