Vermont Green Football Club, the state’s semi-professional soccer team, will compete in the United Soccer League’s League Two eastern conference finals Friday night.
The Green is set to face Virginia-based Lionsbridge Football Club in front of a sold-out crowd at Virtue Field in Burlington at 7 p.m.
Started in 2022, the Vermont Green has become a summer mainstay in the Queen City, filling the bleachers at the University of Vermont with devoted fans in club garb. The team, which has an environmental justice mission, includes college athletes from across the country and world, and features some of the University of Vermont’s national title-winners.
This year, the Green went undefeated in the regular season, winning the USL League Two’s northeast division and advancing to the playoffs.
In its most recent playoff match on Sunday, the Green came from behind to defeat previously unbeaten FC Motown 3-2.
Lionsbridge and the Green met once before in a 2022 playoff match, which saw the Vermont men knock off the Virginia side. If the Green win on Friday, they will play Sunday night in the league’s national semifinal, again hosted at Virtue Field.
Tickets for Friday’s conference final sold out in under 30 seconds, the team said. Fans can stream the game here.
