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2005 Schedule! It's Here
Real Matches 02-14-2005, 01:17 PM |
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| 02-14-2005, 01:53 PM |
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Ok, I count 32 matches. 16 Home matches. Are there supposed to be 20 home matches in the season ticket package?
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| 02-14-2005, 01:57 PM |
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I presume the "extra" four games will include potential dates in the US Cup competition. Perhaps playoff games too?
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| 02-14-2005, 01:58 PM |
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Atleast one of the remaining 4 games will be an Open Cup game. The others will be either Open Cup games, playoff games or exibition matches. That's what I was told when I bought my tickets. | |||||
| 02-14-2005, 03:04 PM |
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This is the e-mail I got from Liz:
BRADENTON, Fla. (Monday, Feb. 14, 2005) — Major League Soccer today confirmed the dates and times for Real Salt Lake’s Inaugural Season MLS schedule, which includes a total of 32 regular-season games, 16 home and 16 away. The complete League slate features 192 games to be played between Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, October 16. During a season that will be marked by the League’s 10th season celebrations, the 2005 All-Star break is scheduled for the weekend of July 30 with the MLS Cup champion being crowned on November 13. Television windows and kickoff times will be released in the coming days. 2005 REAL SALT LAKE INAUGURAL SEASON SCHEDULE DAY DATE MATCHUP (home games in BOLD; schedule subject to change) Saturday April 2 at MetroStars Saturday April 9 at Los Angeles Galaxy Saturday April 16 vs. Colorado Rapids Saturday April 23 at FC Dallas Saturday April 30 vs. San Jose Earthquakes Saturday May 7 at Chivas USA Saturday May 14 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Saturday May 21 at Columbus Crew Saturday May 28 vs. Chicago Fire Friday June 3 vs. FC Dallas Saturday June 11 at Los Angeles Galaxy Saturday June 18 at San Jose Earthquakes Wednesday June 22 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy Sunday June 26 at Chicago Fire Monday July 4 vs. MetroStars Saturday July 9 at Chivas USA Saturday July 16 at Kansas City Wizards Saturday July 23 vs. FC Dallas Thursday July 28 at D.C. United Saturday July 30 2005 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game Saturday August 6 vs. Chivas USA Wednesday August 10 at New England Revolution Saturday August 13 vs. Kansas City Wizards Saturday August 20 vs. San Jose Earthquakes Friday August 26 at Colorado Rapids Monday September 5 vs. New England Revolution Sunday September 18 at FC Dallas Wednesday September 21 vs. Chivas USA Saturday September 24 vs. Columbus Crew Saturday October 1 at Colorado Rapids Wednesday October 5 vs. D.C. United Saturday October 8 at San Jose Earthquakes Saturday October 15 vs. Colorado Rapids Sunday November 13 MLS Cup 2005 at FSEC – Frisco, TX As previously announced, Real Salt Lake’s “MLS First Kick 2005” occurs on Saturday, April 2, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., against the MetroStars. RSL FW Clint Mathis and DF Eddie Pope return to the Meadowlands to face their former team one week after representing the U.S. in its World Cup Qualifier at Mexico and one week prior to a Saturday, April 9 tilt against the Los Angeles Galaxy at The Home Depot Center. Major League Soccer arrives in Utah with Real Salt Lake’s historic home opener at Rice-Eccles Stadium on the campus of the University of Utah on Saturday, April 16, as RSL welcomes Western Conference rival Colorado Rapids in the first of four contests between the two Rocky Mountain clubs for regional bragging rights. The teams also close out their 2005 MLS regular season slates at Rice-Eccles on October 15. Other RSL-Rapids dates include Friday, August 26, at Colorado and Saturday, October 1 in Salt Lake City. Real Salt Lake joins both the Rapids and the Galaxy as hosts of Monday, July 4 Independence Day contests, with RSL welcoming the MetroStars for their lone Salt Lake appearance. Three weeks later, Real Salt Lake adds a second fireworks extravaganza to the schedule by hosting FC Dallas on Saturday, July 23, during the Pioneer Days