{"id":125718,"date":"2026-01-16T13:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/125718\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:15:17","slug":"houston-dash-announce-2026-nwsl-regular-season-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/125718\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dash Announce 2026 NWSL Regular Season Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (Jan. 15, 2026) –\u00a0The 2026\u00a0Houston Dash\u00a0regular season,\u00a0powered\u00a0by\u00a0Shell Energy, will kick off on the road against San Diego Wave FC at 7:45 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 14. The full regular season schedule was announced today by the\u00a0National Women\u2019s Soccer League\u00a0and the Dash will host its home opener at\u00a0Shell Energy Stadium\u00a0against Boston Legacy FC at 3 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 21.<\/p>\n

The 2026 campaign marks the second year under the leadership of\u00a0Angela Hucles Mangano, the president of women\u2019s soccer, and head coach\u00a0Fabrice Gautrat. The team finished the 2025 season with key victories over three NWSL teams that qualified for the postseason and doubled their point tally earned in the first half of the year with a 5-4-4 (WLD) record. The team recently announced the addition of four players to the roster that include the 2024 MAC Hermann Trophy winner,\u00a0Kate Faasse, and Houston native\u00a0Leah Klenke, who led Notre Dame to the ACC Women\u2019s Soccer tournament final. The team also signed Duke University forward\u00a0Kat Rader\u00a0and University of North Carolina midfielder\u00a0Linda Ullmark. The new additions reinforce a roster that includes goalkeeper and team captain\u00a0Jane Campbell,\u00a02025 Golden Boot winner\u00a0Yazmeen Ryan\u00a0and team MVP\u00a0Avery Patterson.<\/p>\n

Season Ticket Memberships offer fans unmatched value along with exclusive experiences throughout the\u00a0season\u00a0like the annual Meet the Team event, plus access to select training sessions at Houston Sports Park. Memberships also include team store and concession discounts throughout the season. Memberships start at $155 per year or $11 per game.<\/p>\n

Individual match tickets are also available for all Houston Dash matches at Shell Energy Stadium. A full overview of individual tickets, premium experiences, group tickets and membership options can be found\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tickets for all events at Shell Energy Stadium will be available on Tixr, the club\u2019s new official ticket provider. Dash fans are encouraged to create a Tixr account, and a guide is available\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Dash will host four of their first six games at Shell Energy Stadium and that stretch includes matches against two teams that qualified for the 2025 postseason beginning with Racing Louisville FC on Friday, April 3. The team will host Laura Harvey and Seattle Reign FC on Friday, May 1 to close the three-game stretch. Boston along with fellow expansion side Denver Summit FC will visit Houston in the first half of the season with the Colorado-based team visiting Texas on Saturday, May 9.<\/p>\n

The Dash will host Angel City FC at Shell Energy Stadium on Saturday, May 23 prior to closing the first half of the season on the road against the 2025 NWSL champions, NJ\/NY Gotham FC, on Sunday, May 31.<\/p>\n

League play will pause in June for a CBA-mandated break for players from June 8-14. Additionally, the league will not host matches till the first weekend in July to accommodate for the 2026 FIFA Men\u2019s World Cup hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n

Additional information regarding theme nights like the annual Pride match and promotions like Pups at the Pitch will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

The Dash\u00a0return\u00a0to league play in July with a three-game road trip that includes matches against the Washington Spirit, Denver and Louisville. The team will return to Shell Energy Stadium on Friday, July 24 to host Bay FC at 7 p.m. CT. That match kicks off a three-game homestand that includes matches against Gotham and the 2025 NWSL Shield winners, the Kansas City Current.<\/p>\n

Houston will host three out of four matches to close the regular season beginning with a showdown with Washington on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. CT. The team will close the two-game homestand against Barbra Banda and the Orlando Pride on Sunday, Oct. 18 at noon CT. Houston\u2019s final road trip of the regular season will be against Chicago Stars FC on Friday, Oct. 23. The Dash will close the regular season at home against Portland Thorns FC on Decision Day at 4 p.m. CT on Sunday, Nov. 1.<\/p>\n

Shell Energy Stadium will open in 2026 with a number of fan-focused upgrades like expanded airflow in the seating bowl and frictionless entry through Evolv Technology. These upgrades build on over $30M of improvements already made to Shell Energy Stadium since Ted Segal\u2019s acquisition of majority ownership in 2021, including new mesh seating throughout the venue, the introduction of the Regions Bank Club and new pitchside seating that have transformed the fan and premium experience.<\/p>\n

The full 2026 regular season schedule is available below with home games in\u00a0bold:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Jan. 15, 2026) –\u00a0The 2026\u00a0Houston Dash\u00a0regular season,\u00a0powered\u00a0by\u00a0Shell Energy, will kick off on the road against San Diego…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6470,56,6472,6469,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-125718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-dash","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-dash","11":"tag-houston-dash-news","12":"tag-houston-headlines","13":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}