TAMPA, Fla. – The race for the 2017 USL Cup Playoffs will come into focus over the final 12 weeks of the regular season, with the USL Game of the Week on ESPN set to bring some of the key matchups in the Eastern and Western Conference to fans across the United States.

The United Soccer League unveiled the games to be featured down the stretch run of the season on Monday, with Wednesday night’s clash between Rio Grande Valley FC and Real Monarchs SLC at H-E-B Park at 8:30 p.m. ET kicking off a run of games that features teams strongly in the hunt for the postseason.

Other games to watch include the first Game of the Week visit to the Charlotte Independence’s new home, the Sportplex at Matthews, with the visit of Bethlehem Steel FC on August 16 setting up a meeting between two sides that have both made strong runs into the playoff positions over the past month.