GUELPH, Ont. – On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, Ontario University Athletics (OUA) released the 2026 schedules for men's and women's soccer. The Guelph Gryphons women's and men's varsity soccer teams will officially get their 2026 campaigns underway on Friday, August 29, 2026 when they host the Algoma Thunderbirds in their 2026 OUA regular season openers.
 
The 2026 university soccer season will once again consist of a 12-game regular season schedule, with regular season play wrapping up on October 18 when the Gryphons host the Laurier Golden Hawks. The OUA men's and women's soccer playoffs kickoff on Wednesday, October 21, with conference play culminating on Saturday, November 7 with the playing of the OUA men's and women's championship finals. The Gryphons will be compete against 18 other universities from across Ontario for provincial bragging rights, with the 2026 U SPORTS national championship tournaments set to take place in British Columbia, with the women's nationals hosted by the University of Victoria, while the men's nationals will be in Vancouver hosted by UBC. Both national championship tournaments will take place November 12-15, 2026. The Gryphons women's soccer team, OUA champions in 2017, will take the field this fall in pursuit of the second OUA title in program history. The Gryphons women's soccer team is coming off a sensational 2025 season in which they were OUA silver medalists and earned a spot at nationals. The Gryphons men's soccer team, OUA champions in 2021, 2016 and 1990, head into the 2026 season in search of the fourth conference title in program history with head coach Alan Koch entering his second season in charge. For more information on the rest of the 2026 OUA men's and women's soccer schedules, visit oua.ca.