The schedule is out: http://www.uslsoccer.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=157014&SPSID=917141&DB_OEM_ID=32800&DB_OEM_ID=32800 Opening weekend: Friday, March 25 Montreal v. Bethlehem Seattle v. Sacramento Saturday, March 26 Richmond v. Harrisburg Charlotte v. Louisville Orlando v. Wilmington Charleston v. Cincinnati OKC Energy v. Colorado Springs Tulsa v. Rio Grande Valley Swope Park v. Portland Real Monarchs v. Saint Louis Orange County v. Vancouver LA Galaxy II v. Arizona United Sunday, March 27 NY Red Bulls II v. Toronto San Antonio, Pittsburgh, and Rochester start in week 2.
It looks like the schedule is more unbalanced that I thought it would be. The RGV Toros breakdown, games against: San Antonio - 4 times Tulsa - 3 OKC - 3 Swope Park (KC) - 3 LA - 2 Real Monarchs - 2 Portland - 2 Seattle - 2 Orange County - 2 Colorado Springs - 2 Sacramento - 2 Saint Louis - 1 Arizona - 1 Vancouver - 1 I'd guess other teams are similar. Saint Louis will still play home-and-away across the conferences against Louisville and Cincinnati.
pretty even in the east. here is the Battery breakdown. Orlando 3 Wilmington 3 Charlotte 3 Richmond 3 Cincinnati 2 Bethlehem 2 Pittsburgh 2 Rochester 2 Harrisburg 2 Toronto FC 2 Louisville 2 NYRB 2 FC Montreal 2 i think most the others are similar at a quick glance
Hmm. Maybe it is just the West that is jumbled up a little more. Arizona's breakdown: Real Monarchs - 4 LAGII - 3 Portland - 3 Orange County -3 San Antonio - 3 Seattle - 2 Vancouver - 2 Tulsa - 2 Colo Springs - 2 Sacramento - 2 RGVFC - 1 OKC - 1 Swope Park - 1 St Louis - 1
If they are creating a central division this does the framework for future schedules. In looking at San Antonio schedule tends to focus a lot on teams in Central (outside of Arizona) that we face more than twice. Biggest disappointment that I have is that San Antonio only faces Sac Republic once and not in San Antonio. Would give up a game vs Arizona to face Sac a second time. Real Monarchs -1 LAGII - 2 Portland - 1 Orange County -2 Arizona - 3 Seattle - 2 Vancouver - 1 Tulsa -3 Colo Springs - 2 Sacramento - 1 RGVFC - 4 OKC - 3 Swope Park - 3 St Louis -2
Seattle's breakdown: Portland - 4 Vancouver - 4 Sacramento - 3 Colorado Springs - 3 Arizona - 2 San Antonio - 2 Rio Grande Valley - 2 Real Monarchs - 2 OKC Energy - 2 Swope Park Rangers - 2 Tulsa - 1 LA Galaxy - 1 Orange County - 1 St Louis - 1 I find it bizarre that Seattle has just one game against the Southern California teams but 2 against the Texas teams. Other than the Cascadia matchups, I don't see any rhyme or reason to Seattle's schedule.
This is what Orlando City B looks like. Could've sworn we'd end up with one Western Conference match... Charleston 4 Wilmington 3 Louisville City 3 Harrisburg 2 Pittsburgh 2 Montreal 2 Cincinnati 2 Bethlehem 2 Charlotte 2 NYRB2 2 Toronto 2 Richmond 2 Rochester 2
Sacramento Republic FC's matchups: Arizona - 2 Colorado Springs - 1 Galaxy Jr. - 4 Oklahoma City - 1 OC Blues - 4 Portland - 2 Rangers - 1 Real Monarchs - 3 RGV Toros - 2 St. Louis - 2 San Antonio - 1 Seattle - 3 Tulsa - 1 Vancouver - 3 I'm a bit confused (and bummed) that SRFC plays Seattle and Vancouver 3x but only faces Portland twice, given the connections between both organizations (and their supporters groups). Also of interest - one of the games versus the Monarchs will be in Reno.
A complete breakdown of the schedule: http://scratchingthepitch.com/2016/01/26/usl-2016-schedule-tips-the-scales/
Updated Week 1 schedule: Home team first, times are ET. Friday, March 25 FC Montreal v. Bethlehem Steel 7:00 pm Seattle Sounders 2 v. Sacramento Republic 10:30 pm Saturday, March 26 NY Red Bulls II v. Toronto FC II 3:00 pm Richmond Kickers v. Harrisburg City Islanders 5:00 pm Charlotte Independence v. Louisville City 7:00 pm Orlando City B v. Wilmington Hammerheads 7:30 pm Charleston Battery v. FC Cincinnati 7:30 pm Tulsa Roughnecks v. Rio Grande Valley FC 8:00 pm OKC Energy v. Colorado Springs Switchbacks 8:00 pm Swope Park Rangers v. Portland Timbers 2 8:30 pm Real Monarchs SLC v. Saint Louis FC 9:00 pm Orange County Blues v. Vancouver Whitecaps 10:00 pm LA Galaxy II v. Arizona United 10:30 pm BYES: Rochester, Pittsburgh, and San Antonio
Does anyone know if home/away records are tracked anywhere? I know Sac's home and away record is almost identical, which seems unusual to me. Just curious to look at it league-wide.
Here is a website that has the standings by home and away. It looks accurate. http://www.oddsportal.com/soccer/usa/usl-2016/standings/