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# 2025 USL Championship Season Previews, Day 3: Monterey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oakland, Orange County & Phoenix
- URL: https://www.backheeled.com/usl-championship-season-previews-2025-monterey-new-mexico-north-carolina-oakland-orange-county-phoenix/
- Published: 2025-03-05T13:22:59.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-06T13:16:05.000Z
- Description: With a new USL Championship season starting this weekend, we’re dropping in-depth previews for all 24 teams.
- Author: Backheeled Staff
- Tags: USL

## Monterey Bay FC

[Monterey Bay FC 2025 USL Championship season previewWe’re taking you through Monterey’s offseason action, hopes, fears, tactics & much more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/icon/Backheeled-2-Sq-Light-218.png)BackheeledJohn Morrissey![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/thumbnail/monterey.jpg)](https://www.backheeled.com/monterey-bay-fc-2025-usl-championship-season-preview-transfers-tactics-stars-predictions/)

*Will signings from largely untapped locales help Monterey make the jump in Jordan Stewart's first full year on the sidelines?*

## New Mexico United

[New Mexico United 2025 USL Championship season previewWe’re taking you through New Mexico’s offseason action, hopes, fears, tactics & much more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/icon/Backheeled-2-Sq-Light-219.png)BackheeledJohn Morrissey![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/thumbnail/new-mexico.jpg)](https://www.backheeled.com/new-mexico-united-2025-usl-championship-season-preview-transfers-tactics-stars-predictions/)

*Landing Dennis Sanchez could just turn out to be the Championship's best move of the winter. With their new manager at the helm, can New Mexico top the West again?*

## North Carolina FC

[North Carolina FC 2025 USL Championship season previewWe’re taking you through North Carolina’s offseason action, hopes, fears, tactics & much more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/icon/Backheeled-2-Sq-Light-220.png)BackheeledJohn Morrissey![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/thumbnail/north-carolina.jpg)](https://www.backheeled.com/north-carolina-fc-2025-usl-championship-season-preview-transfers-tactics-stars-predictions/)

*North Carolina looked stable after their jump from League One to the Championship. Can they take a step forward in 2025?*

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## Oakland Roots

[Oakland Roots 2025 USL Championship season previewWe’re taking you through Oakland’s offseason action, hopes, fears, tactics & much more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/icon/Backheeled-2-Sq-Light-221.png)BackheeledJohn Morrissey![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/thumbnail/oakland.jpg)](https://www.backheeled.com/oakland-roots-2025-usl-championship-season-preview-transfers-tactics-stars-predictions/)

*Will Oakland's high-profile additions in Panos Armenakas and Jurgen Damm push them up the table out West?*

## Orange County SC

[Orange County SC 2025 USL Championship season previewWe’re taking you through Orange County’s offseason action, hopes, fears, tactics & much more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/icon/Backheeled-2-Sq-Light-222.png)BackheeledJohn Morrissey![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/thumbnail/brycejamison_transfer_121824-2.jpg)](https://www.backheeled.com/orange-county-sc-2025-usl-championship-season-preview-transfers-tactics-stars-predictions/)

*After a strong finish to 2024, can one of the USL's foremost youth development clubs make a run at a trophy?*

## Phoenix Rising

[Phoenix Rising 2025 USL Championship season previewWe’re taking you through Phoenix’s offseason action, hopes, fears, tactics & much more.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/icon/Backheeled-2-Sq-Light-223.png)BackheeledJohn Morrissey![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/22/3c/223ce17d-3253-4d03-873b-ce236408cde2/content/images/thumbnail/phoenix.jpg)](https://www.backheeled.com/phoenix-rising-2025-usl-championship-season-preview-transfers-tactics-stars-predictions/)

*With a new manager and a clear focus on putting together a younger, more energetic squad, what will 2025's version of Phoenix Rising look like?*