2022 USL Championship Playoffs

The 2022 USL Championship Playoffs (branded as the 2022 USL Championship Playoffs presented by Hisense for sponsorship reasons) is the post-season championship of the 2022 USL Championship. It is the twelfth edition of the USL Championship Playoffs. The playoffs began October 22, and concluded with the USL Championship Final on November 13.

San Antonio FC won the regular season. Defending title holders Orange County SC did not qualify for the playoffs.

Format
The top seven teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs; the top team from each conference earned a bye to the conference semifinals. After the opening round the tournament will be reseeded to ensure that the top team from each conference plays the lowest seeded team and hosting rights will be determined by regular season record. All playoff matches will be streamed live on ESPN+ except the Championship final on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, and Sirius XM FC.

Conference standings
Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Conference Quarterfinals




Conference Semifinals




Conference Finals




USL Championship Final
Similar to the 2022 MLS playoffs, the final featured the top seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences, Louisville City FC and San Antonio FC, who were their conferences' regular-season and play-off champions. As overall regular-season champion, San Antonio FC had home-field advantage for the final.

For Louisville City, 2022 marks the fourth Championship final in five seasons, having won two of their previous three in 2017 and 2018. For San Antonio FC, this is a first USL Championship final.



Championship Game MVP: Santiago Patiño (SAN) 

Awards

 * Goal of the Playoffs: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Dennis (OAK)
 * Save of the Playoffs: 🇺🇸 Jordan Farr (SAN)