2025 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season

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Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
2025 season
PresidentMartin Ragain
Head coach James Chambers
Stadium Weidner Field
USL Championship Playoffs TBD
2025 U.S. Open Cup Round of 32
2025 USL Cup TBD
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The 2025 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season is the club's eleventh season of existence, and their eleventh season in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States soccer league system.

Contents

The club comes into the 2025 season the reigning USL Championship title-holders, after cruising through the 2024 USL Championship playoffs, only allowing a single goal on their way to their first title in club history. [1]

Players

As of March 10, 2025 [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Christian Herrera
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Koa Santos
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Akeem Ward
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matt Mahoney
6 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matt Real
7 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Jonas Fjeldberg
9 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Levonte Johnson
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Zach Zandi
11 FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Quenzi Huerman
13 MF Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  PUR Stevie Echevarria
14 DF Flag of Haiti.svg  HAI Duke Lacroix
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aidan Rocha
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Marco Rios
20 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yosuke Hanya (on loan from Colorado Rapids 2)
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Anthony Fontana
22 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Marco Micaletto
23 DF Flag of Haiti.svg  HAI Garven Métusala
24 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Abraham Romero (on loan from Columbus Crew)
27 FW Flag of Panama.svg  PAN Juan Tejada
33 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Isaiah Foster
77 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Justin Dhillon
  1. ^
    USL Academy Contract

Competitions

USL Championship

Standings

PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
6 New Mexico United 219932730−330 [a] Playoffs
7 San Antonio FC 228862628−230 [a]
8 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 228862930−130 [a]
9 Orange County SC 218943333028
10 Las Vegas Lights FC 2361161839−2124 [b]
Updated to match(es) played on September 7, 2025. Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per-game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Phoenix Rising FC is ahead of New Mexico United, San Antonio FC, and Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on head-to-head points. PHX 13, NMU 7, SAN 3, COS 2.
  2. ↑ Las Vegas Lights FC and Oakland Roots SC are ahead of Monterey Bay FC on head-to-head points: LVL 4, OAK 4, MB 3. Las Vegas Lights are ahead of Oakland Roots SC on points-per-game within conference: LVL 1.26, OAK 1.06

Match results

On December 19, 2024, the USL Championship released the regular season schedule for all 24 teams. [3]

All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

March
March 81 El Paso Locomotive FC 2–2 Detroit City FC El Paso, Texas
7:00 PM Quezada Yellow card.svg 14'
Moreno Soccerball shade.svg43'Yellow card.svg 84'
Ruiz Yellow card.svg 49'
Cabrera Soccerball shade.svg90'+2'		 Report Micaletto Soccerball shade.svg2' (pen.)
Hanya Yellow card.svg 29'
Ward Yellow card.svg 31'
Mahoney Yellow card.svg 36'
Real Yellow card.svg 39'
Fjeldberg Soccerball shade.svg74'		Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,787
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
March 152 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 1–2 Detroit City FC Colorado Springs, Colorado
3:00 PM
 Report
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 8,023
Referee: Greg Dopka
March 294 Indy Eleven 2–3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Indianapolis, Indiana
5:00 PM
 Report
Stadium: IU Michael A. Carroll Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 10,202
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
April
April 55 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC v New Mexico United Colorado Springs, Colorado
3:00 PM Report Stadium: Weidner Field
Note: Postponed to September 24 due to inclement weather
April 126 Monterey Bay FC 2−1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Seaside, California
8:00 PM Rebollar Soccerball shade.svg36'
Malango Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Report Justin Dhillon - 42Stadium: Cardinale Stadium
Attendance: 3,309
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
April 238 San Antonio FC 3–2 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC San Antonio, Texas
6:30 PM
 Report
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 3,735
Referee: Natalie Simon
May
June
July
August
August 118 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 3–1 Lexington SC Colorado Springs, Colorado
Mahoney Soccerball shade.svg40', Soccerball shade.svg79'
Huerman Soccerball shade.svg30'		 Report Midence Soccerball shade.svg77'Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 7,349
Referee: Mark Verso
August 3022 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 2–0 FC Tulsa Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT
Report Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 6,411
Referee: Rodrigo Albuquerque
September
October

USL Cup

The Switchbacks will participate in the second edition of the USL Cup, the first edition to feature teams from both the USL Championship and League One. [4] [5]

PosLgTeam
PldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 USLC San Antonio FC 4301062+410Advance to knockout stage
2 USLC New Mexico United 4121097+28
3 USLC Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 4201174+37
4 USLC Phoenix Rising FC 41201101007
5 USLC El Paso Locomotive FC 411113306
6 USL1 Union Omaha 4100335−23
7 USL1 Texoma FC 40013512−71
Updated to match(es) played on July 26, 2025 (2025-07-26). Source: USL
May 31, 2025 (2025-05-31) El Paso Locomotive FC 0–1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC El Paso, Texas
7:00 PM MDT Report
Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,845
Referee: Muhammad Hassan
June 25, 2025 (2025-06-25) Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 0–2 San Antonio FC Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT Report
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Trevor Wiseman
July 26, 2025 (2025-07-26) Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 4–0 Texoma FC Colorado Springs, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT
Report Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 7,329
Referee: Benjamin Meyer

U.S. Open Cup

The Colorado Springs Switchbacks, as a member of the second division USL Championship, entered the U.S. Open Cup in the Third Round based on its performance in the 2024 USL Championship season. [6]

April 16Third Round Colorado Springs Switchbacks Flag of Colorado.svg 3–2 (a.e.t.) Flag of Tennessee.svg One Knoxville SC Colorado Springs, Colorado
9:00 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Weidner Field
Referee: Jay Schlesinger
May 6Round of 32 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Flag of Colorado.svg 1–4 Flag of New York.svg New York Red Bulls Colorado Springs, Colorado
9:30 pm MDT
Report
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Christopher Calderon

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Hugh (November 23, 2024). "Colorado Springs Switchbacks rout Rhode Island FC, complete miracle 10th season by winning first-ever title". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Colorado Springs Switchbacks Roster". switchbacksfc.com. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ USLSoccer Staff (December 19, 2024). "USL Championship reveals the 2025 season schedule". USL Championship. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ Lewis, Michael (December 12, 2024). "ANOTHER COMPETITION: USL adds Jägermeister Cup for Championship, League One teams". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  5. ↑ Silverman, Alex (December 12, 2024). "USL expanding Jägermeister Cup to all teams". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  6. ↑ "2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Pits 32 Amateur Teams Against 32 Pros in First Round; Format and 96-Team Field Finalized". www.ussoccer.com. January 28, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
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