MORRIS, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris men's soccer team has revealed its 2026 schedule, which includes 20 games with 10 at home. Head coach Blake Ordell enters his third season with Cougar men's soccer.
 
The season gets underway on Sept. 1 as the Cougars travel to Moorhead, Minn., for a 5 p.m. kickoff against Concordia College. Three days later, on Sept. 4, UMM hosts Saint John's University in its home opener at 3 p.m. The Cougars then host Buena Vista University on Sept. 6 at 3:30 p.m.
 
The Cougars stay busy early in the season with three games in four days. Starting on Sept. 9, Minnesota Morris travels to Yankton, S.D., for a 3:30 p.m. contest against Mount Marty University. The road trip continues to Ellendale, N.D., for a 2 p.m. kickoff against Trinity Bible College on Sept. 11. The Cougars close out the week by hosting the University of Wisconsin-River Falls the following day at 2 p.m.
 
On Sept. 16, UMM plays its first Upper Midwest Athletic Conference game at Bethany Lutheran College with kickoff set for 7 p.m. The Cougars then return home for a three-game homestand. Minnesota Morris plays a nonconference game against the University of Wisconsin-Stout at 4:30 p.m. before returning to conference play against Martin Luther College on Sept. 22 and the University of Wisconsin-Superior on Sept. 26, with both games scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
 
The Cougars hit the road on Sept. 30 as they travel to the University of Northwestern for a 7 p.m. kickoff. Minnesota Morris then returns to Morris for two more home games against North Central University on Oct. 3 for Homecoming at 2:30 p.m. and Crown College on Oct. 6 at 4:30 p.m.
 
Minnesota Morris starts the second half of UMAC action on Oct. 10 at Martin Luther College beginning at 1 p.m. The Cougars will then play Crown at 4:30 p.m. in St. Bonifacius on Oct. 14. UMM plays its final nonconference game of the regular season on Oct. 18 at the College of St. Scholastica.
 
The Cougars enter the final two weeks of the regular season on Oct. 20 as they host Bethany Lutheran at 1 p.m. UMM then hits the road for its next two games at UW-Superior on Oct. 24 and North Central on Oct. 28, with both games scheduled for 1 p.m. The regular season comes to a close on Oct. 31 as the Cougars host Northwestern at 1 p.m.