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Austin FC Supporters Groups Gear Up for the Club’s First Home Match

by Chronicle Staff June 15, 2021October 30, 2025

Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Supporters groups Los Verdes and La Murga de Austin practice chants in the supporters section of Q2 Stadium, which hosts its first-ever Austin FC home match on Saturday, June 19.
Members of Los Verdes gather at Hopsquad Brewing Co. on Saturday, June 12 to watch Austin FC play Sporting Kansas City.
Shane Smikle (left) and Brian Comalas (right) Brian Comalas: “I’ve been watching soccer since I was a kid, and this is the first time we’ve had a professional team in our city. It’s a dream come true.”
(l-r) Justin Fain, RJ deSilva, Ryan Hough, Eric Hough, Brian Kane. Eric Hough: “I’ve never seen Austin so alive and so electric and everybody supporting it.”
David Scroggins with Sammis (left) and Tucker
(l-r) Ricardo Acosta with sons Damien, Christian, and Edgardo
Members of Los Verdes gather at Hopsquad Brewing Co. on Saturday, June 12 to watch Austin FC play Sporting Kansas City.
(l-r) Amber Corral, Arianna Swazer, Victoria Oxner, Jamila Shaw (holding Mia Corral), and Rosa Munoz
(l-r) Joseph Alcorn, Matthew Holmes, and Jennifer Corry
Vanessa Bliss, Ian Benjamin, and Sophie (the dog)
(l-r) Aaron Hernandez and Sara Santiago
(l-r) Zachary Richards, Gus Hack, Oliver Richards, and Justin Hack
Members of Los Verdes gather at Hopsquad Brewing Co. on Saturday, June 12 to watch Austin FC play Sporting Kansas City.
Members of Los Verdes gather at Hopsquad Brewing Co. on Saturday, June 12 to watch Austin FC play Sporting Kansas City.
Members of Los Verdes gather at Hopsquad Brewing Co. on Saturday, June 12 to watch Austin FC play Sporting Kansas City.
Members of Los Verdes gather at Hopsquad Brewing Co. on Saturday, June 12 to watch Austin FC play Sporting Kansas City.
Members of Los Verdes gather at Hopsquad Brewing Co. on Saturday, June 12 to watch Austin FC play Sporting Kansas City.
(l-r) Alvaro Carrisosa, Ivan Quinonez, Alexis Castaneda, and Jose Galvan

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