MLS Weekly Preview and Broadcast Info

Published on April 6, 2007 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release

Saturday, April 7, 2007

COLORADO RAPIDS vs. D.C. UNITED - ABC

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colo. - 3:30 p.m.

Complete game notes: http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2007/gameguides/04/407coldc.pdf

The brightest lights on the MLS stage for First Kick 2007 shine on new Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the new home of the Colorado Rapids, making its debut in front of an ABC Sports audience. The Rapids have also undergone a rebirth, changing the club logo and colors, now wearing burgundy and blue in their bid for a first trophy in club history. They play host to D.C. United, the winningest club in MLS history which last year won the Supporters' Shield with the best record in the league, only to fall at home in the Eastern Conference Championship.

REFEREE: Michael Kennedy. SAR (bench): Greg Barkey; JAR (opposite): Corey Rockwell; 4th: Jozef Batko

MLS Career: 83 games; FC/gm: 32.6; Y/gm: 4.0; R: 13; pens: 32

Games involving Rapids: P15 W5 L4 T6; FC/gm: 31.4; Y/gm: 4.5; R: 2; pens: 7

Games involving D.C. United: P14 W5 L6 T3; FC/gm: 36.4; Y/gm: 4.7; R: 5; pens: 6

INJURY REPORT:

COLORADO RAPIDS - OUT: GK Justin Hughes (R fifth finger sprain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Yherland McDonald (L quad strain)

D.C. UNITED - OUT: MF Rod Dyachenko (MCL sprain); FW Brad North (hamstring strain)

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

SUSPENDED: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (26 meetings): Rapids 8 wins (1 shootout), 33 goals ... United 12 wins (2 shootout), 45 goals ... Draws 6

IN DENVER: (13 meetings): Rapids 6 wins (0 shootout), 21 goals ... United 5 wins (1 shootout), 20 goals ... Draws 2

-- This is the first of two meetings between the clubs this season, the only one set for Commerce City. The return match will be played at RFK Stadium in Washington on June 28.

VYVX Conf. # 2272062

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REAL SALT LAKE vs. FC DALLAS - FSN-SW, KSL

Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah - 6 p.m.

Complete game notes: http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2007/gameguides/04/407rsldal.pdf

Two Western Conference clubs who finished on opposite ends of the division a season ago face off in their 2007 season opener. Real Salt Lake kicks off their third season aiming for a first-ever trip to the MLS Cup Playoffs. A year ago, FC Dallas won the regular season title in the Western Conference, only to be eliminated by the Colorado Rapids for the second season in a row and be denied the opportunity to play in a first MLS Cup Final in their own stadium.

REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. SAR (bench): Jose Corro; JAR (opposite): David Bragg; 4th: Tim Weyland

MLS Career: 49 games; FC/gm: 29.8; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 11; pens: 21

Games involving Real: P5 W2 L2 T1; FC/gm: 25.0; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 0; pens: 0

Games involving FC Dallas: P3 W1 L2 T0; FC/gm: 31.3; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 0; pens: 1

INJURY REPORT:

REAL SALT LAKE - DOUBTFUL: DF Chris Lancos (R quad contusion)

FC DALLAS - OUT: FW Roberto Mina (L MCL sprain); QUESTIONABLE: FW Dominic Oduro (L hamstring); PROBABLE: DF Alex Yi (L hamstring)

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

SUSPENDED: FC DALLAS: GK Dario Sala (through April 29); DF Chris Gbandi (through April 8)

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (8 meetings): Real Salt Lake 2 wins, 9 goals ... FC Dallas 6 wins, 14 goals ... Draws 0

IN SALT LAKE CITY: (4 meetings): Real 2 wins, 6 goals ... FC Dallas 2 wins, 5 goals ... Draws 0

-- This is the first of three meetings between the teams this season, all in the opening three months of the league campaign. They meet for the only time this year at Pizza Hut Park on May 20, before concluding their league series on June 14 on the Wasatch Front.

Directv: 785

Dish Net: 455

FSN-SW

KU BAND

SBS 6, Tr. 13 Lower

Uplink: 14306.5(V)

Downlink: 12006.5 (H)

KSL-NBC

KU Band

SBS 6, Tr. 13 Upper

Uplink: 14324.5(V)

Downlink: 12024.5(H)

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COLUMBUS CREW vs. NEW YORK RED BULLS - HDNet, MSG 2, ClbSN

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio - 7 p.m.

