2026 CT United FC season

CT United FC
2026 season
Head coach	Shavar Thomas
Stadium	Morrone Stadium, Storrs; Reese Stadium, New Haven
MLS Next Pro	TBD
Biggest win	3–1; at FC Cincinnati 2, March 1
Biggest defeat	2–4; at Chattanooga FC, March 8
	2027 →

Head coachShavar Thomas

StadiumMorrone Stadium, Storrs
Reese Stadium, New Haven

MLS Next ProTBD

Biggest win3–1
at FC Cincinnati 2, March 1

The 2026 CT United FC season is the first season in CT United FC club history. The club competes in MLS Next Pro.^[1] The club's home matches will be played at Morrone Stadium in Storrs and Reese Stadium in New Haven.^[2]

Shavar Thomas was named the club's first head coach on December 23, 2025.^[3]

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Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Barnabás Tanyi	NK Aluminij	Free	December 26, 2025	^[4]
DF	Andre Applewhaite	Weymouth Wales FC	Free	December 27, 2025	^[5]
DF	Nelson Rodriguez	CD Águila	Free	December 28, 2025	^[6]
FW	Cauã Paixão	Vasco da Gama	Free	December 29, 2025	^[7]
DF	Lukas Kamrath	High Point Panthers	Free	December 30, 2025	^[8]
MF	Hivan Kouonang	SG Wattenscheid 09	Free	January 2, 2026	^[9]
DF	Michael Boamah	HJK	Undisclosed	January 3, 2026	^[10]
DF	Richard Hauth	Greuther Fürth II	Free	January 4, 2026	^[11]
GK	Anthony Ramos	Tigres UANL	Free	January 5, 2026	^[12]
MF	Daniel D’Ippolito	Fordham Rams	Free	January 6, 2026	^[13]
MF	Robbie Mora	Gonzaga Bulldogs	Free	January 7, 2026	^[14]
MF	Steven Sserwadda	New York Red Bulls II	Loan	January 9, 2026	^[15]
MF	Ibrahim Kasule	New York Red Bulls II	Loan	January 9, 2026	^[16]
MF	Sean Petrie	Real Monarchs	Free	January 10, 2026	^[17]
FW	Laurie Goddard	Hofstra Pride	Free	January 12, 2026	^[18]
MF	Ernesto Gómez	Club Deportivo Universitario	Loan	January 14, 2026	^[19]
MF	Alex Monis	New England Revolution II	Free	January 17, 2026	^[20]
GK	Gunther Rankenberg	Greenville Triumph SC	Free	January 28, 2026	^[21]
DF	Rickson van Hees	Jong Utrecht	Free	January 30, 2026	^[22]
DF	Jahvar Stephenson	Loyola Greyhounds	Free	February 11, 2026	^[23]
DF	Reyniel Perdomo	Alianza FC	Loan	February 24, 2026	^[24]

February 11	New York Cosmos	v	CT United FC	Paterson, New Jersey
				Stadium: Hinchliffe Stadium
Note: No final score was announced.

March 1 1	FC Cincinnati 2	1–3	CT United FC	Highland Heights, Kentucky
6:00 PM EDT	Chirilă 71' (pen.)	Report	Stephenson 34' Mora 45' 69' Monis 78' 82' Kasule 90'	Stadium: NKU Soccer Stadium Referee: Edson Carvajal

March 8 2	Chattanooga FC	4–2	CT United FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
3:00 PM EDT	Robertson 23' McGrath 37' Krehl 41', 57' Mangarov 90+3'	Report	Kasule 21' Rodriguez 32' Mora 54' Kamrath 60' Lacy 74' van Hees 88'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 2,237 Referee: Stefan Perri

March 15 3	Philadelphia Union II	1–2	CT United FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
3:00 PM EDT	Cobo 15' 61' Pratt 16' Jakupovic 42' Sequera 80'	Report	Monis 28' Applewhaite 36' Goddard 57' Tanyi 86' D’Ippolito 89'	Stadium: Subaru Park Referee: Stephen Foster

2026 CT United FC season

Transfers

In

Competitions

Friendlies

MLS Next Pro

Standings

Matches

Regular Season

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Top assists

Disciplinary record

Awards and honors

MLS NEXT Pro Goal of the Matchweek

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

March 22 4	New England Revolution II	2–0	CT United FC	Smithfield, Rhode Island
2:00 PM EDT	Da 18' 20' Fry 56' Zambrano 76' Siqueira 88'	Report	Stephenson 63' Tanyi 90+5'	Stadium: Beirne Stadium Referee: Jorge Escobar

April 11 5	CT United FC	1–3	Columbus Crew 2	Storrs, Connecticut
5:00 PM EDT	Stephenson 43' Monis 45+4' Sserwadda 54' Mora 90+1'	Report	Rogers 11' Zengue 17', 40' Elliot 45+3' Taylor 81'	Stadium: Morrone Stadium Referee: Walterson Torchson

April 19 6	NYCFC II	2–1	CT United FC	Queens, New York City, New York
4:00 PM EDT	Smith 17' Carrizo 26' Musu 47' Samb 57' 80' 68' Molinari 90+2'	Report	Mora 32' 77' Goddard 45' Kasule 50' Monis 62' Kamrath 88'	Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Colby Johnson

