Tampa Bay Sun FC kicks off its first season this weekend—here's the team's full schedule

And how the playoffs will work.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 3:25 pm

Photo via tbsunfc/Facebook

Tampa Bay Sun FC before its friendly tuneup at Blake High School in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 10, 2024.

Sunday’s match is one of seven scheduled home games for Tampa Bay Sun FC. Each team in the USL Super League plays a 14-match fall schedule and a similarly-balanced 14-game schedule in the spring (beginning in February).

“Competing on a fall-to-spring calendar and playing a balanced schedule further aligns the league with the global game, which has always been our strategy,” Vandervort said in a press release. The break also allows players a midseason break.

After the regular season, the top four teams on the USL Super League table qualify for the 2024-25 playoff: a single-elimination, fixed-bracket format featuring two semifinals and a final.

Event Details

Tampa Bay Sun FC fall home game

Sat., Sept. 14, 7 p.m., Sat., Oct. 12, 7 p.m., Sat., Nov. 2, 7 p.m., Sat., Nov. 16, 7 p.m. and Sat., Dec. 14, 7 p.m.

Blake High School 1701 N Blvd., Tampa Downtown Tampa

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Unkel told WMNF public affairs program The Skinny last fall that she still wasn’t sure if the final would be at a neutral site or not.

“I’m obviously going to push for the winner to have that home field advantage,” she added.

The first chance to show the team the heat of that hometown love is finally here.

Tickets to watch Tampa Bay Sun FC play at Riverfront Stadium at Blake High School on the dates below are available via tampabaysunfc.com.

And if you can't make it to a game, Peacock will stream every regular season and playoff match (115 matches, according to a press release) for U.S. customers.

Tampa Bay Sun FC fall schedule (*=home game)

Sunday, Aug. 18 v Dallas Trinity FC*
Saturday, Aug. 24 v. DC Power FC*
Sunday, Sept. 8 @ Lexington Sporting Club
Saturday, Sept. 14 v. Brooklyn FC*
Friday, Sept. 27 @Carolina Ascent FC
Friday, Oct. 4 @ DC Power FC
Saturday, Oct. 12 v. Fort Lauderdale United FC*
Sunday, Oct. 27 @ Spokane Zephyr FC
Saturday, Nov. 2 v. Lexington Sporting Club*
Saturday, Nov. 9 @ Fort Lauderdale United FC
Saturday, Nov. 16 v. Carolina Ascent FC*
Saturday, Nov. 23 @ Brooklyn FC
Sunday, Dec. 8 @ Dallas Trinity FC
Saturday Dec. 14 v. Spokane Zephyr FC*

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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