Complete game notes: http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2007/gameguides/04/407clbny.pdf

A pair of Eastern Conference clubs looking to move into the upper echelon of the division face off in their 2007 season opener. The Columbus Crew, just two years removed from a Supporters' Shield-winning campaign, are looking to return to the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2004. The New York Red Bulls have Bruce Arena at the helm from the outset this year, a season ago once again reaching the postseason thanks to a near-miraculous final day victory and then pushing D.C. United to the limit before going down to defeat.

REFEREE: Kevin Stott. SAR (bench): Rob Fereday; JAR (opposite): Adam Wienckowski; 4th: Andrew Chapin

MLS Career: 129 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 36; pens: 27

Games involving Crew: P17 W9 L8 T0; FC/gm: 26.3; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 4; pens: 2

Games involving Red Bulls: P29 W8 L18 T3; FC/gm: 27.2; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 11; pens: 6

INJURY REPORT:

COLUMBUS CREW - OUT: DF Jed Zayner (L knee ACL reconstruction); GK Will Hesmer (R Hamstring strain); DOUBTFUL: DF Chad Marshall (concussion); MF Stefani Miglioranzi (L groin strain); MF Danny Szetela (R groin strain)

NEW YORK RED BULLS - OUT: MF Blake Camp (R ankle sprain); DF Taylor Graham (R hamstring strain); FW Mike Magee (R knee surgery recovery); PROBABLE: MF Markus Schopp (L groin/hip strain)

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

SUSPENDED: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (40 meetings): Crew 18 wins (0 shootout), 50 goals ... Red Bulls 18 wins (0 shootout), 55 goals ... Draws 4

IN COLUMBUS: (20 meetings): Crew 10 wins (1 shootout), 29 goals ... Red Bulls 9 wins (0 shootout), 32 goals ... Draws 1

-- This is the first of three meetings between the two teams this season, the first of two at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. They next meet on May 19 at the Meadowlands, before concluding their league season set on June 30 at Crew Stadium.

Directv: 786

DishNet: 459

HDNet

KU BAND

SBS 6, Tr. 08 Upper

Uplink- 14202 (H)

Downlink - 11902 (V)

MSG2

HTN Conf # 42437 (Fiber)

ClbSN

KU BAND SBS 6, Tr. 09

Uplink: 14221 (V)

Downlink: 11921 (H)

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CHICAGO FIRE vs. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION - CSN-Chi, TV-38

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Ill. - 8:30 p.m.

Complete game notes: http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2007/gameguides/04/407chine.pdf

What has become one of the more heated rivalries in Major League Soccer resumes again to kick off the 2007 season, as the New England Revolution make a return visit to Toyota Park to face the Chicago Fire. The two teams inaugurated the new Bridgeview stadium with a wild game, three goals in stoppage time in a 3-3 draw. Then, the teams met in the MLS Cup Playoffs for the second consecutive year (and fifth time ever), the Revolution again getting the upper hand with a victory on penalty kicks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. However, the Fire have eliminated the Revolution from the U.S. Open Cup each of the last two years, in '06 in the quarterfinals on their way to winning the Dewar Trophy for a fourth time.

REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. SAR (bench): Fabio Tovar; JAR (opposite): Craig Lowry; 4th: Jorge Gonzalez

MLS Career: 32 games; FC/gm: 28.1; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 8; pens: 8

Games involving Fire: P7 W3 L2 T2; FC/gm: 32.9; Y/gm: 4.1; R: 1; pens: 4

Games involving Revolution: P6 W1 L0 T5; FC/gm: 31.5; Y/gm: 4.3; R: 2; pens: 1

INJURY REPORT:

CHICAGO FIRE - DOUBTFUL: MF Pascal Bedrossian (R hamstring strain)

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION - OUT: MF Daniel Hernandez (groin strain), DF Michael Parkhurst (L dislocated shoulder); QUESTIONABLE: FW Pat Noonan (sports hernia surgery), MF Shalrie Joseph (R calf strain); PROBABLE: MF Khano Smith (R hamstring strain)

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

SUSPENDED: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (28 meetings): Fire 10 wins, 37 goals ... Revolution 12 wins, 44 goals ... Draws 6

IN CHICAGO: (14 meetings): Fire 5 wins, 21 goals ... Revolution 4 wins, 20 goals ... Draws 5

-- This is the first of three meetings between the teams this season, the first of two at Gillette Stadium. They next meet May 6 at Toyota Park, then conclude the season series in Foxborough on Oct. 6.

