Miami FC on Fox Soccer Channel schedule set
Published on January 11, 2008 under USL First Division (USL-1)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers News Release
Miami, January 11, 2008 - Miami FC will have a minimum of four of their 2008 regular season games broadcast by Fox Soccer Channel according to the schedule released today by the United Soccer Leagues (USL). The full schedule, comprised of 28 games in all, features all four senior league championship games along with 22 regular season USL-1 matches and three USL-1 postseason fixtures (please see full USL-1 schedule below).
Miami FC's first game aired by FSC in 2008 is against the Charleston Battery on May 9. In the second match Miami plays home against the Puerto Rico Islanders, on Independence Day, followed by Miami FC away at Montreal Impact on July 18 and the final regular-season TV game on August 15, when Miami plays Carolina in Cary, NC. All games are to be played on Fridays at 8 PM.
FSC schedule of USL-1 games opens with the Montreal Impact visiting the Atlanta Silverbacks on April 25 followed by a championship rematch between the Silverbacks and the champion Seattle Sounders on May 2, only this time in Atlanta. The last game of the regular season to be broadcast will take place on September 19 when Carolina faces Charleston.
Postseason action on FSC will resume when a Second Leg match from one of the USL-1 Quarterfinals airs on Sunday, September 28. A Semifinal Second Leg affair will be featured the following week on Sunday, October 5 with the USL First Division Championship wrapping up the schedule on Saturday, October 11.
The full USL First Division regular season schedule is expected to be announced within the upcoming 7-10 days.
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