Stadium
capacity 5,000 President Nick Ragain Head coach Steve Trittschuh Ground Weidner Field | Owner Ragain Sports, LLC League United Soccer League Manager Steve Trittschuh Founded 2013 | |
Full name Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Stadium Weidner Field
Colorado Springs, Colorado 2016 3rd, Western Conference
Playoffs: Conference Semifinals Profiles |
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Colorado Springs Switchbacks Football Club is a professional soccer team based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Founded in 2014, the team is a member of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The franchise is owned and operated by Martin Ragain and Ragain Sports, LLC. Ragain, the owner and founder of a global mechanical and electrical engineering design firm, which serves as a lighting consultant for Olympic Broadcast Systems.
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History
The team hired Steve Trittschuh as their head coach on March 11, 2014.
Stadium
The team play at Weidner Field, adjacent to Security Service Field, and in the summer of 2014 started a $3,000,000 renovation of the stadium after the team signed a 10-year lease with the City of Colorado Springs. Located at roughly 6,500 feet above sea-level, the stadium has the highest elevation of any normally used by a professional team in the American Soccer Pyramid.