2015 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
2015 season
President	Nick Ragain
Manager	Steve Trittschuh
Stadium	Sand Creek Stadium
USL Pro Playoffs	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	4th round
Top goalscorer	Luke Vercollone (7)
Highest home attendance	3,726; (June 10 vs. Portland 2)
Lowest home attendance	League: 2,012; (June 13 vs. Real Monarchs); (June 24 vs. Orange County); All: 679; (May 20 vs. Harpo's)
Average home league attendance	League: 2,484; All: 2,258
Home colours	Away colours

The 2015 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season was the club's first season of existence, and their first season in United Soccer League, the third division of the American soccer pyramid. The Switchbacks play in the Western Conference of USL.

Competitions

Preseason

February 28 Scrimmage	Air Force Falcons	1–2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
				Stadium: Cadet Soccer Stadium

March 7 Friendly	CSU–Pueblo ThunderWolves	0–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Pueblo, Colorado
			King	Stadium: Rawling Soccer Complex

March 14 Friendly	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2–1	UCCS Mountain Lions	Colorado Springs, Colorado
	Durr 48' King 57' Burt 81'	Report	Berkson	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium

March 18 Friendly	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	0–1	Real Monarchs SLC	Grand Junction, Colorado
7:00pm MDT		Report	Velazco 61'	Stadium: Walker Field Referee: Alex Krelo Assistant referees: Kali Smith Assistant referees: Jay Hutchinson

USL

March 28 1	Austin Aztex	2–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Austin, Texas
19:00 MT	Touray 40' King 60' Caesar 80'	Report	Maybin 29' Bejarano 55' Badr 65'	Stadium: House Park Attendance: 4,105 Referee: Luis Guardia

April 4 2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	1–2	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
13:00 MT	Harada 23' Burt 48', 57' Badr 58' Seth 68'	Report	Lopez 12' König 35', 90+' Evans 58'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 2,990 Referee: Adam Finney

April 11 3	Real Monarchs SLC	0–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Sandy, Utah
16:30 MT	Baldin 17'	Report	Harada 28' Seth 29', 30' N. Robinson 82'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 3,310 Referee: Brad Jensen

April 17 4	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	5–2	Real Monarchs SLC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT	Gonzalez 12' Vercollone 17', 25' (pen.), 90' (pen.) S. Robinson 42' Harada 45' Maybin 88' Armstrong 90'	Report	Tavares 18' Sundly 61' Rauhofer 88'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Younes Marrakcji

April 25 5	Austin Aztex	1–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Austin, Texas
19:00 MT	Tyrpak 9'	Report		Stadium: House Park Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

May 2 6	Arizona United SC	2–3	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Scottsdale, Arizona
20:30 MT	Top 5', 51' Malki 81' Cuevas 90+'	Report	Phillips 72' King 4' Harada 22', 52' Gorrick 31' Vercollone 33' (pen.), 68' Gonzalez 42' Seth 45' Bejarano 82' Argueta 90'	Stadium: Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 3,088 Referee: Daniel Radford

May 13 7	Orange County Blues FC	3–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Irvine, California
20:30 MT	Ramírez 38', 80', 75' Griffiths 57'	Report	Greer 50' S. Robinson 55' Seth 83'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 674 Referee: Robert Sarfaraz

May 23 8	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	5–0	Arizona United SC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT	Seth 29' Vercollone 49', 89', 73' S. Robinson 75', 76' Gonzalez 85' Maybin 87'	Report	Ruthven 29' Malki 74'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: M. Urbina-Barrios

May 30 9	LA Galaxy II	2–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Carson, California
20:30 MT	Auras 12' Bowen 37' Steres 45+' Mendiola 82', 90+'	Report	Gonzalez 17' Gorrick 90+'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 635

June 6 10	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	3–0	Whitecaps FC 2	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT	King 41' Vercollone 78' Maybin 83' Phillips 88'	Report		Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 2,348 Referee: Adam Zarrin

June 10 11	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	3–1	Portland Timbers 2	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT	Gonzalez 25', 35' Harada 47' Bejarano 90'	Report	Safiu 76' Richards 84'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 3,726 Referee: Karen Abt

June 13 12	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2–1	Real Monarchs SLC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT	Gonzalez 10' Burt 19' Harada 30'	Report	Baldin 21' Rauhofer 45' (pen.), 72'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Adam Finney

June 19 13	Saint Louis FC	0–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Fenton, Missouri
18:30 MT		Report	Argueta 15' Gonzalez 85'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

June 24 14	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	5–0	Orange County Blues FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT	King 18', 40' Argueta 33' Vercollone 57' (pen.) Hunter 59' Seth 69'	Report	Suggs 25' Crettenand 45+' Payeras 64'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Younes Marrackhi

July 3 15	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2-0	Austin Aztex	Colorado Springs, Colorado
20:00 MT	Gonzalez 53' 79' King 74'	Report	Rozeboom 33'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 3,024 Referee: Tyler Mitcham

July 11 16	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	3-1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
18:30 MT	Venter Nwabueze Ballew	Report	Vercollone	Stadium: ONEOK Field

July 15 17	Whitecaps FC 2	2-2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
20:00 MT	Bustos 18' Rodríguez 43' Lewis 50' McKendry 72'	Summary	Phillips 10' King 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: 2,513 Referee: Kent Waechter

July 18 18	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	1 - 1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT	King 9' Harada 37' Bejarano 51' Argueta 90'	Summary	Lowe 45' Sérgio Mota 61' 88'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 3,563 Referee: Mark Sauro

July 31 19	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	v	LA Galaxy II	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT				Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium

August 5 20	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	v	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT				Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium

August 8 21	Sacramento Republic FC	v	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Sacramento, California
21:00 MT				Stadium: Bonney Field

August 14 22	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	v	Sacramento Republic FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT				Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium

August 19 23	Seattle Sounders FC 2	v	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Tukwila, Washington
20:30 MT				Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex

August 26 24	Real Monarchs SLC	v	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Sandy, Utah
19:00 MT				Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium

September 5 25	Portland Timbers 2	v	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Portland, Oregon
16:00 MT				Stadium: Merlo Field

September 9 26	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	v	Austin Aztex	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT				Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium

September 12 27	Oklahoma City Energy FC	v	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
18:00 MT				Stadium: Taft Stadium

September 19 28	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	v	LA Galaxy II	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT				Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

May 20 Third round	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	2–1	Harpo's	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 MT	Maybin 1', 35' Argueta 66', 76'	Report	Haber 49' Cullen 70'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 679 Referee: Hamed Sadeghi

June 16 Fourth round	Colorado Rapids	4–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Commerce City, Colorado
19:00 MT	Badji 26' Greenspan 32' Serna 65', 71', 90+3'	Report	Bejarano 61' Phillips 61' Burt 90+1'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 1,727 Referee: Chipalo Street (Washington)

References

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Colorado Springs Switchbacks
Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado Founded in 2013
The Club	Roster
Stadium	Weidner Field
Rivalries	Colorado Rapids Real Monarchs
Key Personnel	Owner Nick Ragain Head Coach Steve Trittschuh
Seasons	2015 2016 2017 2018

2015 USL season by team
Playoffs Transfers
East	Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City New York Red Bulls II FC Montreal Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Saint Louis FC Toronto FC II Wilmington Hammerheads
West	Arizona United Austin Aztex Colorado Springs Switchbacks LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City Energy Orange County Blues Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs Sacramento Republic Seattle Sounders 2 Tulsa Roughnecks Whitecaps FC 2