The Rio Grande Valley FC Toros (14,7,9) have advanced to playoffs and will be hosting OKC Energy FC (10,7,13). The match will take place Saturday, October 1st at the Practice Fields at H-E-B Park.
Rio Grande Valley finished the season second in the Western Conference and as a result the club has been matched up against seventh place OKC Energy FC. The two teams have faced each other three times in the regular season with RGV FC holding the edge in the series. The Toros defeated OKC Energy FC in their first match up 3-0 back in June 11. The other two matches have been 0-0 draws.
WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
Friday, Sept. 30
No. 4 Swope Park Rangers vs. No. 5 LA Galaxy II, 8:30 p.m. ET
No. 3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC vs. No. 6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, 9 p.m. ET
Saturday, Oct. 1
No. 2 Rio Grande Valley FC vs. No. 7 OKC Energy FC, 8:30 p.m. ET
No. 1 Sacramento Republic FC vs. No. 8 Orange County Blues FC, 10:30 p.m. ET.
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
To be played Oct. 7-9 at higher seed
Sacramento/Orange County winner vs. Swope Park/Los Angeles winner
Rio Grande Valley/OKC winner vs. Colorado Springs/Vancouver winner
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL
To be played Oct. 14-16 at higher seed
Conference semifinal winners
2016 USL CUP
Sunday, Oct. 23
Eastern Conference champion vs. Western Conference champion, 8 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Tickets for the playoff game against Energy FC are on sale now. Tickets are available at the Vipers Pro Shop in Uptown Plaza or by calling (956) 972-1144.
