Major League Soccer Unveils 2007 Regular Season and National Broadcast Schedules
Published on February 6, 2007 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK (Tuesday, February 6, 2007) - Major League Soccer, together with its national television partners - ABC, ESPN, Univision, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Español and HDNet - today unveiled its 2007 regular season schedule. In the League's 12th season, each of the 13 clubs will play 30 regular season games, for a total of 195 matches from April 7 to Oct. 21. The season kicks off April 7, live on ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET, when four-time MLS champion D.C. United visit the Colorado Rapids in their brand new stadium, Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The 2007 season will conclude on Sunday, Nov. 18 with MLS Cup 2007, live on ABC from RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. at noon ET.
The 2007 MLS season will feature the most comprehensive national television schedule in League history, with a total of 113 live matches. Fans will find it easier than ever to follow their favorite teams and players as each of the four national broadcast networks has anchored its live broadcasts on a certain night of the week, providing destination viewing for all sports fans. Throughout the season ESPN2 will broadcast "MLS Primetime Thursday," while Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Español and HDNet will each air an MLS match on Saturdays. Univision's family of networks, which includes TeleFutura and Galavisión, will air MLS matches on Sundays.
Also for the first time in League history, every regular season game will be televised, either through national or regional broadcasts. The entire MLS schedule, including individual team schedules, is available at www.MLSnet.com
A linchpin of this year's television schedule is "MLS Primetime Thursdays" on ESPN2, consisting of 29 live broadcasts, including three MLS Cup Playoff matches and the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game on July 19 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The MLS All-Stars will take on Celtic FC of Scotland in a 2.5-hour programming window. The April 12 and Oct. 18 MLS Primetime Thursday broadcasts will also feature an extra 30 minutes of coverage, as will the two ABC broadcasts and the three playoff games on ESPN2. An additional MLS broadcast on the ESPN networks will be determined at a later date.
MLS action returns to the Univision family of networks in 2007 with 25 Sunday broadcasts, 22 on TeleFutura and three on Galavisión during the regular season. Viewers will note that the Sunday lineup focuses on the MLS teams from the largest Hispanic markets in the United States. Playoff games that will air on the Univision networks will be announced at a later date.
Fox Soccer Channel will broadcast 28 regular season games, each one in a three-hour programming window entitled "MLS Saturday on FSC." Fox Soccer Channel's on-site coverage will include MLS's first-ever 30-minute pre-game show and 30-minute post-game show; all Fox Soccer Channel MLS games will also air in Spanish in two-hour programming windows on sister network Fox Sports en Español, the largest Spanish-language all-sports network in the U.S. The two Fox networks also will carry three MLS Cup Playoff games.
HDNet, the first all-high definition national television network, begins its fifth season of MLS coverage in HD, airing 31 regular season games in high-definition, 27 of them on Saturday nights. HDNet's coverage will extend into the playoffs, with specific games to be announced at a later date.
With Toronto FC joining the Eastern Conference as the first MLS team based outside the United States, each MLS team will play two games against the other 12 teams, one home, one away, accounting for 24 games of the season. The remaining six games are played against intra-conference foes.
The complete 2007 Major League Soccer regular season schedule follows, with all national broadcasts noted. For individual team schedules log onto MLSnet.com.
2007 MLS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Schedule subject to change. All times eastern.
Saturday, April 07
D.C. United at Colorado Rapids, 3:30 p.m., ABC
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 6:00 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Columbus Crew, 7:00 p.m., HDNet
New England Revolution at Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m., FSC
Sunday, April 08
Los Angeles Galaxy at Houston Dynamo, 7:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Thursday, April 12
FC Dallas at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, April 14
Columbus Crew at Real Salt Lake, 6:00 p.m.
Kansas City Wizards at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m., FSC
Toronto FC at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at Houston Dynamo, 8:30 p.m., HDNet
Sunday, April 15
FC Dallas at New York Red Bulls, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Chicago Fire at Colorado Rapids, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 19
New England Revolution at Columbus Crew, 7:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, April 21
Houston Dynamo at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m., FSC
Kansas City Wizards at Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m., HDNet
Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 22
Colorado Rapids at FC Dallas, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Wednesday, April 25
Toronto FC at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 26
New York Red Bulls at FC Dallas, 8:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, April 28
Kansas City Wizards at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m., HDNet
D.C. United at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado Rapids at Real Salt Lake, 8:00 p.m.
