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FC Dallas Releases 2012 Regular Season Schedule

January 5, 2012 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


FRISCO, Texas (Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012) - FC Dallas announced today the 2012 regular season schedule, highlighted by the club's season-opening match against Red Bull New York at FC Dallas Stadium on March 11 at 2 p.m. CT. The match will be the first MLS game on NBC Sports Network and is one of 12 nationally televised games FC Dallas will play in 2012.

Each of the League's 19 clubs will play 34 matches, 17 at home and 17 away, during 34 weeks. Within each conference, each club will play the same number of in-conference and out-of-conference games, following the competition format announced on Nov. 20, 2011.

All 323 matches will be televised live - 89 by national network partners ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, NBC, NBC Sports Network, and Univision (TeleFutura, Galavisi�n and Univision Deportes) in the United States. Nationally in Canada, 30 games featuring Canadian clubs will air on TSN/TSN2 in English and RDS/RDS2 in French. The TSN/TSN2 and RDS/RDS2 schedules will be finalized and announced in the coming weeks.

All non-national TV games will be broadcast locally and/or via subscription to Direct Kick and MLS Digital's live streaming package, for MLSsoccer.com, mobile devices and tablets.

First Kick 2012, presented by Dick's Sporting Goods, begins Saturday, March 10 with a slate of five games. First Kick continues on Sunday, March 11 - including the first MLS game on NBC Sports Network, which will be played at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas between FC Dallas and the New York Red Bulls. First Kick 2012 concludes with a special Monday night contest on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.

The 2012 MLS Regular Season will conclude Sunday, Oct. 28 with three games, followed by the MLS Cup Playoffs and the championship game - MLS Cup 2012 - on Dec. 1, hosted by one of the two finalists. From First Kick to MLS Cup, the calendar footprint of the 2012 season is 267 days - the longest in League history (as is the regular season, at 232 days).

Matchup Date Time (CT) National TV FC Dallas vs. New York Red Bulls March 11 2:00 PM NBC Sports

FC Dallas vs. Portland Timbers March 17 7:30 PM

FC Dallas @ Sporting Kansas City March 25 6:00 PM Galavision

FC Dallas @ DC United March 30 6:30 PM NBC Sports

FC Dallas vs. NE Revolution April 5 7:30 PM

FC Dallas vs. Montreal Impact April 14 7:30 PM

FC Dallas @ Vancouver Whitecaps April 21 9:00 PM

FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake April 25 7:30 PM

FC Dallas @ LA Galaxy April 28 9:30 PM

FC Dallas vs. Colorado Rapids May 6 6:00 PM Galavision

FC Dallas vs. Seattle Sounders May 9 7:30 PM

FC Dallas @ Columbus Crew May 12 6:30 PM

FC Dallas vs. Philadelphia Union May 19 7:30 PM

FC Dallas @ Chicago Fire May 23 7:30 PM

FC Dallas @ Real Salt Lake May 26 8:00 PM

FC Dallas @ Houston Dynamo June 16 4:00 PM ESPN 2

FC Dallas vs. Chivas USA June 23 8:00 PM Galavision

FC Dallas vs. Toronto FC July 4 8:00 PM

FC Dallas vs. San Jose Earthquakes July 7 8:00 PM

FC Dallas @ Colorado Rapids July 14 8:00 PM

FC Dallas @ San Jose Earthquakes July 18 9:30 PM

FC Dallas vs. Portland Timbers July 21 8:00 PM

FC Dallas vs. LA Galaxy July 28 7:00 PM NBC Sports

FC Dallas @ Portland Timbers Aug. 5 6:00 PM NBC Sports

FC Dallas vs. Colorado Rapids Aug. 11 8:00 PM

FC Dallas @ Vancouver Whitecaps Aug. 15 9:00 PM

FC Dallas @ Real Salt Lake Aug.18 8:00 PM

FC Dallas @ LA Galaxy Aug. 26 6:00 PM NBC Sports

FC Dallas vs. Seattle Sounders Sept. 2 6:00 PM

FC Dallas vs. Vancouver Whitecaps Sept. 15 7:30 PM

FC Dallas @ San Jose Earthquakes Sept. 29 9:30 PM

FC Dallas @ Chivas USA Oct. 7 6:00 PM Galavision

FC Dallas @ Seattle Sounders Oct. 21 8:00 PM ESPN

FC Dallas vs. Chivas USA Oct. 28 6:00 PM Galavision

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