Our first season in the newly formed Northeast Division didn't end in Newburgh with a trophy, and it didn't end with a playoff berth either, but if you watched this team from May 16th to the final whistle, you already know a line in the standings doesn't tell the whole story. We finished the 2026 regular season 6-2-2, runner-up in the Northeast Division to a Vermont Green FC side that went all the way to the USL W League National Final on July 18th. One club gets the division's playoff spot...

Hudson Valley Crusaders look back on their second season in the USL-W League and first in the newly formed Northeast Division.