2026 Miami FC season

Miami FC
2026 season
Owner	Riccardo Silva
Head coach	Gastόn Maddoni
Stadium	Pitbull Stadium; Miami, Florida
USL Championship	Eastern Conf.: TBD; Overall: TBD
U.S. Open Cup	Did not Enter
Home colours	Away colours

The 2026 Miami FC season is the club's seventh season in the USL Championship, the second-tier of the American soccer system, and eleventh overall.

For the first time in club history, Miami FC did not enter into the 2026 US Open Cup, as due to the compacted format of this season's cup tournament,^[1] only clubs in the USL Championship who made it to the 2025 USL Championship playoffs entered into the tournament.^[2]

Players and staff

As of March 10, 2026^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CUW	Eloy Room
2	DF	USA	Preston Kilwien
3	DF	USA	Angelo Calfo
4	MF	JPN	Riyon Tori
6	DF	TOG	Tulu
7	MF	ENG	Mason Tunbridge
8	MF	ARG	Matías Romero
9	MF	USA	Joel Soñora
10	FW	CUW	Jürgen Locadia
11	MF	USA	Daltyn Knutson
12	MF	SEN	Bachir Ndiaye
14	DF	ENG	Arthur Rogers


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	PUR	Gerald Díaz
20	MF	PER	Alessandro Milesi
22	MF	BRA	Rodrigo da Costa
23	MF	USA	Tommy Musto
26	FW	COL	Arney Rocha
27	FW	CMR	Mathieu Ndongo
28	GK	URU	Felipe Rodriguez
34	FW	USA	Alexander Naranjo
35	FW	JAM	Brandon Brant
37	MF	USA	Diego Mello
40	GK	ESP	Marco Simion
41	GK	USA	Julian Rodriguez

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Staff

As of March 9, 2025^[4]

Position	Staff	Nation
Head coach	Gastόn Maddoni	Argentina
Assistant coach	Victor Lonchuk	Argentina
Goalkeeper coach	Cristian Blanco	Argentina
Strength & performance coach	Lucas Vaeza	United States

Competitive

USL Championship

Standings — Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	21	13	3	5	38	20	+18	44	Playoffs
2	Detroit City FC	20	10	5	5	27	17	+10	35
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	21	10	8	3	24	21	+3	33
4	Charleston Battery	20	10	7	3	39	27	+12	33
5	Louisville City FC	21	9	8	4	37	36	+1	31
6	Indy Eleven	19	8	7	4	23	22	+1	28
7	Rhode Island FC	19	8	7	4	30	22	+8	28
8	Hartford Athletic	19	5	5	9	15	18	−3	24
9	Miami FC	21	5	9	7	25	34	−9	22
10	Loudoun United FC	20	3	6	11	21	30	−9	20
11	Birmingham Legion FC	19	3	8	8	22	27	−5	17
12	Brooklyn FC	19	3	12	4	18	35	−17	13
13	Sporting Club Jacksonville	21	2	14	5	26	54	−28	11

Updated to match(es) played on August 22, 2026. Source: USL Championship Standings

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: April 1, 2026.
Source: Match reports

Matches

On December 16, 2025, the USL Championship released the schedule for all 25 teams for both the regular season and the USL Cup.^[5]^[6]

March 14 1	Louisville City FC	4–1	Miami FC	Louisville, Kentucky
4:00 pm EDT	McFadden 8' Serrano 28' Donovan 30' Wilson 68'	Report	Milesi 44'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 9,009 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

March 21 2	Loudoun United FC	0–0	Miami FC	Leesburg, Virginia
3:00 pm EDT		Report		Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 971

March 25 3	Sporting Club Jacksonville	2–4	Miami FC	Jacksonville, Florida
7:30 pm EDT	Sadlier 2', 23' (pen.)	Report	Tunbridge 12' Milesi 53' Rocha 58' (pen.) Ndongo 84'	Stadium: Hodges Stadium Attendance: 1,311 Referee: Deny Kulasinac

March 28 4	Miami FC	2–1	Rhode Island FC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT	Rocha 22' Ndongo 50'	Report	Atkinson 65' Bacharach 76' 80'	Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 1,289 Referee: Luis Arroyo

April 4 5	Miami FC	0–0	Hartford Athletic	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT		Report		Stadium: Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 1,006 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