April 26 7	CT United FC	1–2	Philadelphia Union II	Storrs, Connecticut
3:00 PM EDT	Paixão 19' Medranda 66'	Report	Davis 37' Korzeniowski 62' Cobo 90+2'	Stadium: Morrone Stadium Referee: Shaye Lane

May 3 8	CT United FC	v	New England Revolution II	Storrs, Connecticut
6:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Morrone Stadium

May 16 9	CT United FC	v	Toronto FC II	New Haven, Connecticut
7:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Reese Stadium

May 24 10	New York Red Bulls II	v	CT United FC	Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT				Stadium: MSU Soccer Park

May 30 11	Huntsville City FC	v	CT United FC	Huntsville, Alabama
8:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Wicks Family Field at Joe Davis Stadium

June 6 12	Columbus Crew 2	v	CT United FC	Columbus, Ohio
6:00 PM EDT				Stadium: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field

June 14 13	Toronto FC II	v	CT United FC	North York, Toronto, Ontario
3:00 PM EDT				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS Next Pro		MLSNP Playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MEX	Anthony Ramos	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	SLV	Nelson Rodriguez	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
4	DF	USA	Richard Hauth	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
5	DF	FIN	Michael Boamah	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
6	DF	PAN	Reyniel Perdomo	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
7	FW	HUN	Barnabás Tanyi	7	1	5+2	1	0+0	0
8	MF	UGA	Steven Sserwadda	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	BRA	Cauã Paixão	6	1	3+3	1	0+0	0
11	MF	PAN	Ernesto Gómez	5	0	4+1	0	0+0	0
12	DF	USA	Lukas Kamrath	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	PHI	Alex Monis	7	1	7+0	1	0+0	0
14	MF	USA	Dylan Lacy	6	1	1+5	1	0+0	0
15	DF	USA	Jahvar Stephenson	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
18	MF	USA	Sean Petrie	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	UGA	Ibrahim Kasule	5	2	4+1	2	0+0	0
21	DF	USA	Rickson van Hees	7	0	4+3	0	0+0	0
22	DF	BRB	Andre Applewhaite	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0
23	GK	USA	Gunther Rankenburg	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	USA	Daniel D’Ippolito	7	0	1+6	0	0+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Laurie Goddard	6	2	5+1	2	0+0	0
31	MF	USA	Robbie Mora	6	1	6+0	1	0+0	0
44	MF	USA	Jeremy Medranda	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
46	MF	USA	Niko Koloniaris	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
99	MF	USA	Hivan Kouonang	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0

June 28 15	CT United FC	v	NYCFC II	New Haven, Connecticut
6:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Reese Stadium

July 5 16	CT United FC	v	Carolina Core FC	New Haven, Connecticut
6:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Reese Stadium

July 18 18	CT United FC	v	New York Red Bulls II	New Haven, Connecticut
7:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Reese Stadium

July 26 19	CT United FC	v	Columbus Crew 2	New Haven, Connecticut
6:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Reese Stadium

August 1 20	CT United FC	v	Orlando City B	New Haven, Connecticut
7:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Reese Stadium

August 8 21	CT United FC	v	New England Revolution II	New Haven, Connecticut
7:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Reese Stadium

August 16 22	FC Cincinnati 2	v	CT United FC	Highland Heights, Kentucky
6:00 PM EDT				Stadium: NKU Soccer Stadium

August 19 23	Crown Legacy FC	v	CT United FC	Matthews, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews

August 23 24	Philadelphia Union II	v	CT United FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
3:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Subaru Park

August 29 25	CT United FC	v	New York Red Bulls II
7:00 PM EDT

September 8 26	Atlanta United 2	v	CT United FC
7:00 PM EDT

September 13 27	NYCFC II	v	CT United FC	Manhattan, New York City, New York
5:00 PM EDT				Stadium: Icahn Stadium

September 20 28	CT United FC	v	Inter Miami CF II
2:00 PM EDT

No.	Pos.	Player	MLS Next Pro			MLSNP Playoffs			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK	Anthony Ramos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Nelson Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF	Richard Hauth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Michael Boamah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Reyniel Perdomo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Barnabás Tanyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF	Steven Sserwadda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW	Cauã Paixão	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Ernesto Gómez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Lukas Kamrath	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	MF	Alex Monis	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	FW	Laurie Goddard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Jahvar Stephenson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
18	MF	Sean Petrie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Ibrahim Kasule	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	DF	Rickson van Hees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Andre Applewhaite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	GK	Gunther Rankenburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Daniel D’Ippolito	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	MF	Robbie Mora	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
44	MF	Jeremy Medranda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
46	MF	Niko Koloniaris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	MF	Hivan Kouonang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			19	1	0	0	0	0	19	1	0

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Playoffs Championship All-Star Game
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Western	Austin FC II Colorado Rapids 2 Houston Dynamo 2 Los Angeles FC 2 Ventura County FC Minnesota United FC 2 North Texas SC Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs San Jose Earthquakes II Sporting Kansas City II St. Louis City SC 2 Tacoma Defiance Whitecaps FC 2