[1] Richmond Kickers chairman Rob Ukrop stated after the announcement of the USL Cup that another league had been invited to participate, but declined the opportunity.

[3] The announcement of the USL Cup stated that the winning club would receive prize money, but did not specify the amount.

[1] In a November 2024 court case, Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC ownership claimed that the winners of the competition would receive $100,000 and the runners-up would receive $25,000, but that USL did not pay Northern Colorado the winners' prize money.

[1] The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:[5] The ranking of teams for the knockout stage wild card is determined as follows:[5] The winner of each group, as well as the team who scored the most goals in the competition that did not win their group, progressed to the knockout stage.

Goals allowed in penalty shoot-outs are not counted towards players' clean sheet totals.