PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Portland Pilots open the 2016 season with a pair of derbies at Merlo Field before traveling to California for the first road game of the season to close out the month of August. The Pilots, who will play at the friendly confines eight times next fall, officially begin the 2016 campaign at home against the Washington Huskies on Friday, August 19.
The Pilots follow the match with the Huskies by hosting crosstown rival Portland State a week later on Friday, August 26. The game with the Vikings will be part of a double header with the men's team at Merlo Field, and it will be preceded by the always popular Bite on The Bluff.