Chivas USA at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:30 p.m., FSC
Sunday, April 29
New England Revolution at FC Dallas, 3:00 p.m., Telefutura
Chicago Fire at Houston Dynamo, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 03
New England at D.C. United, 7:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, May 05
Columbus Crew at Kansas City Wizards, 1:00 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Real Salt Lake, 9:00 p.m., HDNet
Houston Dynamo at Colorado Rapids, 9:30 p.m., FSC
Sunday, May 06
Chivas USA at D.C. United, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Chicago Fire at New England Revolution, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 10
Real Salt Lake at Colorado Rapids, 9:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, May 12
Chicago Fire at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m., FSC
Chivas USA at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m.
New England Revolution at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:30 p.m., HDNet
Sunday, May 13
Colorado Rapids at New York Red Bulls, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Wednesday, May 16
Houston Dynamo at Toronto FC, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 17
FC Dallas at Chicago Fire, 8:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, May 19
D.C. United at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m.
Columbus Crew at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Houston Dynamo, 8:30 p.m., FSC
Kansas City Wizards at Colorado Rapids, 9:00 p.m., HDNet
Sunday, May 20
Los Angeles Galaxy at Chivas USA, 5:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 24
Chicago Fire at New York Red Bulls, 7:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, May 26
Toronto FC at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
Houston Dynamo at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m., HDNet
Kansas City Wizards at New England Revolution, 7:30
Los Angeles Galaxy at Colorado Rapids, 8:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m., FSC
Sunday, May 27
Real Salt Lake at Chicago Fire, 5:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Saturday, June 02
Colorado Rapids at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m., HDNet
New York Red Bulls at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m.
D.C. United at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:30 p.m. FSC
Sunday, June 03
FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo, 5:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Columbus Crew at Chicago Fire, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 06
New York Red Bulls at Toronto FC, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 07
Colorado Rapids at Houston Dynamo, 9:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, June 09
Chivas USA at Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m., FSC
Los Angeles Galaxy at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m., HDNet
Sunday, June 10
New York Red Bulls at D.C. United, 1:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Houston Dynamo at Columbus Crew, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 14
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 9:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, June 16
Columbus Crew at New England Revolution, 6:30 p.m., FSC
Chicago Fire at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m., HDNet
Kansas City Wizards at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado Rapids at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 17
FC Dallas at Toronto FC, 1:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles Galaxy, 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 20
Kansas City Wizards at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 21
Chivas USA at Houston Dynamo, 9:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, June 23
Toronto FC at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Colorado Rapids, 9:00 p.m.
D.C. United at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m., FSC
Columbus Crew at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:30 p.m., HDNet
Sunday, June 24
Houston Dynamo at Kansas City Wizards, 5:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Thursday, June 28
Colorado Rapids at D.C. United, 7:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, June 30
Houston Dynamo at FC Dallas, 6:00 p.m., FSC
New York Red Bulls at Columbus Crew, 8:00 p.m., HDNet
New England Revolution at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 01
Colorado Rapids at Chicago Fire, 7:00 p.m.
Toronto FC at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 04
D.C. United at Kansas City Wizards, 1:00 p.m.
Chivas USA at FC Dallas, 8:00 p.m.
Columbus Crew at Colorado Rapids, 9:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake, 10:00 p.m.
Chicago Fire at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:30 p.m., HDNet
Thursday, July 05
New York Red Bulls at Houston Dynamo, 8:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, July 07
Real Salt Lake at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m., HDNet
Toronto FC at Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m., FSC
Kansas City Wizards at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 08
New York Red Bulls at Colorado Rapids, 8:00 p.m.
D.C. United at Houston Dynamo, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 12
Houston Dynamo at Chicago Fire, 9:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, July 14
New England Revolution at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m., FSC
FC Dallas at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m.
Columbus Crew at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m., HDNet
Sunday, July 15
Toronto FC at Houston Dynamo, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 19
2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game vs. Celtic FC, 9:00 p.m., ESPN2, TeleFutura (Commerce City, Colo.)
Sunday, July 22
Houston Dynamo at New England Revolution, 4:00 p.m.
D.C. United at New York Red Bulls, 5:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Toronto FC at Columbus Crew, 5:00 p.m.