April 11 6	San Antonio FC	0–0	Miami FC	San Antonio, Texas
9:30 pm EDT		Report	Tunbridge 72'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 5,758 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

April 18 7	Miami FC	0–3	Phoenix Rising FC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT		Report	Sacko 8' (pen.), 90+3' Dennis 59'	Stadium: Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 1,277 Referee: Edson Carvajal

May 2 8	Miami FC	3–2	Brooklyn FC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT	Burns 35' (o.g.) Vancaeyezeele 51' (o.g.) Locadia 71'	Report	Anderson 37' Stojanovic 75'	Stadium: Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 1,439 Referee: Jorge Escobar

May 7 9	Birmingham Legion FC	0–0	Miami FC	Birmingham, Alabama
8:00 pm EDT		Report		Stadium: Protective Stadium Attendance: 5,084 Referee: Benjamin Meyer

May 20 10	Detroit City FC	2–1	Miami FC	Hamtramck, Michigan
7:30 pm EDT	Diop 28' Rodriguez 44' Diouf 46' Saldaña 57' Smith 84'	Report	Locadia 23' Ndiaye 40' Calfo 64' Musto 76' 78' Diallo 90+2' Díaz 90+5'	Stadium: Keyworth Stadium Attendance: 5,053 Referee: Alyssa Pennington

May 23 11	Miami FC	4–3	Louisville City FC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT	Calfo 13' Locadia 20', 29', 83' Musto 60' Adams 72' (o.g.) Room 86' Milesi 90'	Report	Donovan 41', 89' McFadden 57' Showunmi 82'	Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium Referee: Mark Verso

May 30 12	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	2–0	Miami FC	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 pm EDT	Dikwa Lega 49' Ahl 73'	Report		Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 6,053 Referee: Carlos Rodriguez

June 13, 2026 13	Oakland Roots SC	0–0	Miami FC	Oakland, California
10:00 pm EDT		Report		Stadium: Oakland Coliseum Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Robert Vincze

June 24 14	Miami FC	2–4	Orange County SC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT	Milesi 14' Ndongo 82'	Report	Bazini 44', 60' Kelly 55' Solis 90+4'	Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 665 Referee: Alex Billeter

July 5 15	Miami FC	1–1	Birmingham Legion FC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT	Rocha 41'	Report	Vassell 78'	Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 606 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

July 15 16	Miami FC	2–0	Indy Eleven	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT	da Costa 44' Locadia 76'	Report		Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 611 Referee: Calin Radosav

July 22 17	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2–0	Miami FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
9:00 pm EDT	Bennett 79', 90'	Report		Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 5,783 Referee: Trevor Wiseman

July 25 18	Miami FC	2–3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT	Rocha 45+2' (pen.) Locadia 76'	Report	Cicerone 10' Myers 12' LeFlore 24' 45+5' Micaletto 80'	Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 1,249 Referee: Matthew Thompson

August 1 19	Miami FC	2–2	Detroit City FC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT	Locadia 55' Díaz 64'	Report	Rodriguez 34' Silva 89'	Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 656 Referee: Rodrigo Albuquerque

August 8 20	Miami FC	0–1	Las Vegas Lights FC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT		Report	Arteaga 34'	Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 656 Referee: Amin Hadzic

August 15 21	Hartford Athletic	v	Miami FC	Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 pm EDT				Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium

August 22 22	Charleston Battery	v	Miami FC	Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
7:30 pm EDT				Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex

September 5 23	Miami FC	v	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT				Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium

September 12 24	Brooklyn FC	v	Miami FC	Brooklyn, New York
7:00 pm EDT				Stadium: Maimonides Park

September 19 25	Rhode Island FC	v	Miami FC	Pawtucket, Rhode Island
7:30 pm EDT				Stadium: Centreville Bank Stadium

September 26 26	Indy Eleven	v	Miami FC	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 pm EDT				Stadium: Carroll Stadium

September 30 27	Miami FC	v	Sporting Club Jacksonville	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT				Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium

October 3 28	Tampa Bay Rowdies	v	Miami FC	St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 pm EDT				Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

October 10 29	Miami FC	v	Loudoun United FC	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT				Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium

October 17 30	Miami FC	v	Charleston Battery	Miami, Florida
7:00 pm EDT				Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium

USL Cup

Miami FC are participating in the third edition of the USL Cup, and the second edition to feature teams from both the USL Championship and League One.^[7]

Miami was drawn into Group 7.

