Major League Soccer releases 2011 schedule (finally) & more
*Here's the Galaxy schedule.
ESPN2 will broadcast six Galaxy games: against the Sounders March 15 in the MLS opener as previously announced; against the Red Bulls May 7; against Chivas USA May 21; against the Sounders July 4; against New York again Aug. 28; and Chivas USA once more Oct. 16.
Sweet July: Galaxy has three straight homes games (out of four) that month.
Can you say road trip? How about the Saturday, July 30 game in Vancouver against the Whitecaps followed by the Wednesday, Aug. 3 game against the Timbers in Portland?
Notable: The Galaxy has two of its last three games at home.
*Here's the Chivas USA schedule.
Tough stretch: Chivas USA plays five straight road games between July 31 and Aug. 24.
Notable: Chivas USA finishes off the season with four straight games at Home Depot Center.
*Here's the complete MLS schedule.
Lastly, Mexico won its first game Wednesday under Jose Manuel del la Torre.
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Good grief. Year after year it's like this. Can't they make a version of the schedule I can just print out?
TV coverage sucks, MLS lost out on FSC and the move to Versus I guess didn't pan out. Extended coverage in Galavision makes learning Spanish a must now.