Rhode Island FC announced its schedule for the 2025 season, including 30 regular season USL Championship contests and four games in the newly-expanded USL Jägermeister Cup. The Ocean State club will play its first six games of the season on the road before kicking off for the first time ever inside The Stadium at Tidewater Landing in downtown Pawtucket on Saturday, May 3rd.
Rhode Island FC will split its 34-game schedule evenly, playing 17 games at home and 17 on the road. The club will once again compete in the 12-team Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, playing 22 intraconference games (11 home, 11 away) and eight interconference games (4 home, 4 away) along with four USL Jägermeister Cup group stage games (2 home, 2 away).
Rhode Island FC will open the season on the road at Patriots Point Soccer Stadium in South Carolina, where it lifted the 2024 Eastern Conference Final trophy, playing a rematch with Charleston Battery on March 15. From there, RIFC’s USL Championship regular season campaign will include trips to 2023 USL Champions Phoenix Rising FC (March 22nd), Loudoun United FC (March 29th), Oakland Roots SC (April 5th) and Detroit City FC (April 19th) before returning home to The Stadium at Tidewater Landing for the first time on May 3rd. Prior to its home opener, RIFC will also travel to USL League One expansion side Westchester FC for its inaugural Jägermeister Cup game on April 26th.
Rhode Island Head Coach and General Manager Khano Smith will face his former club, Birmingham Legion FC, twice in 2025. After defeating Birmingham in both home and away meetings in 2024, RIFC will welcome the Alabama side to Pawtucket on July 5th before heading to the Yellowhammer State on August 16th.
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