Colorado Rapids at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 26
Chivas USA at New York Red Bulls, 7:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, July 28
New England Revolution at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m., FSC
Sunday, July 29
Chicago Fire at Toronto FC, 4:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Chivas USA at Kansas City Wizards, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 02
Kansas City Wizards at New England Revolution, 7:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Aug. 04
Columbus Crew at Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m., HDNet
Colorado Rapids at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m., FSC
Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake, 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 05
D.C. United at New England Revolution, 4:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Galaxy at Toronto FC, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 09
Los Angeles Galaxy at D.C. United, 7:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Aug. 11
Toronto FC at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus Crew at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m., FSC
Houston Dynamo at Colorado Rapids, 9:00 p.m., HDNet
Sunday, Aug. 12
Los Angeles Galaxy at New England Revolution, 7:00 p.m., Galavisión
Thursday, Aug. 16
New England Revolution at Colorado Rapids, 10:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Aug. 18
Chivas USA at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m., HDNet
Los Angeles Galaxy at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m., FSC
Chicago Fire at Real Salt Lake, 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 19
FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo, 7:00 p.m., Galavisión
New England Revolution at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 22
New York Red Bulls at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Fire at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 23
Chivas USA at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:00, ESPN2
Saturday, Aug. 25
New York Red Bulls at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m., FSC
Kansas City Wizards at Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m., HDNet
Columbus Crew at Houston Dynamo, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 26
Los Angeles Galaxy at Colorado Rapids, 7:00 p.m., Galavisión
Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 29
Kansas City Wizards at Real Salt Lake, 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 01
Chicago Fire at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
D.C. United at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Kansas City Wizards at Houston Dynamo, 8:30 p.m., FSC
Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:30 p.m., HDNet
Sunday, Sept. 02
Colorado Rapids at Columbus Crew, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Thursday, Sept. 06
D.C. United at Chivas USA, 10:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Sept. 08
Chicago Fire at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Houston Dynamo, 8:30 p.m., HDNet
Colorado Rapids at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:30 p.m., FSC
Sunday, Sept. 09
New England Revolution at D.C. United, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
New York Red Bulls at Chivas USA, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 13
Los Angeles Galaxy at Chivas USA, 11:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Sept. 15
Real Salt Lake at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus Crew at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m., HDNet
New York Red Bulls at Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m., FSC
Sunday, Sept. 16
Chivas USA at Colorado Rapids, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Houston Dynamo at Los Angeles Galaxy, 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 19
Los Angeles Galaxy at Real Salt Lake, 9:00 p.m., HDNet
Thursday, Sept. 20
Chicago Fire at FC Dallas, 8:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Sept. 22
Columbus Crew at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m.
New England Revolution at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m., HDNet
Colorado Rapids at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m., FSC
Kansas City Wizards at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 23
D.C. United at Chicago Fire, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
FC Dallas at Los Angeles Galaxy, 8:00 p.m., HDNet
Wednesday, Sept. 26
Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 27
Los Angeles Galaxy at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Sept. 29
Toronto FC at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m., HDNet
Colorado Rapids at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m., FSC
Chicago Fire at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 30
Houston Dynamo at FC Dallas, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Los Angeles Galaxy at Columbus Crew, 5:00 p.m., HDNet
Thursday, Oct. 04
New York Red Bulls at Toronto FC, 7:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Oct. 06
FC Dallas at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m., FSC
D.C. United at Kansas City Wizards, 8:00 p.m.
New England Revolution at Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at Real Salt Lake, 9:00 p.m., HDNet
Sunday, Oct. 07
Los Angeles Galaxy at Houston Dynamo, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Toronto FC at Colorado Rapids, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 11
Chivas USA at FC Dallas, 9:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Oct. 13
Chicago Fire at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m., HDNet
Columbus Crew at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City Wizards at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake, 8:00 p.m.
Toronto FC at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:30 p.m., FSC
Sunday, Oct. 14
Colorado Rapids at Chivas USA, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Thursday, Oct. 18
New York Red Bulls at Los Angeles Galaxy, 10:00 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, Oct. 20
New England Revolution at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m., HDNet
Columbus Crew at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City Wizards at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Colorado Rapids, 9:00 p.m.
Houston Dynamo at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m., FSC
Sunday, Oct. 21
Los Angeles Galaxy at Chicago Fire, 3:00 p.m., TeleFutura
Oct. 25-28
MLS Cup Playoffs, Conference Semifinals, TBD
Nov. 1-4
MLS Cup Playoffs, Conference Semifinals, TBD
Nov. 8-11
MLS Cup Playoffs, Conference Championships, TBD
Sunday, Nov. 18
MLS Cup 2007, 12:00 p.m., ABC, TeleFutura (Washington, D.C.)
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