Philadelphia Union's 2011 Schedule Unveiled
Published on February 10, 2011 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Philadelphia Union News Release
Chester, Pa. (February 10, 2011) - Philadelphia Union and Major League Soccer have released the entire schedule for the 2011 season, the 16th in League history. Each of the League's 18 clubs will play 34 matches, facing each of the other clubs once at home and once on the road. A total of 306 MLS matches will be broadcast live.
Five of the Union's 34 total games will be shown on national television, with both matches against rival NY Red Bulls and a September 29th match against D.C. United scheduled to air on ESPN2. Home matches against Chicago (May 21st) and New England (August 28th) will be shown on the Spanish language network Galavision. MLS remains in discussions with other potential national broadcast partners in the United States and Canada and will release details soon. The Union's local television schedule will be released at a later date.
ESPN's platforms and the Univision family of networks also will broadcast the 2011 MLS AT&T All-Star Game (July 27 at Red Bull Arena) and MLS Cup 2011; more details to be announced at a later date. The MLS Cup Playoff format and dates will be announced in the near future.
Major League Soccer has not scheduled games on August 10, September 3-4 and October 8-9, which are FIFA fixture dates.
The Union will hold an exclusive season ticket holder pre-sale to purchase group and individual tickets beginning Monday, February 14th at 10:00 a.m. running through Wednesday, February 16th at 10:00 a.m. Public group and individual tickets will go on sale for all League games at PPL Park on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. Specific matches in each partial season ticket plan will be released tomorrow.
2011 Philadelphia Union Schedule
DATE OPPONENT VENUE HOME/AWAY TIME (ET)
Sat. Mar 19, 2011 Houston Houston Away 8:30 PM
Sat. Mar 26, 2011 Vancouver Philadelphia Home 4:00 PM
Sat. Apr 2, 2011 LA Galaxy Los Angeles Away 10:30 PM
Sat. Apr 9, 2011 (ESPN2) New York Philadelphia Home 7:00 PM
Sat. Apr 16, 2011 Seattle Philadelphia Home 4:00 PM
Sat. Apr 23, 2011 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake Away 9:00 PM
Sat. Apr 30, 2011 San Jose Philadelphia Home 4:00 PM
Sat. May 7, 2011 Portland Portland Away 10:30 PM
Wed. May 11, 2011 LA Galaxy Philadelphia Home 7:30 PM
Sat. May 14, 2011 Dallas Dallas Away 8:30 PM
Sat. May 21, 2011 (Galavision) Chicago Philadelphia Home 8:00 PM
Sat. May 28, 2011 Toronto Toronto Away 7:00 PM
Sat. Jun 4, 2011 Colorado Colorado Away 9:00 PM
Sat. Jun 11, 2011 Real Salt Lake Philadelphia Home 4:00 PM
Sat. Jun 18, 2011 Vancouver Vancouver Away 7:00 PM
Wed. Jun 22, 2011 Kansas City Philadelphia Home 7:30 PM
Sat. Jun 25, 2011 Chivas Philadelphia Home 7:30 PM
Sat. Jul 2, 2011 D.C. United DC Away 7:30 PM
Sat. Jul 9, 2011 San Jose San Jose Away 10:30 PM
Sat. Jul 16, 2011 New England New England Away 7:30 PM
Sat. Jul 23, 2011 Seattle Seattle Away 10:00 PM
Sat. Jul 30, 2011 Colorado Philadelphia Home 7:30 PM
Wed. Aug 3, 2011 Chicago Chicago Away 9:00 PM
Sat. Aug 6, 2011 Houston Philadelphia Home 7:30 PM
Sat. Aug 13, 2011 Dallas Philadelphia Home 7:30 PM
Sat. Aug 20, 2011 Columbus Columbus Away 7:30 PM
Sun. Aug 28, 2011 (Galavision) New England Philadelphia Home 7:00 PM
Sat. Sep 10, 2011 Portland Philadelphia Home 7:30 PM
Sat. Sep 17, 2011 Columbus Philadelphia Home 7:30 PM
Sat. Sep 24, 2011 Kansas City Kansas City Away 8:30 PM
Thurs. Sep 29, 2011 (ESPN2) D.C. United Philadelphia Home 8:00 PM
Sun. Oct 2, 2011 Chivas Chivas Away 8:00 PM
Sat. Oct 15, 2011 Toronto Philadelphia Home 7:30 PM
Thurs. Oct 20, 2011 (ESPN2) New York New York Away 8:00 PM
**Please note that all times and dates are subject to change.
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