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| Full name | Sporting Cascades Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | April 18, 2024 |
| Ground | Civic Stadium |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Owner | Sat Dhinsa |
| League | USL League One |
| Website | sportingcascades |
Sporting Cascades FC is an upcoming professional soccer club based in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Founded in April 2024, the club plans to make its USL League One debut in 2026.
On April 18, USL League One announced that a franchise would be granted to Eugene, Oregon. [1] The team plans to play at Civic Park, at the former site of Civic Stadium in Eugene for the 2025 USL League One season, which was rebuilt after a damaging fire in 2015. [2] [3] The join date was later pushed back to the 2026 USL League One season. [4]
The club's Sporting Cascades FC branding was unveiled on August 22, 2025. [5] The region identifier references the Cascades mountain range, the mountain range that spans from British Columbia to Northern California. In the crest, which is shaped like a shield, features the Three Sisters mountain peaks that are in Lane County, as well as the McKenzie and Willamette rivers. [6]
Sporting Cascades will play their matches at Civic Park, a new soccer-specific stadium built on the footprint of the former Civic Stadium. Opened on May 1, 2025 to the tune of $30 million dollars to complete, [7] the stadium features a main grandstand and a field house, with a phase two planned to add a scoreboard and a food court. [8] The capacity of the stadium is around 3,500, and has a turf field. [9]
