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Toronto FC Announces Broadcast Schedule

March 18, 2010 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Toronto FC News Release


Toronto FC announced Thursday that for the fourth straight season, all 30 of the team's regular season games will be broadcast on television across Canada. As an added bonus, all games will also be broadcast in High Definition for the first time ever.

GOLTV Canada will lead off this season's coverage by showing the first four games of the regular season - including the home opener Thursday, April 15 against the expansion Philadelphia Union. Six of the seven GOLTV games broadcast will be away matches including the team's final game of the regular season on October 23 against D.C. United. GOLTV is also working with its distributors to maximize the number of Toronto FC games in HD that their HD customers will receive, at no additional charge. Customers will be able to find information on this on the GOLTV and Toronto FC websites.

Returning for their fourth season with Toronto FC is Canada's national public broadcaster, CBC who leads the way with a 13 game schedule. Their first game will be Sunday, April 25 when Toronto FC hosts the Seattle Sounders FC. Broadcasting the majority of the team's home games their schedule is highlighted by their annual "Popsicle Soccer Day in Canada" which will happen Saturday, July 10 when the Colorado Rapids visit BMO Field. CBC will also air the team's first ever visit to Philadelphia on Saturday, July 17.

Rogers Sportsnet will air 10 games this season, seven of which will be on the road. The first match will be Saturday, May 1 when the team travels to Salt Lake City to take on the reigning MLS Cup Champions. The schedule also includes a trip to L.A. when Toronto FC visit the L.A. Galaxy on May 15, as well as the Saturday, September 18 matchup when Toronto FC visits Houston.

"We're excited to welcome back CBC, Rogers Sportsnet and GOLTV for Toronto FC's 2010 season," said Tom Anselmi, executive vice-president and chief operating

officer, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. "Our soccer broadcasts and broadcast partners play an important role in supporting the growth of Major League Soccer in Canada and fueling the insatiable appetite for our sport across the country."

Anselmi added that broadcasting Toronto FC games in High-Definition will take the soccer viewing experience to a whole new level for fans across the country.

"We're excited to present our fourth season of Major League Soccer on CBC," said Scott Moore, executive director, CBC Sports and general manager, CBC Media Sales & Marketing. "CBC is the home of the world's game, and MLS on CBC is an important part of our strong commitment to bring the best in soccer to Canadians. We're looking forward to a great season ahead."

"Our partnership with Toronto FC is fuelled by our commitment to promoting the sport of soccer in Canada," said Dave Akande, vice-president of content, Rogers Sportsnet. "We look forward to bringing our audience all of the team's best moments this season."

The complete 2010 broadcast schedule is below; times listed are The complete 2010 broadcast schedule is below; times listed are broadcast start times.

Game Day Date Time (ET) Home Away TV

1 Saturday 3/27/2010 400pm Columbus Toronto FC GOLTV

2 Saturday 10-Apr 730PM New England Toronto FC GOLTV

3 Thursday 15-Apr 700PM Toronto FC Philadelphia GOLTV

4 Sunday 18-Apr 500PM Colorado Toronto FC GOLTV

5 Sunday 25-Apr 200PM Toronto FC Seattle CBC

6 Saturday 1-May 900PM Real Salt Lake Toronto FC RSN

7 Saturday 8-May 400PM Toronto FC Chicago CBC

8 Saturday 15-May 1030PM LA Galaxy Toronto FC RSN

9 Saturday 22-May 400PM Toronto FC New England CBC

10 Saturday 29-May 1030PM San Jose Toronto FC RSN

11 Saturday 5-Jun 400PM Toronto FC Kansas City CBC

12 Saturday 26-Jun 730PM Toronto FC LA Galaxy RSN

13 Thursday 1-Jul 700PM Toronto FC Houston RSN

14 Saturday 10-Jul 1200PM Toronto FC Colorado CBC

15 Saturday 17-Jul 330PM Philadelphia Toronto FC CBC

16 Saturday 24-Jul 400PM Toronto FC Dallas CBC

17 Saturday 31-Jul 830PM Kansas City Toronto FC RSN

18 Saturday 7-Aug 400PM Toronto FC Chivas CBC

19 Wednesday 11-Aug 730PM New York Toronto FC GOLTV

20 Saturday 21-Aug 100PM Toronto FC New York CBC

21 Saturday 28-Aug 700PM Toronto FC Real Salt Lake RSN

22 Saturday 4-Sep 830PM Dallas Toronto FC RSN

23 Wednesday 8-Sep 830PM Chicago Toronto FC RSN

24 Saturday 11-Sep 400PM Toronto FC DC CBC

25 Saturday 18-Sep 830PM Houston Toronto FC RSN

26 Saturday 25-Sep 400PM Toronto FC San Jose CBC

27 Saturday 2-Oct 330PM Seattle Toronto FC CBC

28 Saturday 9-Oct 1030PM Chivas Toronto FC GOLTV

29 Saturday 16-Oct 400PM Toronto FC Columbus CBC

30 Saturday 23-Oct 730PM DC Toronto FC GOLTV

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