NEED TO KNOW:
– Club opens at H-E-B Park on May 1
– Wilmer Cabrera returns to RGV FC as Head Coach and Sporting Director
– Toros 2021 Season Ticket Memberships are now on sale
EDINBURG, Texas (Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2021) – Rio Grande Valley FC announced today its 2021 USL Championship home opener. The Toros’ sixth season is set to kick off on Saturday, May 1 when the club welcomes New Mexico United to H-E-B Park to kick off the new campaign.
As it returns to action, and with an abundance of caution due to the remaining presence of COVID-19 in the RGV community, the Toros will welcome up to 3,000 fans for their opening game at H-E-B Park.
The Toros will kick off their sixth season in the USL Championship with the return of the club’s first-ever head coach, Wilmer Cabrera, as he takes the reigns as Head Coach and Sporting Director for the 2021 campaign. Cabrera’s return to the club also marks a new era in which the Toros will control all aspects of its organization, on and off the field, while maintaining the club’s partnership with Houston Dynamo FC.
The complete 2021 regular-season schedule, national and local television schedule will be available in the coming weeks.
Toros 2021 Season Ticket Memberships are now available at www.www.rgvfc.com/rgvfc.
ABOUT RIO GRANDE VALLEY FC
The Rio Grande Valley FC Toros (RGV FC) enter their sixth season in the United Soccer League (USL) Championship in 2021. The club plays at H-E-B Park, a state-of-the-art soccer specific stadium that holds 9,700 people, the club trains in H-E-B Park’s world class training facility adjacent to the stadium. RGV FC is the only professional soccer team located within the Rio Grande Valley. In 2016, RGV FC became USL’s first team to develop a hybrid affiliation model with a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise. This partnership, with Houston Dynamo FC, began in 2016. The relationship has now evolved into a more traditional USL/MLS affiliation where RGV FC manages all aspects of the club and the Dynamo are able to loan players to the Toros for development purposes. For more information, please visit www.www.rgvfc.com/rgvfc.
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