The Swope Park Rangers today announced the full schedule for the club’s inaugural USL season in 2016. The side will open the campaign on Saturday, March 26 when they face Portland Timbers 2 in one of two home games at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kan.

Placed in the Western Conference, the Rangers will face regional rivals OKC Energy FC, Saint Louis FC and Tulsa Roughnecks FC on four occasions during the season, twice at home and twice on the road. SPR will also play each Texas team on three occasions, taking on Rio Grande Valley FC and San Antonio FC twice at home and once away.

The Rangers will face each team from the Pacific Northwest twice, playing Portland Timbers 2, Seattle Sounders FC 2 and Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 once at home and once on the road. The team will take on the rest of the Western Conference sides once, hosting LA Galaxy II and Orange County Blues FC and travelling to play Arizona United SC, Colorado Spring Switchbacks FC, Real Monarchs SLC and Sacramento Republic FC.

SPR will endure a road-heavy start to the season, with seven of the club’s first 10 games taking place away from Kansas City. The side will then play six of its final seven games at home – including a five-game homestand from August 21 through September 10.

To kick off that stretch of games, the Rangers will face cross-state rivals Saint Louis FC on Sunday, Aug. 21 in the second of two games at Children’s Mercy Park. That game will mark the series finale between the sides as Kansas City and St. Louis each field professional outdoor soccer teams playing in the same league for the first time since 1970.

Aside from the two games at Children’s Mercy Park, each of the Rangers’ 13 other home dates will be played at Children’s Mercy Victory Field (formerly Championship Field) at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Mo.

Season tickets for all 15 home games in 2016 can be secured by calling 888-4KC-GOAL and are available in the following four price categories:

Grass Berm and Supporters GA: $7 per game, $105 total

West Sideline GA: $10 per game, $150 total

East Midfield GA: $12 per game, $180 total

West Midfield Reserved: $15 per game, $225 total

*Not including $10 season ticket fee

In addition, group packages (minimum 15 tickets) and flex vouchers (minimum 10 tickets) valid at any Swope Park Rangers home game will be available at discounted rates during the 2016 season. Visit SportingKC.com/Rangers for more information.

2016 Swope Park Rangers USL Schedule

DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) Saturday, March 26 PORTLAND TIMBERS 2* 7:30 PM Saturday, April 2 at Tulsa Roughnecks FC 7:00 PM Saturday, April 9 at San Antonio FC 7:30 PM Saturday, April 23 at OKC Energy FC 7:00 PM Wednesday, April 27 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2 7:00 PM Saturday, May 7 at Saint Louis FC 7:30 PM Saturday, May 14 TULSA ROUGHNECKS FC 7:30 PM Saturday, May 21 at Rio Grande Valley FC 7:30 PM Saturday, May 28 at Sacramento Republic 9:30 PM Saturday, June 4 at Portland Timbers 2 TBD Wednesday, June 8 RIO GRANDE VALLEY FC 7:30 PM Sunday, June 12 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 4:00 PM Saturday, June 18 OKC ENERGY FC 7:30 PM Sunday, June 26 at Seattle Sounders FC 2 7:00 PM Saturday, July 2 SAINT LOUIS FC 7:30 PM Saturday, July 9 at Arizona United SC 9:30 PM Tuesday, July 12 OKC ENERGY FC 7:30 PM Wednesday, July 20 at Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 8:00 PM Saturday, July 23 ORANGE COUNTY BLUES FC 7:30 PM Saturday, July 30 SAN ANTONIO FC 7:30 PM Wednesday, August 3 at Saint Louis FC 7:00 PM Saturday, August 6 at Tulsa Roughnecks FC 7:30 PM Saturday, August 13 at Real Monarchs SLC 8:00 PM Sunday, August 21 SAINT LOUIS FC* 6:00 PM Saturday, August 27 LA GALAXY II 7:30 PM Wednesday, August 31 SAN ANTONIO FC 7:30 PM Saturday, September 3 RIO GRANDE VALLEY FC 7:30 PM Saturday, September 10 TULSA ROUGHNECKS FC 7:30 PM Sunday, September 18 at OKC Energy FC 6:00 PM Saturday, September 24 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 7:00 PM

*Games to be played at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kan.