Playoffs: A look at the four USL Championship conference finalists

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Oct 23, 2020

Louisville City hosts the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the Phoenix Rising plays the El Paso Locomotive in Saturday's USL Championship conference finals. Here's a look at how they lined in the conference semifinals.

Of the 44 starters ...

-- 26 played in college.
-- 26 are foreigners.
-- 9 played in MLS.
-- 7 are younger than 25.
-- 5 played for NCAA Division II programs.
-- 3 are on loan (two from MLS teams, one from Liga MX team)
-- 2 played in the English Premier League.

Louisville City XI
PLAYER, AGE (COUNTRY, COLLEGE) OTHER EXPERIENCE
Ben Lundt, 25 (Germany, Akron), on loan from FC Cincinnati
Oscar Jimenez, 30 (USA, Western Washington)
Alexis Souahy, 25 (France, Bowling Green)
Sean Totsch, 29 (USA, Northern Illinois)
Pat McMahon, 33 (USA, UIC)
Speedy Williams, 28 (Jamaica, Robert Morris)
Paolo DelPiccolo, 29 (USA, Louisville)
Corben Bone, 32 (USA, Wake Forest), 26 MLS games
Antoine Hoppenot, 29 (France, Princeton), 69 MLS games
Brian Ownby (photo), 30 (USA, Virginia), 29 MLS games
Cameron Lancaster, 27 (England), on loan from Nashville SC, 1 Premier League game.

Tampa Bay Rowdies XI
PLAYER, AGE (COUNTRY, COLLEGE) OTHER EXPERIENCE
Evan Louro, 24 (USA, Michigan)
Aaron Guillen, 27 (USA, FGCU), 6 MLS games
Forrest Lasso, 27 (USA, Wofford), 5 MLS games)
Jordan Scarlett, 25 (France, Iona)
Max Lachowecki, 28 (USA, Notre Dame)
Yann Ekra, 30 (France)
Jordan Doherty, 20 (Ireland)
Zach Steinberger, 28 (USA, Butler), 3 MLS games
Sebastian Dalgaard, 29 (Denmark)
Sebastian Guenzatti, 29 (Uruguay)
Juan Tejada, 23 (Panama, Eckerd)

Phoenix Rising XI
PLAYER, AGE (COUNTRY, COLLEGE) OTHER EXPERIENCE
Zac Lubin, 31 (USA, Saint Martin's)
Darnell King, 30 (USA, Florida Atlantic)
A.J. Cochran, 27 (USA, Wisconsin), 26 MLS games
Joe Farrell, 28 (USA, La Salle)
Corey Whelan, 22 (Ireland)
Sam Stanton, 26 (Scotland)
Kevon Lambert, 23 (Jamaica)
Jon Bakero, 23 (Spain, Wake Forest), 7 MLS games
Santi Moar, 27 (Spain, Pfeiffer)
Rufat Dadashov, 29 (Azerbaijan)
Solomon Asante, 30 (Ghana)

El Paso Locomotive XI
PLAYER, AGE (COUNTRY, COLLEGE) OTHER EXPERIENCE
Lucas Ketterer, 26 (USA, Bradley)
Eder Borelli, 29 (Mexico)
Yuma, 35 (Spain)
Mechak Jerome, 30 (Haiti), 12 MLS games
Richie Ryan, 35 (Ireland), 2 Premier League games.
Bryam Rebellon, 28 (Colombia)
Macauley King, 25 (England, Young Harris)
Chapa Herrera, 24 (USA)
Aaron Gomez, 26 (Mexico), on loan from FC Juarez.
Dylan Mares, 28 (USA, Indiana)
Leandro Carrijo, 35 (Brazil)