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What to know ahead of Saturday’s Switchbacks championship game: Tailgating, parking, tickets and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC will play for their first-ever United Soccer League championship on Saturday. The Switchbacks ended the regular season as a second seed, their highest finish ever, and scored 52 points. This high seed guaranteed them homefield advantage for the first two…
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What to know ahead of Saturday’s Switchbacks championship game: Tailgating, parking, tickets and more
The Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC will play for their first-ever United Soccer League championship on Saturday. The Switchbacks ended the regular season as a second seed, their highest finish ever, and scored 52 points. This high seed guaranteed them homefield advantage for the first two games of the playoffs. This past Saturday, the Switchbacks beat…
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Matt Mahoney, Switchbacks focused solely on Sacramento as playoff scenarios abound in regular season finale
Just one more match separates the Colorado Springs Switchbacks from a fourth consecutive appearance in the USL Championship playoffs. Defender and team captain Matt Mahoney is one of the few who have been in Colorado Springs for all four seasons. In the club’s win at Monterey Bay F.C. last weekend, Mahoney eclipsed 200 regular appearances…
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Colorado Springs Switchbacks announce formation of Switchbacks FC II
In the midst of their 10th season, the Colorado Springs Switchbacks are ushering in a new era. Tuesday, the club announced the creation of “Switchbacks FC II”, a team for boys ages 13-19, with the goal of identifying, developing and launching “pre-professional and professional boys’ soccer careers,” according to an official release. Switchbacks II is…
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Pikes Pick: Switchbacks games can be fun for non-sports fans
I would never call myself a sports fan, but I do enjoy a Switchbacks game. Ticket prices are reasonable and there are no bad seats at Weidner Field. If you sit on the east side of the stadium you get a glorious view of the mountains in addition to the action on the field. I…
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Springs Soundoff, Ep. 14: Switchbacks, college hockey, bye week fun
Hugh Johnson and Brent Briggeman joined Carson Field to talk Switchbacks FC, college hockey, Air Force football and power rank the best cities in the Mountain West Conference.
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Switchbacks FC play in Virginia Saturday night
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs Switchbacks are playing their first match in the Eastern time zone on Saturday with a game at Loudoun United FC at Segra Field in Leesburg, Va. The match is the first of…
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Switchbacks FC play in Virginia Saturday night
The Colorado Springs Switchbacks are playing their first match in the Eastern time zone on Saturday with a game at Loudoun United FC at Segra Field in Leesburg, Va. The match is the first of five games in 15 days for the Switchbacks, with four of them away from the friendly confines of Weidner Field.…
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Burt and Argueta, two of the original Switchbacks, still making impact
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Jan. 24, 2014, it was announced that the new professional soccer team in Colorado Springs would be called Switchbacks FC. A little over a year later, the team began play at Sand Creek Stadium, later known as Weidner Field, off Powers Blvd. and Tutt…
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Burt and Argueta, two of the original Switchbacks, still making impact
On Jan. 24, 2014, it was announced that the new professional soccer team in Colorado Springs would be called Switchbacks FC. A little over a year later, the team began play at Sand Creek Stadium, later known as Weidner Field, off Powers Blvd. and Tutt Blvd. Defender Jordan Burt and midfielder Rony Argueta were two…