MLS Real Salt Lake

HDNet to feature Real Salt Lake on five nationally televised games

Published on March 4, 2005 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release


SALT LAKE CITY (Friday, March 04, 2005) – Real Salt Lake and Major League Soccer, together with HDNet, today announced that five RSL contests will be televised nationally during the 2005 season in high-definition on the Mark Cuban-owned network. Among the featured match-ups is the first game between expansion brethren Club Deportivo Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake, on Saturday, May 7 from Rice-Eccles Stadium at 8:00 p.m. MT.

Real Salt Lake will be seen in four additional nationally televised games on HDNet, including fixtures against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, June 16 at 8:00 p.m. MT and on Saturday, August 20 at 7:30 p.m. MT. RSL faces Rocky Mountain rivals Colorado Rapids on Friday, August 26 at 7:30 MT on HDNet and wraps ups its portion of the hi-def regular-season schedule against the Columbus Crew on Saturday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m. MT.

In the booth, U.S. National Team "Iron Man" Marcelo Balboa and veteran broadcaster Glenn Davis return for their third season together on HDNet. Celebrating his tenth season of MLS coverage, Davis will provide play-by-play, with Balboa, a veteran of three World Cups, providing the color commentary. Davis, who also writes a weekly column for the Houston Chronicle, has previously worked both a color analyst and play-by play for FC Dallas (formerly Dallas Burn) and ESPN's coverage of the 2002 World Cup. Balboa, among 53 finalists nominated in 2005 for induction to the National Soccer Hall of Fame, is also an analyst for ESPN's international soccer coverage, including U.S. World Cup qualifiers.

HDNet is the first all high-definition national television network and currently available to high definition viewers on DirecTV, Dish Network and cable providers like Time-Warner and Adelphia.

The Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Español national television schedules, along with each MLS club's regional television schedules as well as the MLS Direct Kick subscription package on cable and satellite will be announced in the coming weeks.

Real Salt Lake's inaugural season National TV schedule follows:

2005 REAL SALT LAKE INAGURAL SEASON NATIONAL TELEVISION SCHEDULE

Day Date Matchup Time(MT) TV

Sat. Apr. 2 at MetroStars 5:30

Sat. Apr. 9 at Los Angeles Galaxy 8:00

Sat. Apr. 16 vs. Colorado Rapids 1:00 ESPN2

Sat. Apr. 23 at FC Dallas 6:00

Sat. Apr. 30 vs. San Jose Earthquakes 7:30

Sat. May 7 at Chivas USA 8:00 HDNet

Sat. May 14 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy 7:30

Sat. May 21 at Columbus Crew 5:30

Sat. May 28 vs. Chicago Fire 7:30

Sat. June 4 vs. FC Dallas 8:00

Sat. June 11 at Los Angeles Galaxy 8:00

Sat. June 18 at San Jose Earthquakes 8:00 HDNet

Wed. June 22 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy 7:30

Sun. June 26 at Chicago Fire 5:00

Mon. July 4 vs. MetroStars 7:30

Sat. July 9 at Chivas USA 8:00

Sat. July 16 at Kansas City Wizards 6:00

Sat. July 23 vs. FC Dallas 7:30

Thur. July 28 at D.C. United 5:30 ESPN2

Sat. Aug. 6 vs. Chivas USA 2:00 ESPN2

Wed. Aug. 10 at New England Revolution 5:30

Sat. Aug. 13 vs. Kansas City Wizards 7:30

Sat. Aug. 20 vs. San Jose Earthquakes 7:30 HDNet

Fri. Aug. 26 at Colorado Rapids 7:30 HDNet

Mon. Sept. 5 vs. New England Revolution 7:00

Sun. Sept. 18 at FC Dallas 12:00 noon ESPN2

Wed. Sept. 21 vs. Chivas USA 7:30

Sat. Sept. 24 vs. Columbus Crew 7:30 HDNet

Sat. Oct. 1 at Colorado Rapids 7:00

Wed. Oct. 5 vs. D.C. United 7:30

Sat. Oct. 8 at San Jose Earthquakes 8:00

Sat. Oct. 15 vs. Colorado Rapids 7:30

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