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MLS Announces HDNet Television Schedule

March 4, 2005 - Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release


NEW YORK (Friday, March 4, 2005) - Major League Soccer and HDNet announced today the national broadcast schedule of "MLS on HDNet," featuring 28 prime-time, high-definition telecasts during the League's 10th Season. The exclusive nationally televised high-definition coverage begins on April 2, 2005 with the Los Angeles Galaxy visiting the Columbus Crew (7:30 p.m. ET) at Crew Stadium.

All twelve teams will be featured throughout the season, with the Columbus Crew leading the way with seven appearances. The Chicago Fire and D.C. United will be featured on six occasions, followed by Real Salt Lake (five) and the Colorado Rapids, Los Angeles Galaxy, Club Deportivo Chivas USA, San Jose Earthquakes and Kansas City Wizards each appearing four times. "MLS on HDNet" games will again be exclusively produced and broadcast by HDNet with HDNet announcers, graphics and crews. HDNet will also air features and interviews, all in the highest quality 1080i HDTV resolution and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Among the highlighted games are two of the highly anticipated local derbies between Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy from The Home Depot Center. Chivas USA will be the home team on May 28, with the Galaxy hosting their city rivals on July 16. On April 23, the HDNet crew heads to RFK Stadium in a rematch of the thrilling Eastern Conference Championship between the New England Revolution and D.C. United. HDNet will also once again carry the Colorado Rapids annual Fourth of July game and post-game fireworks show when the Kansas City Wizards travel to Denver on Independence Day. The final three games of the regular season will be selected at a later date to ensure the most intriguing matchups leading into the MLS Cup playoffs.

The broadcast team of Marcelo Balboa and Glenn Davis returns for their third season together in the booth. Celebrating his tenth season of MLS coverage, Davis will call the play-by-play with Balboa 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, who is among 53 finalists nominated 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, and the MLS Direct Kick season package on cable and satellite will be announced in the coming weeks. The complete 2005 MLS national television schedule on HDNet follows (schedule subject to change):

www.MLSnet.com

2005 MLS National Television Schedule on HDNet

Day Date Event Time (ET)

Sat. April 2 Los Angeles Galaxy at Columbus Crew 7:30 p.m.

Sat. April 9 Chicago Fire at D.C. United 7:30 p.m.

Sat. April 16 FC Dallas at Chivas USA 10:00 p.m.

Sat. April 23 New England Revolution at D.C. United 7:30 p.m.

Sat. April 30 Chicago Fire at Columbus Crew 7:30 p.m.

Sat. May 7 Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA 10:00 p.m.

Sat. May 14 MetroStars at Chicago Fire 8:30 p.m.

Sat. May 21 Colorado Rapids at Chicago Fire 8:30 p.m.

Sat. May 28 Los Angeles Galaxy at Chivas USA 10:00 p.m.

Sat. June 4 D.C. United at San Jose Earthquakes 10:00 p.m.

Sat. June 11 New England Revolution at Kansas City Wizards 8:00 p.m.

Sat. June 18 Real Salt Lake at San Jose Earthquakes 10:00 p.m.

Sat. July 2 D.C. United at Columbus Crew 7:30 p.m.

Mon. July 4 Kansas City Wizards at Colorado Rapids 9:30 p.m.

Sat. July 9 San Jose Earthquakes at Columbus Crew 7:30 p.m.

Sat. July 16 Chivas USA at Los Angeles Galaxy 10:00 p.m.

Sat. July 23 Kansas City Wizards at Columbus Crew 7:30 p.m.

Sat. Aug. 6 Kansas City Wizards at New England Revolution 7:30 p.m.

Sat. Aug. 13 Los Angeles Galaxy at Chicago Fire 8:30 p.m.

Sat. Aug. 20 San Jose Earthquakes at Real Salt Lake 9:30 p.m.

Fri. Aug. 26 Real Salt Lake at Colorado Rapids 9:30 p.m.

Sat. Sept. 3 D.C. United at Colorado Rapids 9:00 p.m.

Sat. Sept. 10 D.C. United at FC Dallas 8:30 p.m.

Sat. Sept. 17 Chicago Fire at Columbus Crew 7:30 p.m.

Sat. Sept. 24 Columbus Crew at Real Salt Lake 9:30 p.m.

Sat. Oct. 1 TBD

Sat. Oct. 8 TBD

Sat. Oct. 15 TBD

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