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Sporting Kansas City Unveils 2011 MLS Regular Season Schedule

Published on February 10, 2011 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Sporting Kansas City News Release


Sporting Kansas City announced their 34-game regular season schedule on Thursday for the club's highly-anticipated 2011 Major League Soccer season, the team's first to be played at the $180 million plus, state-of-the-art soccer-specific stadium currently being built in Kansas City, Kansas.

For 2011 ticket information, contact the Sporting Kansas City ticket office toll-free at 1-888-4KC-GOAL, or visit www.sportingkc.com/virtualvenue.

Kansas City, a charter member of Major League Soccer, will begin its 16th season with ten games on the road, all to be played on Saturdays over a twelve-week span. During this time, final touches are made at the stadium site ahead of its nationally-televised grand opening on June 9th when Sporting Kansas City faces rivals Chicago Fire at 9 p.m. CT on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com.

The marquee match is one of six Sporting Kansas City regular season MLS games to be broadcast nationally in 2011. Five of the six matches scheduled for national exposure will be played at Sporting's brand new home ground, which will seat 18,467 soccer supporters and features an iconic canopy roof that covers every seating section.

The stadium's grand opening will be followed by a CONCACAF Gold Cup doubleheader on June 14th, featuring four of the region's top national teams in the opening round of the biennial regional championship. Kansas City is one of four MLS venues selected to host matches for the tournament, whose winner will qualify for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

Sporting Kansas City's 17 regular season home matches will come predominantly in the second half of the 2011 schedule, including nine consecutive games at home from July 23rd through September 10th. The homestand is part of a larger stretch that sees Sporting scheduled to play 13 of 16 games at home in July, August and September.

The home schedule features 11 Saturday matches, including eight with primetime 7:30 p.m. CT kickoffs, and four mid-week Wednesday matches all at 7:30 p.m. CT, in addition to the home opener on Thursday, June 9th and a single Sunday fixture on August 21st at 6 p.m. CT against D.C. United.

The 2011 Sporting Kansas City season will feature the debut of Designated Player Omar Bravo, an icon at Mexico's Chivas Guadalajara and with the Mexico National Team. Six of Sporting Kansas City's matches in 2011 will be shown on Major League Soccer's Spanish-language broadcast partners, ESPN Deportes, TeleFutura and Galavision.

Excluding the home opener, nationally telecast on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com on June 9th, all Sporting Kansas City home and away matches will be telecast live locally in high definition on KSMO-TV, with one or more games slated to be simulcast on KCTV-5.

Sporting Kansas City will play every MLS team once at home and once on the road, as MLS again adopted a balanced schedule for the second consecutive season. The League has grown to 18 teams in 2011 with the addition of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Portland Timbers to the Western Conference.

The 2011 MLS schedule features 306 regular season matches, as well as the 2011 MLS AT&T All-Star Game on July 27th at Red Bull Arena. Every match of the 2011 MLS regular season will be broadcast live and MLS has not scheduled games on August 10, September 3-4, and October 8-9, which are all FIFA fixture dates for international competition.

2011 Sporting Kansas City schedule

Date Opponent Time (CT) Television

March 19, 2011 at Chivas 9:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

March 26, 2011 at Chicago 3:00 p.m. TeleFutura, KSMO-TV

April 2, 2011 at Vancouver 6:00 p.m. KSMO-TV

April 16, 2011 at Columbus 6:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

April 23, 2011 at New England 6:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

April 30, 2011 at New York 6:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

May 14, 2011 at LA Galaxy 9:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

May 21, 2011 at Seattle 9:00 p.m. KSMO-TV

May 28, 2011 at Colorado 8:00 p.m. KSMO-TV

June 4, 2011 at Toronto 6:00 p.m. KSMO-TV

June 9, 2011 CHICAGO 9:00 p.m. ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com

June 12, 2011 at FC Dallas 6:00 p.m. KSMO-TV

June 14, 2011 Gold Cup Doubleheader TBA TBA

June 18, 2011 SAN JOSE 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

June 22, 2011 at Philadelphia 6:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

June 25, 2011 VANCOUVER 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV July 2, 2011 at Portland 10:00 p.m. KSMO-TV

July 6, 2011 COLORADO 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

July 9, 2011 CHIVAS USA 6:30 p.m. Galavision, KSMO-TV

July 16, 2011 at Houston 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

July 23, 2011 TORONTO 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

July 27, 2011 MLS All-Star Game 7:30 p.m. TBA

July 30, 2011 NEW ENGLAND 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

August 3, 2011 REAL SALT LAKE 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

August 6, 2011 SEATTLE 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

August 13, 2011 LA GALAXY 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

August 17, 2011 PORTLAND 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

August 21, 2011 DC UNITED 6:00 p.m. Galavision, KSMO-TV

August 27, 2011 FC DALLAS 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

September 10, 2011 HOUSTON 3:00 p.m. TeleFutura, KSMO-TV

September 17, 2011 at Real Salt Lake 8:00 p.m. KSMO-TV

September 24, 2011 PHILADELPHIA 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

September 28, 2011 COLUMBUS 7:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

October 1, 2011 at San Jose 9:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

October 15, 2011 NEW YORK 3:00 p.m. TeleFutura, KSMO-TV

October 22, 2011 at DC United 6:30 p.m. KSMO-TV

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