Riverhounds 2026 regular season league schedule has been released

From Riverhounds SC and USL Championship reports

Riverhounds SC’s 2026 regular-season schedule has been announced, outlining a 30-match slate as the team seeks to defend its USL Championship title, in addition to four group stage contests in this year’s Prinx Tires USL Cup.

In the upcoming 27th season of Riverhounds soccer, the team again will face all of its Eastern Conference foes in home-and-home matchups, leaving six remaining matches — three home, three away — against Western Conference sides.

Once again, the Hounds will face a road-heavy schedule to begin the season, beginning with the already announced season opener Saturday, March 7 at the Charleston Battery. A late change to the schedule sees the addition of another early road contest that was not announced last week — March 14 at Loudoun United FC — making it three straight away before the team’s home opener March 28 against Sporting Club Jacksonville.

A home contest to fire up the rivalry with Detroit City FC on April 18 kicks off the Hounds’ first prolonged homestand of the season with three straight at Highmark Stadium, and a May 30 visit by Miami FC ignites another summer chock full of home matches with 9 out of 13 games in Pittsburgh from May 30 to Aug. 15.

Other highlights of the schedule include a newcomer taking part in the Hounds’ Independence Day tradition, as the team hosts Brooklyn FC on Saturday, July 4. And all eyes will be on a rematch of last season’s USL Championship Final on Wednesday, July 29, when the Hounds welcome FC Tulsa.

The four Prinx Tires USL Cup matches on the schedule see the Hounds take on two of their Championship foes and two USL League One opponents — vs. Greenville Triumph (April 25), at Charlotte Independence (May 15), at Charleston Battery (June 6), and vs. Loudoun United (July 11) — with the Richmond Kickers being the other team in Group 6.

Match times and television listings for the matches will be announced at a later date.

Dates and times are subject to change, and U.S. Open Cup matches have yet to be determined though we have included the dates for Round One through Semifinals below.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

2026 USL Championship Regular Season, Prinx Tires USL Cup & US Open Cup Schedule

** Prinx Tires USL Cup

* US Open Cup

Sat.               March 7                 at Charleston

Sat.               March 14               at Loudoun

* Tues/Wed   March 17/18        US Open Cup First Round (TBA) 

Sat.               March 21               at Tampa Bay

Sat.               March 28               Jacksonville

*Tues/Wed   March 31/April 1  US Open Cup Second Round (if necessary) 

Sat.               April 4                   at Indy

Sat.               April 11                 at Birmingham

*Tues/Wed  April 14/15            US Open Cup Round of 32 (if necessary) 

Sat.               April 18                 Detroit

Sat.               April 25                 Greenville**

*Tues/Wed  April 28/29            US Open Cup Round of 16 (if necessary) 

Sat.               May 2                    Phoenix

Sat.               May 9                    at Louisville

Fri.                 May 15                  at Charlotte**

*Tues/Wed    May 19/20           US Open Cup Quarterfinals (if necessary) 

Sat.               May 30                  Miami

Sat.               June 6                   at Charleston**

Sat.               June 13                 Indy

Sat.               June 20                 at Hartford

Sat.               July 4                    Brooklyn

Sat.               July 11                  Loudoun**

Wed.              July 15                  at Jacksonville

Sat.                July 18                  Louisville

Sat.               July 25                  Rhode Island

Wed.              July 29                  Tulsa

Sat.               Aug. 1                   at Oakland

Sat.               Aug. 8                   Sacramento

Sat.               Aug. 15                 Charleston

Sat.               Aug. 22                 at Brooklyn

Wed.              Aug. 26                 at El Paso

Sat.               Aug. 29                 Tampa Bay

Sat.               Sept. 5                  at Miami

Sat.                Sept. 12                Loudoun

Tues/Wed   Sept. 16/17          US Open Cup Semifinals (if necessary) 

Sat.               Sept. 19                at Detroit

Sat.                Sept. 26                at Orange County

Sat.               Oct. 10                  Hartford

Sat.                Oct. 17                  at Rhode Island

Sat.               Oct. 24                  Birmingham

 

Times TBA

All home matches will be played at Highmark Stadium.