Directv: 787

Dish Net: 458

CSN-Chi

VYVX Conf # 2270019

TV-38

KU BAND

AMC 02, Tr. 02 Ch. B9

Uplink: 14035.5 (V)

Downlink: 11735.5 (H)

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CHIVAS USA vs. TORONTO FC - FSC/FSE, RSN

The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif. - 10:30 p.m.

Complete game notes: http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2007/gameguides/04/407chvtor.pdf

It will be a night of historic proportions at The Home Depot Center as Toronto FC makes their debut against Chivas USA. The first Major League Soccer club from Canada, Toronto FC begins play as the 13th team in the league. They will be taking on a Chivas USA team just two years removed from its bow, a unique club in its own right, a sister club to Mexican powerhouse CD Guadalajara which last year reached the MLS Cup Playoffs.

REFEREE: Terry Vaughn. SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Paul Scott; 4th: Ramon Hernandez

MLS Career: 71 games; FC/gm: 31.0; Y/gm: 3.9; R: 22; pens: 21

Games involving Chivas USA: P3 W1 L1 T1; FC/gm: 27.0; Y/gm: 4.0; R: 0; pens: 3

Games involving Toronto FC: first game

INJURY REPORT:

CHIVAS USA - OUT: FW David Arvizu (lower back strain); PROBABLE: MF Orlando Pérez (L groin strain); DF Jonathan Bornstein (L MCL sprain)

TORONTO FC - OUT: MF Maurice Edu (groin), MF Ronnie O'Brien (knee), DF Chris Pozniak (hamstring); PROBABLE: FW Conor Casey (thigh), MF Paulo Nagamura (calf), DF Marco Reda (thigh), FW Andy Welsh (groin)

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

SUSPENDED: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME: First meeting

-- It's the first meeting between the two clubs in the opener for the newest team in MLS, against a club just two years old in Chivas USA, which came in as an expansion club for the 2005 season.

Coaches record: Preki vs. TOR: first game... Mo Johnston v CHV: P3 W2 L0 D1

FSC/FSE

KU BAND

AMC 5, Tr. 08A

Uplink: 14212.5(V)

Downlink: 11912.5(H)

RSN

VYVX Conf #

2274184

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Sunday, April 8, 2007

HOUSTON DYNAMO vs. LOS ANGELES GALAXY - Telefutura, FSN-W, Ch. 55 [Hou]

Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas - 7 p.m.

Complete game preview: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070406&content_id=87553&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

The MLS Cup champions for the last two years kick off their 2007 seasons against each other at Robertson Stadium. Houston Dynamo begin defense of their crown with essentially the same group that lifted the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy in Frisco just a few short months ago. For the Los Angeles Galaxy, their defense was one they just as soon forget - victory in MLS Cup 2005 followed by failure to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs last year for the first time in club history.

REFEREE: Abbey Okulaja. SAR (bench): C.J. Morgante; JAR (opposite): Kyle Borne; 4th: Hilario Grajeda

MLS Career: 56 games; FC/gm: 30.7; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 4; pens: 15

Games involving Dynamo: P4 W3 L1 T0; FC/gm: 34.5; Y/gm: 4.5; R: 1; pens: 0

Games involving Galaxy: P15 W4 L8 T3; FC/gm: 33.5; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 1; pens: 4

INJURY REPORT:

HOUSTON DYNAMO - OUT: MF Ricardo Clark (R knee LCL sprain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Corey Ashe (L knee strain)

LOS ANGELES GALAXY - OUT: FW Alan Gordon (L foot stress fracture); MF Peter Vagenas (neck); QUESTIONABLE: FW Gavin Glinton (L groin strain)

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

SUSPENDED: none

HEAD-TO-HEAD

ALL-TIME (4 meetings): Dynamo 2 wins, 4 goals ... Galaxy 1 win, 3 goals ... Draws 1

IN HOUSTON: (2 meetings): Dynamo 1 win, 2 goals ... Galaxy 1 win, 2 goals ... Draws 0

-- This is the first of three meetings between the two teams, the first of two at Robertson Stadium - and the last time they'll see each other in league competition for five months. They next meet on Sept. 16 at The Home Depot Center, before concluding the season set two Sundays later back in the Bayou City.

Telefutura

KU BAND

Galaxy 11, Tr. 20 Upper

U/L: 14409(H)

D/L: 12109(V)

FSN-W

KU BAND

Galaxy 2B, Tr. 17 A&B

Uplink: 14340(H)

Downlink: 12040(V)

Ch. 55

KU Band

SBS 6, Tr. 13 Upper

Uplink: 14324.5(V)

Downlink: 12024.5(H)

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