RICHMOND, VA. – VCU men's soccer will return to action in August 2026 with three home exhibition matches before opening its competitive regular season slate on the road, Head Coach Dave Giffard released Tuesday.
 
Of the 16 regular season opponents on the Rams' 2026 schedule, six advanced into the second or third rounds of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, including Men's College Cup Semifinalist Saint Louis and High Point, who earned the national 10-seed a season ago.
 
Also appearing in the 2025 NCAA Postseason were 2024 National Runner-Up Marshall, UNC Greensboro, North Carolina and UCF. Rounding out VCU's non-conference opponents are 2024 Men's College Cup Quarterfinalist Wake Forest, Old Dominion and Campbell.
 
In their Atlantic 10 slate, the Rams will face St. Bonaventure, Dayton, Saint Louis and Duquesne on the road, while playing host to Fordham, George Washington, Loyola Chicago and George Mason—who marked one of VCU's two top-25 victories in the 2025 season.
 
The Rams will open their preseason in Richmond with a trio of matches against Virginia Tech (August 7), William & Mary (August 11) and Mount St. Mary's (August 15).
 
VCU will open its regular season away, beginning in Greensboro, N.C., on August 20 against UNC Greensboro. The Rams will play their next three games in North Carolina, taking on Wake Forest (August 23), North Carolina (August 28) and High Point (Sept. 1), before concluding their season-opening road trip at Marshall in Huntington, W.Va. on Sept. 6.
 
On Friday, Sept. 11, VCU will host its home opener against UCF and take on Old Dominion at home on Sept. 14.
 
A-10 play will commence on the road as VCU will travel to Olean, N.Y., to face St. Bonaventure on Sept. 19. Fordham, who finished second in the league in 2025, will travel to Richmond for VCU's home conference opener on Sept. 26, before VCU heads to Dayton, Ohio, for an A-10 Quarterfinal rematch against the Flyers on Oct. 3.
 
The Rams will take on George Washington (Oct. 7) and Loyola Chicago (Oct. 10) at home, then hit the road once more for a pair of away A-10 matches at Saint Louis (Oct. 16) and Duquesne (Oct. 24).
 
VCU will conclude its regular season at home with one more non-conference matchup against Campbell on Oct. 27, before hosting George Mason for the regular season finale on Oct. 31.
 
The Atlantic 10 Championship will be hosted on campus sites on November 7-15, featuring the top eight seeds in conference regular season play.
 
More information on sites, game times and ticketing information will be made available closer to the season. The full 2026 schedule is available for viewing here.