Following the release of the 2018 USL Schedule fans were asked to give their opinion on expansion teams, the USL Cup Playoffs, and the question lighting up Twitter, which conference is stronger? After more than 1,000 answers, these great questions surrounding the USL may finally be solved.

With five expansion teams coming to USL in 2018 from all over the country, Indy Eleven was seen as the overwhelming favorite expansion team that fans a looking forward to playing this season. With a successful history in recent years, Indy has a lot of elements fans are looking for, getting 32.4 percent of the vote.

Nashville SC was the second favorite, but without the history that Indy has, fans were positive on the impressive squad that Nashville has put together, led by goalkeeper Matt Pickens. Surprisingly Las Vegas Lights FC was in fourth place, the allure of a road trip to Vegas not playing enough of a role to entice fans to vote for the Vegas club.

The debate surrounding which USL Eastern Conference team would make the USL Cup Playoffs after coming up short in 2017 was tight. In the end Ottawa Fury FC just edged the poll, finishing less than half a percentage point clear of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Given Ottawa finished the closest of the 2018 Eastern Conference teams to making the Playoffs in 2017, missing out by six points, that comes as no surprise, but the appointments of Head Coaches Nikola Popovic in Ottawa fresh off his run to a Western Conference championship and Bob Lilley in Pittsburgh are major reasons for optimism in both fanbases.