USL Championship · 2026
21th by playoff odds25 clubs

Birmingham

11th · 3-8-7 · 17 pts
Playoffs10%
Elimination number
The fewest of this club's own losses that alone would end its playoff chances, no matter what every other result does.
10

Lose the next 10 games and the playoff place is mathematically gone, whatever every other result does.

Chances

The races beyond a playoff place, and where they finish.

Conference<1%
Championship<1%

11th in the table · 21th by playoff odds.

Eastern Conference finish
1st8th · playoff line13th

Most likely 11th. The top 8 in the conference make the playoffs.

Schedule

The next game, what follows it, and what already happened.

Upcoming

Full schedule12 to play

Season so far

Playoff odds after every published update. Dots mark the games with the biggest published swing; each opens its game record.

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Paths

Every way the regular season can end, measured over 20,000 simulated seasons. The finishes are a complete split of it, so the bar is one whole; open a finish for what has to happen.

Reaches the postseason - stronger green is a better finishMisses it

Host a conference quarterfinal<1%

A possible long-shot route: 11 of 20,000 simulations reached it.

Birmingham 42+ points

Reach the quarterfinals on the road10%

Birmingham 34+ points

Conference Quarterfinals
1Tampa BayHome8Birmingham

Alongside it: 2 Detroit v 7 Indy · 3 Charleston v 6 Louisville · 4 Rhode Island v 5 Pittsburgh

How the table finishedthe middle season
The Eastern Conference table in the season closest to the middle of this route, out of 2,012. One season, not an average; the rule marks the last club that reached the bracket.
SeedClubPts
1Tampa Bay60
2Detroit50
3Charleston50
4Rhode Island49
5Pittsburgh44
6Louisville44
7Indy41
8Birmingham37
-Brooklyn34
-Hartford32
-Loudoun31
-Miami31
Miss the postseason90%