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Sarasota Paradise Soccer Club Announces 2026 Schedule

The season includes a 34-game season as the club prepares for its USL League One season.

By Staff December 16, 2025

The Sarasota Paradise’s Travis Ward battles defenders during a 2025 game.

The Sarasota Paradise soccer club has released its full 2026 schedule as the club prepares for its inaugural USL League One season. The season includes a 34 regular games, plus four group stage games in the Prinx Tires USL Cup.

USL League One’s 2026 season runs 34 weeks, from March 7, 2026, through Oct. 24, 2026. Each club plays a full home and away schedule for 34 regular season games, and the top eight teams in the standings advance to the single-elimination USL League One playoffs beginning Oct. 30.

The 2026 USL Cup is an inter-league cup competition featuring teams from USL Championship and USL League One. Clubs are placed into seven regional groups, play four group stage games from April 25 through July 11, and then advance into a knockout stage where the seven group winners and one wild card move on.

Sarasota Paradise competes in Group 7 alongside Miami FC, FC Naples, South Georgia Tormenta FC, Sporting Club Jacksonville, and Tampa Bay Rowdies. The team will play its home games at Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch. Games will be nationally broadcast across ESPN networks and CBS Sports platforms, with the full broadcast schedule to be announced.

Here's a look at the team's schedule.

Home

March 7, 2026: Athletic Club Boise (USL League One)
March 14, 2026: Fort Wayne FC (USL League One)
March 28, 2026: Portland Hearts of Pine (USL League One)
April 4, 2026: One Knoxville SC (USL League One)
April 18, 2026: AV Alta FC (USL League One)
April 22, 2026: Corpus Christi FC (USL League One)
May 2, 2026: Forward Madison FC (USL League One)
May 16, 2026: South Georgia Tormenta FC (USL Cup)
May 30, 2026: New York Cosmos (USL League One)
June 13, 2026: Union Omaha (USL League One)
July 11, 2026: Miami FC (USL Cup)
Aug. 1, 2026: FC Naples (USL League One)
Aug. 19, 2026: Chattanooga Red Wolves SC (USL League One)
Aug. 29, 2026: South Georgia Tormenta FC (USL League One)
Sept. 5, 2026: Spokane Velocity (USL League One)
Sept. 19, 2026: Greenville Triumph SC (USL League One)
Oct. 3, 2026: Charlotte Independence (USL League One)
Oct. 10, 2026: Richmond Kickers (USL League One)
Oct. 24, 2026: Westchester SC (USL League One)

Away

March 21, 2026: At South Georgia Tormenta FC (USL League One)
April 8, 2026: At Westchester SC (USL League One)
April 11, 2026: At FC Naples (USL League One)
April 25, 2026: At Tampa Bay Rowdies (USL Cup)
May 9, 2026: At Chattanooga Red Wolves SC (USL League One)
May 24, 2026: At Spokane Velocity (USL League One)
May 27, 2026: At Athletic Club Boise (USL League One)
June 6, 2026: At FC Naples (USL Cup)
June 10, 2026: At AV Alta FC (USL League One)
June 20, 2026: At Corpus Christi FC (USL League One)
July 3, 2026: At Richmond Kickers (USL League One)
July 8, 2026: At Greenville Triumph SC (USL League One)
July 26, 2026: At Portland Hearts of Pine (USL League One)
Aug. 8, 2026: At One Knoxville SC (USL League One)
Aug. 15, 2026: At Charlotte Independence (USL League One)
Aug. 22, 2026: At Union Omaha (USL League One)
Sept. 2, 2026: At New York Cosmos (USL League One)
Sept. 12, 2026: At Forward Madison FC (USL League One)
Oct. 17, 2026: At Fort Wayne FC (USL League One)

Season ticket memberships for the Paradise’s inaugural professional season are available at sarasotaparadise.us

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