November 26 – The Colorado Springs Switchbacks have reached the mountain high profitable their first United Soccer League (USL) title beating Rhode Island FC 3-0.
In entrance of a sell-out crowd of 8,023 at Weider Subject, objectives from Juan Tejada, Jairo Henriquez, and Ronaldo Damus, sealed the deal for head coach James Chambers’ aspect. Tejada claimed Championship Closing MVP honours after scoring the game-winning purpose in his second consecutive submit season outing.
The perfect end the Switchbacks had ever achieved previous to profitable the championship was the Western Convention quarter-finals which they’ve reached within the final three prior seasons. A lot of the credit score has fallen on the Irishman Chambers, who in his first 12 months as the highest man after serving three years as an assistant has fully modified the mentality of the membership.
A second-place end within the league gave Colorado the magical ticket of home-field benefit all through the play-off run after Western Convention common season champions, New Mexico United had been surprisingly crushed by the Las Vegas Lights FC.
With that home-field benefit, Weidner Subject, in-built 2021 grew to become a stronghold that opposing groups couldn’t breach as they conceded just one purpose throughout post-season play. At 6,500ft above sea-level, Weidner Subject is positioned on the highest elevation of any skilled group within the American soccer pyramid.
Regardless of changing into champions of the 2nd stage {of professional} soccer within the US, the Switchbacks is not going to get an invitation to Gianni Infantino’s FIFA World Membership Cup although as USL champions should not have a pathway to worldwide play. Presently, the one approach USL groups and under can play on an even bigger stage is that if they win the US Open Cup.
The Switchbacks franchise was based in 2014 and is owned and operated by the Ragain household and Dean Weidner.
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