This past week, the USL Championship released the opening dates as well as the home openers for each club heading into the 2022 season.
For Detroit City FC who’ll be making their debut in the second-tier League this year, open things up on the road against San Antonio FC on March 12 and begin their home slate on March 19 versus the Charleston Battery.
The entirety of the 2022 schedule is expected to come out sometime next week.
However, it looks like the USL may have leaked things early, at least for DCFC.
Supporters of the Club took note early Saturday on the USL website that an entire Detroit City FC schedule seemed to be available.
For some reason the first two matches aren’t listed on what may be the full schedule but if this is all actually true, here’s how things shape out for Le Rouge in 2022:
- At San Antonio FC – March 12, 2022
- Vs. Charleston Battery – March 20, 2022
- Vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC – March 26, 2022
- Vs. Memphis 901 FC – April 2, 2022
- At Atlanta United 2 – April 9, 2022
- Vs. Birmingham Legion FC – April 16, 2022
- At Hartford Athletic – April 23, 2022
- Vs. New York Red Bulls II – April 30, 2022
- At FC Tulsa – May 7, 2022
- Vs. Loudoun United FC – May 14, 2022
- At The Miami FC – May 18, 2022
- Vs. Atlanta United 2 – May 21, 2022
- At Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC – June 4, 2022
- Vs. Sacramento Republic FC – June 11, 2022
- Vs. El Paso Locomotive FC – June 18, 2022
- At Memphis 901 FC – June 25, 2022
- At Las Vegas Lights FC – July 2, 2022
- Vs Hartford Athletic – July 6, 2022
- At Indy Eleven – July 9, 2022
- At Monteray Bay FC – July 16, 2022
- Vs. New Mexico United – July 23, 2022
- At Tampa Bay Rowdies – August 6, 2022
- Vs. Oakland Roots – August 13, 2022
- At Birmingham Legion – August 17, 2022
- Vs. Louisville City FC – August 20, 2022
- At Charleston Battery – August 27, 2022
- Vs. Indy Eleven – September 3, 2022
- At Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC – September 10, 2022
- Vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies – September 17, 2022
- At New York Red Bulls II – September 21, 2022
- Vs FC Tulsa – September 24, 2022
- At Loudoun United FC – October 1, 2022
- At Louisville City FC – October 5, 2022
- Vs. The Miami FC – October 15, 2022
Of these dates, there’s a couple of matches to note.
First, DCFC appears to have three consecutive home matches in March and early April to kick off the season which seems odd considering what Michigan weather could be like on those dates. Second, former Detroit City head coach Ben Pirmann makes his return to Keyworth with Memphis 901 FC on April 2. On July 16, Le Rouge makes their way out west to face off against fellow 2022 expansion counterparts Monteray Bay FC. The following month City pays a visit to Al Lang Stadium to take on 2021 USL Cup runners up the Tampa Bay Rowdies on August 6 and finally the following weekend the Oakland Roots return to Keyworth on August 13. This would be the first matchup between these two clubs since Detroit City beat the Roots back in late 2020 for the NISA Fall Championship.
Anyways we should get final confirmation on these dates sometime next week.