Three Sporting Kansas City Home Matches to Air on Fox Soccer in 2011
February 18, 2011 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Sporting Kansas City News Release
Sporting Kansas City will have three additional home matches on national television at state-of-the-art Sporting Park in 2011, as Major League Soccer announced on Friday a one-year extension to their national broadcast rights agreement with FOX Soccer. As part of the announcement, two Sporting Kansas City home matches move one night earlier than originally scheduled and will air on Fox Soccer Channel on Friday nights.
Sporting's home match against the San Jose Earthquakes will now be played on Friday, June 17th at 7:30 p.m. CT, as the first of three FSC broadcasts from Kansas City's brand new home ground . The second schedule change affects Sporting's home match versus the Philadelphia Union, which is now scheduled for Friday, September 23rd at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Both of these matches will air exclusively on Fox Soccer Channel, the premier soccer-only channel in North America, as two of the network's 14 MLS matches on Friday nights in 2011. Kansas City will also feature on Fox Soccer Channel on Saturday, August 13th when Sporting hosts the Los Angeles Galaxy at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Aside from the three FOX Soccer broadcasts and Sporting's home opener on June 9th against the Chicago Fire, to air on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com, all other Sporting Kansas City home and away MLS matches will be telecast live locally in high definition on KSMO-TV . One or more games on KSMO-TV will also be simulcast on KCTV-5.
With Friday's announcement, 11 Sporting Kansas City regular season matches will be broadcast nationally in the United States or Canada in 2011. Nine of the 11 matches scheduled for national exposure will be played at Sporting Park, currently under construction in Kansas City, Kansas. The $180 million plus venue will seat 18,467 soccer supporters and features an iconic canopy roof that covers every seating section.
FOX Soccer has been a national broadcast partner of MLS since 2003 and will broadcast up to 31 regular season games in 2011, plus three exclusive MLS Cup Playoff matches. All telecasts will be broadcast in high definition.
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 17, 2011* SAN JOSE 7:30 p.m. FOX Soccer
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. FOX Soccer
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 23, 2011* PHILADELPHIA 7:30 p.m. FOX Soccer
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
* indicates date change from schedule originally announced
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