The 2026 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC season is the club's twelfth season of existence, and their twelfth season in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer league system.
Over the offseason, the club underwent a coaching change. Just days after being eliminated in the 2025 USL Championship playoffs by eventual Western Conference Champions FC Tulsa, head coach James Chambers was fired, one year after helping bring the club their first title in the 2024 USL Championship playoffs. He was replaced by assistant coach Alan McCann, who previously had won back-to-back coach of the year honors in 2018 and 2019 as the head coach of Reading United, the USL League Two affiliate of the Philadelphia Union.
Players
Competitions USL Championship
Standings
Match results On December 16, 2025, the USL Championship released the schedule for all 25 teams for both the regular season and the USL Cup.
All times are in Mountain Time.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
USL Cup
The Switchbacks participated in the third edition of the USL Cup, and the second edition to feature teams from both the USL Championship and League One. Following a flawless run through the group stage that saw only one goal scored on the Switchbacks through four matches, Colorado Springs moved on to the knockout stage, where after a victory away in Spokane against League One club Spokane Velocity in a penalty shootout, they fell away against Hartford Athletic in the semi-finals.
Matches
Knockouts
U.S. Open Cup
The Colorado Springs Switchbacks, as a member of the second division USL Championship, entered the U.S. Open Cup in the First Round, matched up at home against Sacramento's Azteca FC, a member of the United Premier Soccer League, an amateur club. Following a comfortable victory, the Switchbacks were again scheduled at home, against third-division club Spokane Velocity, who they eventually beat in a penalty kick shootout.
After their tight victory against the Velocity, the Switchbacks were scheduled to play against first-division MLS club Sporting Kansas City, again at home. In a surprising upset, the Switchbacks won comfortably at home against the Sporting KC, allowing no goals in a 3–0 victory. Following their victory against Kansas City, the Switchbacks were matched up away for the first time in the tournament against fellow Colorado-based soccer club Colorado Rapids of the MLS. Despite scoring a 120th minute equalizer to send the match to a penalty shootout, the Switchbacks ultimately bowed out of the tournament after losing to the Rapids in a penalty shootout.
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