TAMPA, Fla. – There has never been an opening weekend like it.

Powered by sellout crowds at the four USL Championship expansion clubs hosting their inaugural matches over Saturday and Sunday’s action, the league welcomed a record 91,425 fans across 17 games – kicking off the biggest season in the Championship’s history with a bang.

Leading the way was New Mexico United, which set a USL Championship Week 1 record with a sellout crowd of 12,896 as fans flocked to Isotopes Park to welcome the club. Albuquerque native Devon Sandoval – who last June was unveiled as the club’s first signing – claimed the honor of being the first goalscorer in NMU’s history as the hosts earned their first point in a 1-1 draw against Fresno FC.