MLS Reserve Division Kicks Off Third Season
Published on March 22, 2007 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK (Thursday, March 22, 2007) - Major League Soccer today announced the official schedule for the 2007 MLS Reserve Division. Now in its third year, the Reserve Division is a key component of Major League Soccer's drive to develop the stars of tomorrow in a professional, competitive atmosphere.
All teams will compete in a single table with a $20,000 team bonus awarded to the team that finishes the season at the top of the table. Each team will play 12 Reserve Division games throughout the course of the season. No team will play any other team more than twice.
The Reserve Division kicks off on Sunday, April 8 when Toronto FC plays its inaugural Reserve Division game against Chivas USA in Carson, Calif.
Last year marked the second season of the Reserve Division, developed by Major League Soccer in partnership with adidas as a key component of the Generation adidas program. The Reserve Division allows teams to provide meaningful competitive matches to players who are outside of the first 11, giving them important in-game experience. Colorado Rapids won the Reserve Division title last year, finishing with a record of 9-3-0.
MLS RESERVE DIVISION FORMAT:
Each team will play 12 games (6 home and 6 away).
A total of 20 eligible players for the home team and 20 players for the visiting team may be placed on a club's game roster for any Reserve Division game with each team permitted to make up to six (6) substitutions. Suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued in Reserve Division games shall only be imposed for future Reserve Division matches and not for games during the MLS regular season. Conversely, suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued during MLS regular season games shall not apply to Reserve Division matches.
Any player who receives four yellow cards during the Reserve Division season shall be suspended from the next Reserve Division game in which he may appear.
No Player shall play more than 120 minutes in a Reserve Team match and any preceding match(es) that occur within a 60 hour period. Injury time is not considered a part of a player's maximum number of minutes played (e.g., if a player enters a game at halftime and the referee adds two minutes of stoppage time to the end of the second half, the player will be considered to have played 45 minutes since the two minutes of stoppage time is essentially added to make up for 'lost' time).
A Reserve Division call-up or "Guest Player" with an MLS team may be eligible to appear in an MLS Reserve Division Game provided that he is properly registered with U.S. Soccer.
2007 MLS RESERVE DIVISION SCHEDULE
(As of February 20, 2007, subject to change)
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Toronto FC at Chivas USA
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Chivas USA at Houston Dynamo
Kansas City Wizards at D.C. United
Toronto FC at New England Revolution
FC Dallas at New York Red Bulls
Monday, April 16, 2007
Chicago Fire at Colorado Rapids
Friday, April 20, 2007
New England Revolution at Columbus Crew
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Kansas City Wizards at Chicago Fire
Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA
Houston Dynamo at New York Red Bulls
Sunday, April 29, 2007
D.C. United at Columbus Crew
Monday, April 30, 2007
Colorado Rapids at Real Salt Lake
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Columbus Crew at Kansas City Wizards
Sunday, May 6, 2007
New York Red Bulls at Real Salt Lake
Houston Dynamo at Colorado Rapids
Chicago Fire at New England Revolution
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Chicago Fire at Toronto FC
Sunday, May 13, 2007
FC Dallas at Kansas City Wizards
Chivas USA at Columbus Crew
New England Revolution at Los Angeles Galaxy
Saturday, May 19, 2007
D.C. United at Toronto FC
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Columbus Crew at New York Red Bulls
Monday, May 21, 2007
Los Angeles Galaxy at Chivas USA
Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Los Angeles Galaxy at Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas at Chivas USA
Houston Dynamo at D.C. United
Kansas City Wizards at New England Revolution
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Colorado Rapids at Toronto FC
Sunday, June 3, 2007
New York Red Bulls at Kansas City Wizards
D.C. United at Los Angeles Galaxy
FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo
Monday, June 4, 2007
Columbus Crew at Chicago Fire
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Chivas USA at Chicago Fire
New York Red Bulls at D.C. United
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Kansas City Wizards at Los Angeles Galaxy
Monday, July 9, 2007
New York Red Bulls at Colorado Rapids
Sunday, July 15, 2007
FC Dallas at D.C. United
Monday, July 16, 2007
Toronto FC at Houston Dynamo
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Houston Dynamo at New England Revolution
Colorado Rapids at Kansas City Wizards
Sunday, July 29, 2007
New England Revolution at Real Salt Lake
Monday, July 30, 2007
Chivas USA at Kansas City Wizards
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake
Colorado Rapids at FC Dallas
D.C. United at New England Revolution
Monday, August 6, 2007
Los Angeles Galaxy at Toronto FC
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Columbus Crew at FC Dallas
Saturday, August, 18, 2007
Chivas USA at Toronto FC
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Chicago Fire at Real Salt Lake
Los Angeles Galaxy at New York Red Bulls
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Chicago Fire at New York Red Bulls
D.C. United at FC Dallas
Kansas City Wizards at Houston Dynamo
Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles Galaxy
Colorado Rapids at Columbus Crew
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Toronto FC at FC Dallas
Colorado Rapids at Los Angeles Galaxy
Real Salt Lake at Houston Dynamo
New England Revolution at D.C. United
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Real Salt Lake at Toronto FC
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Columbus Crew at Kansas City Wizards
New York Red Bulls at Chicago Fire
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Kansas City Wizards at Chivas USA
New England Revolution at New York Red Bulls
D.C. United at Chicago Fire
FC Dallas at Los Angeles Galaxy
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Chicago Fire at Chivas USA
Toronto FC at D.C. United
Houston Dynamo at FC Dallas
Los Angeles Galaxy at Columbus Crew
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Chivas USA at Real Salt Lake
New England Revolution at Chicago Fire
Los Angeles Galaxy at Houston Dynamo
Monday, October 8, 2007
Toronto FC at Colorado Rapids
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Columbus Crew at New England Revolution
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Real Salt Lake at Colorado Rapids
END OF 2007 RESERVE DIVISION SEASON
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