2015 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season
| 2015 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Nick Ragain | ||
| Manager | Steve Trittschuh[1] | ||
| 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 | ||
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The 2015 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season was the club's first season of existence, and their first season in the United Soccer League, the third division of the American soccer pyramid. The Switchbacks played 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 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 |
USL Playoffs
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
- ^ Paisley, Joe (August 13, 2015). "Switchbacks coach Steve Trittschuh has a good problem to have with strong roster". The Gazette. Retrieved November 10, 2025.