celebration. Defending MLS Cup Champion D.C. United and teen phenom Freddy Adu travel to Utah for their lone appearance on Wednesday, October 5, during the stretch run to the 2005 MLS Cup Playoffs, which will begin the weekend of October 22, inviting the top four teams from each conference. The MLS postseason culminates with MLS Cup 2005 on Sunday, November 13 at the new Frisco Soccer & Entertainment Center, the world’s largest youth and professional soccer complex. Real Salt Lake and All-Time MLS Scoring Leader Jason Kreis travel to Dallas twice this season, first to the Cotton Bowl on Saturday, April 23 and then to the spectacular FSEC on Sunday, September 18. Kreis needs just nine tallies in 2005 to become the first MLS player in League history to attain 100 goals, as he enters the year with 91 careers scores. Twelve of Real Salt Lake’s 16 home games will be played on Saturdays or holiday weekends at Rice-Eccles Stadium, with three Wednesday night games currently slated as well as Friday, June 3. The team enjoys a very balanced schedule in 2005, with no road stretches or home stands of more than two games. During a nine-week stretch from the July 29 MLS All-Star Break until a trip to San Jose on the penultimate weekend of the regular season, Real Salt Lake departs the Mountain Time Zone only twice: Wednesday, August 10 for a mid-week visit to New England, and Sunday, September 18 at Frisco against FC Dallas. REAL SALT LAKE CONTINUES TRAINING IN FLORIDA: Following yesterday’s 1-0 win over San Jose in the morning by the RSL “B” team and Sunday night’s 2-0 “A” team win over the Columbus Crew, RSL Head Coach John Ellinger rewarded the team with an off day, the team’s second since February 1. Real Salt Lake enters its last week of training at the IMG Academy in Bradenton with two games scheduled: Thursday morning against Kansas City and Saturday morning against the U.S. Men’s Amateur Team. The team then breaks camp on Saturday for four days prior to convening at Kennedy Airport in New York on the way to Monte Gordo, Portugal. Below is the schedule for the week: Training Camp at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida (all times ET and subject to change) Monday, Feb. 14 – DAY OFF Tuesday, Feb. 15 – Real Salt Lake training at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 – Real Salt Lake training at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 17 – Real Salt Lake vs. Kansas City Wizards at 10:00 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18 – Real Salt Lake training at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 19 – Real Salt Lake vs. U.S. Amateurs at 10:00 a.m. | |||||
| 02-14-2005, 03:04 PM |
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A few random observations.....
As I expected, 2 games against each Eastern team, 4 against each Western team. Our 4 games against the Galaxy are in the first 13 games we play. After the home opener against Colorado, we don't play them until late in the season and then 3 of the last 9 games are against the Rapids. We play the Fire in RES on my birthday. Contrary to earlier reports, the DC United match is in October, rather than on Labor Day weekend. I just got an email from Liz in the RSL office as I am preparing to post this. | |||||
| 02-14-2005, 03:13 PM |
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“Major League Soccer today confirmed the dates and times for Real Salt Lake’s Inaugural Season MLS schedule.”
Although we have dates, unfortunately, we do not yet have times… In a previous post, we mentioned that TV matches would be around 1-2 pm MST and evening matches would be around 5-6 pm MST. Any way to tell which matches will be afternoon matches and which will be evening matches? I’m trying to nail down times as best as possible. Can someone help put together what we presently know about times for the scheduled matches? | |||||
| 02-14-2005, 07:55 PM |
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Even a Heathen like me knew that we weren't going to have any Sunday home games. But we barely have any Sunday away games.
Chivas USA is visiting on a Wednesday, which should cut way down on the crowd. | |||||
| 02-14-2005, 10:37 PM |
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Nice to read. I hope you are happy to get the schedule.
I wonder if late September is a nice time to visit SLC... :D | |||||
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