Standings — Group 7

Pos	Lg	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	USLC	Tampa Bay Rowdies	4	4	0	0	0	10	1	+9	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	USLC	Miami FC	4	3	0	0	1	11	5	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage (wild card)
3	USLC	Sporting Club Jacksonville	4	1	0	1	2	3	4	−1	4
4	USL1	Sarasota Paradise	4	1	0	0	3	2	9	−7	3
5	USL1	FC Naples	4	0	1	0	3	2	9	−7	2

Source:

Matches

Group stage

April 25	Sporting JAX	0–1	Miami FC	Jacksonville, Florida
7:30 p.m.		Report	Rocha 9'	Stadium: Hodges Stadium Attendance: 1,642 Referee: Brad Jensen

April 29	Miami FC	4–1	FC Naples	Miami, Florida
7:00 p.m.	Rocha 8' Tunbridge 12' Ndiaye 17' Knutson 25' Locadia 55'	Report	Bachstein 30'	Stadium: Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 821 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

May 16	Miami FC	1–4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Miami, Florida
7:00 p.m.	Tunbridge 80'	Report	Perez 12' Myers 42', 47' Schneider 68'	Stadium: South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium Attendance: 762 Referee: John Matto

July 11	Sarasota Paradise	0–5	Miami FC	Lakewood Ranch, Florida
7:30 p.m.		Report	Tunbridge 16' (pen.) Díaz 28' Rocha 37' Locadia 59' Knutson 62'	Stadium: Premier Sports Campus Attendance: 1,436 Referee: Atahan Ayaya

Knockouts

August 12	San Antonio FC	v	Miami FC	San Antonio, Texas
8:30 p.m.				Stadium: Toyota Field

References

↑ Battista, Michael (December 4, 2025). "2026 US Open Cup: Fewer teams, shorter format". Hudson River Blue. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
↑ Sillick, Jake (December 4, 2025). "2026 US Open Cup format: FIFA World Cup shrinks 111th tournament". Retrieved April 2, 2026.
↑ "Roster". Miami FC. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
↑ "Staff". Retrieved November 29, 2021.
↑ USLSoccer.com Staff (December 16, 2025). "USL Championship Announces 2026 Schedule". USL Championship. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
↑ "2026 Schedule". USL Championship. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
↑ Lewis, Michael (December 16, 2025). "THIRD EDITION: Prinx Tires USL Cup kicks off on April 25". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved January 20, 2026.

External links

Official website

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USL Academy Contract

[1] Battista, Michael (December 4, 2025). "2026 US Open Cup: Fewer teams, shorter format". Hudson River Blue. Retrieved April 2, 2026.

[2] Sillick, Jake (December 4, 2025). "2026 US Open Cup format: FIFA World Cup shrinks 111th tournament". Retrieved April 2, 2026.

[Roster-3] "Roster". Miami FC. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

[Staff-4] "Staff". Retrieved November 29, 2021.

[5] USLSoccer.com Staff (December 16, 2025). "USL Championship Announces 2026 Schedule". USL Championship. Retrieved December 16, 2025.

[6] "2026 Schedule". USL Championship. Retrieved December 16, 2025.

[7] Lewis, Michael (December 16, 2025). "THIRD EDITION: Prinx Tires USL Cup kicks off on April 25". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved January 20, 2026.

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USL Championship (2026)
Eastern Conference Western Conference Foreign players USL Championship final
Eastern Conference	Birmingham Legion FC Brooklyn FC Charleston Battery Detroit City FC Hartford Athletic Indy Eleven Loudoun United FC Louisville City FC Miami FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Rhode Island FC Sporting Club Jacksonville Tampa Bay Rowdies
Western Conference	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC El Paso Locomotive FC Las Vegas Lights FC Lexington SC Monterey Bay FC New Mexico United Oakland Roots SC Orange County SC Phoenix Rising FC Sacramento Republic FC San Antonio FC FC Tulsa
Proposed teams	Atlético Dallas (2027) OKC United (2028) Reno Pro Soccer (2028) Ozark United FC (2028) Santa Barbara Sky FC (TBD) USL Pro Iowa (TBD) Buffalo Pro Soccer (TBD)