The keys to success for each side as four-time USL champions Charleston Battery host Cinderella story Phoenix Rising in thrilling USL Championship final Sunday

The Phoenix Rising's 2023 postseason campaign has been an absolute Cinderella story, winning three times on the road and three times taking down a higher seed. Now, they have their biggest test yet as the look to claim their first-ever USL Championship final trophy.

Charleston, meanwhile, are in familiar territory. They are four-time USL champions and are looking to add a fifth in their 31st year as an organization, but their first in the USL Championship division.

The Battery are in their first final since 2012, where they claimed victory, while Rising competed there in 2018, falling just short. Now, both teams are looking to add to the trophy case in Sunday's Championship game.

GOAL takes a look at how each team got to the final and where a potential victory may lie for each respective side.