2020 USL Championship season

The club's identity transferred to a Major League Soccer team that started play in 2020.

[4] The playoffs began on October 10, and originally scheduled to conclude with the USL Championship Final on November 1.

The Final was then cancelled the day before because several Tampa Bay Rowdies players and staff tested positive for COVID-19.

[5] Real Monarchs were the defending USL Championship champions, but failed to qualify for the playoffs.

The 2020 USL Cup Playoffs were expected to begin October 21, and conclude with the final match between November 12–16.

The Final was cancelled the day before because several Tampa Bay players and staff tested positive for COVID-19.

As a result, Phoenix Rising and Tampa Bay were recognized as conference champions, and the final was not played.

[42] League officials considered postponing the game, but this would have required quarantining both teams and giving them time for renewed training.

The prospect of waiting three to four weeks to play led league officials to simply cancel the game.