FRESNO - The USL Championship unveiled its full slate of home openers for the 2019 season Friday with Los Zorros debuting in front of their home crowd on March 23rd against Reno 1868 FC at Chukchansi Park.
Fresno Football Club officially kicks off its second year in the USL Championship on March 9, when they play at first-year franchise New Mexico United. That match will take place at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque. The following weekend, March 16, Fresno will play at Rio Grande Valley FC Toros. Official kickoff times will be announced in the near future.
Fresno FC finished with 39 points in its first season, earning a record of 9W-12D-13L for 12th place in the Western Conference with Juan Pablo Caffa and Jemal Johnson leading the club with nine goals apiece. The pair is among 10 total returners from the inaugural squad and will join new signing CJ Cochran and more for the 2019 campaign.
Single-match tickets for the March 23rd home opener are now on sale at tickets.fresnofc.com, by calling 559-320-2525, or at the Chukchansi Park box office. Season tickets and 5-match packs are also available for purchase.
2018 USL HOME OPENERS
Home Teams Listed First
Saturday, March 9
ATL UTD 2 vs. Hartford Athletic
Birmingham Legion FC vs. Bethlehem Steel FC
Charleston Battery vs. Ottawa Fury FC
El Paso Locomotive FC vs. OKC Energy FC
LA Galaxy II vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
Las Vegas Lights FC vs. Austin Bold FC
Memphis 901 FC vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies
Nashville SC vs. Loudoun United FC
New Mexico United vs. Fresno FC
New York Red Bulls II vs. Swope Park Rangers
North Carolina FC vs. Louisville City FC
Reno 1868 FC vs. Orange County SC
Sacramento Republic FC vs. Real Monarchs SLC
Saint Louis FC vs. Indy Eleven
San Antonio FC vs. Phoenix Rising FC
Seattle Sounders FC 2 vs. Rio Grande Valley FC
Tulsa Roughnecks FC vs. Portland Timbers 2
Friday, March 15
Charlotte Independence vs. Indy Eleven
Saturday, March 16
Bethlehem Steel FC vs. North Carolina FC
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC vs. Sacramento Republic FC
OKC Energy FC vs. Las Vegas Lights FC
Orange County SC vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC
Phoenix Rising FC vs. New Mexico United
Real Monarchs SLC vs. El Paso Locomotive FC
Rio Grande Valley FC vs. Fresno FC
Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Saturday, March 23
Fresno FC vs. Reno 1868 FC
Louisville City FC vs. Hartford Athletic
Portland Timbers 2 vs. Las Vegas Lights FC
Swope Park Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Saturday, March 30
Austin Bold FC vs. San Antonio FC
Indy Eleven vs. Hartford Athletic
Saturday, April 6
Ottawa Fury FC vs. Nashville SC
Saturday, April 13
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC vs. Hartford Athletic
Friday, May 3
Loudoun United FC vs. Bethlehem Steel FC
Saturday, May 4
Hartford Athletic vs. Charlotte Independence
