theThe Utica City FC indoor soccer team won’t have to wait too long into the season for its first home game.

The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) team begins its first season in Utica — since moving from Syracuse in June — on Saturday, Dec. 1 at Harrisburg Heat before playing their home opener the next day against the defending champion Baltimore Blast at the Adirondack Bank Center at Utica Memorial Auditorium.

Five of the team’s first seven games are at home against fellow Eastern Conference teams Baltimore, Florida and Harrisburg. Of the team’s 12 home games, 11 are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday starts. The team’s penultimate home game is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, March 30 against Baltimore.

Utica’s schedule includes 24 total games — two more than the MASL’s schedule last season — with at least five meetings against fellow Eastern Conference Eastern Division teams Baltimore, Harrisburg and other new squad Mississauga, which is in the Toronto area. The rest of the schedule features games against each of the five other Eastern Conference teams. Utica does not play any of the eight Western Conference teams.

The toughest part of Utica’s schedule is Jan. 19 to Jan. 25 when the team plays three road games over seven days, facing St. Louis and Kansas City on back-to-back nights before playing Harrisburg a few days later.

Single-game tickets are set to go on sale at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. Ticket prices have not been released. Season ticket packages are available beginning at $80.