Wednesday, February GALAXY SCHEDULE 16 games on National TV
CARSON, Calif. – Sixteen of the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 30 games in 2010 will be aired on national television according to the schedule released by Major League Soccer on Wednesday. For the first time in league history, each of the league’s 16 teams will play a balanced schedule, meeting each of the other 15 teams once at home and once on the road.
The Galaxy kick off the season with their opener against the New England Revolution at The Home Depot Center on Saturday, March 27.
Bruce Arena’s squad gets a pair of chanced to avenge last year’s loss in the MLS Cup, when they host Real Salt Lake on April 17 and visit Rio Tinto Stadium on June 9. Inter-stadium rival Chivas USA faces the Galaxy on April 1 (Galaxy home game) and on October 3 (Chivas home game).
ABC/ESPN, Fox Soccer Channel/ Fox Sports En Espańol and Telefutura. ESPN and ESPN Deportes are scheduled to air five Galaxy games in 2010, including both of the SuperClasico’s against Chivas USA, as well as home games against San Jose (July 22) and New York (September 24) and the club’s first-ever trip to Chester, Pa. to take on the expansion Philadelphia Union (October 7).
Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports En Espańol will broadcast a total of seven Galaxy games in 2010, starting with the season opener against New England at 8 p.m. on March 27. The Galaxy’s games away to Toronto FC (June 26), D.C. United (July 18) and the New York Red Bulls (August 14), the club’s first-ever trip to Red Bull Arena in Harrison N.J., will also be carried on the networks. The two Fox networks will also broadcast the Galaxy’s home game against Real Salt Lake on April 17 in the year’s first rematch of MLS Cup 2009, as will the club’s home games against the Chicago Fire (August 1) and D.C. United (September 18).
TeleFutura rounds out the Galaxy’s national broadcast package with four games, beginning with the club’s trip to Qwest Field to face the Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday, May 8. The network will also show the Galaxy’s home match against the Houston Dynamo (June 5), their trip north to San Jose to face the Earthquakes (August 21) and their game at Toyota Park against the Chicago Fire (September 4).
The 2010 MLS schedule features a two-week break – June 11 through June 25 – that aligns with the group phase of the FIFA World Cup,
2010 LOS ANGELES GALAXY SCHEDULE Day Date OPPONENT TIME (PT) NATIONAL TV
MARCH
Saturday March 27 vs. New England 8:00 p.m. FSC/FSE APRIL
Thursday April 1 vs. Chivas USA 8:00 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Saturday April 10 at Houston 5:30 p.m.
Saturday April 17 vs. Real Salt Lake 7:30 p.m. FSC/FSE
Saturday April 24 at Kansas City 5:30 p.m. MAY
Saturday May 1 vs. Philadelphia 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday May 5 at Colorado 6:30 p.m.
Saturday May 8 at Seattle 1:00 p.m. TeleFutura
Saturday May 15 vs. Toronto FC 7:30 p.m.
Thursday May 20 at FC Dallas 5:30 p.m.
Saturday May 29 at Columbus 4:30 p.m. JUNE
Saturday June 5 vs. Houston TBD TeleFutura
Wednesday June 9 at Real Salt Lake 6:00 p.m.
Saturday June 26 at Toronto FC 4:30 p.m. FSC/FSE JULY
Sunday July 4 vs. Seattle 7:30 p.m.
Saturday July 10 at New England 4:30 p.m.
Sunday July 18 at D.C. United 4:30 p.m. FSC/FSE
Thursday July 22 vs. San Jose 7:30 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN Deportes AUGUST
Sunday August 1 vs. Chicago 4:30 p.m. FSC/FSE
Saturday August 14 at New York 3:00 p.m. FSC/FSE
Saturday August 21 at San Jose 1:00 p.m. TeleFutura
Saturday August 28 vs. Kansas City 7:30 p.m. SEPTEMBER
Saturday September 4 at Chicago 1:00 p.m. TeleFutura
Saturday September 11 vs. Columbus 7:30 p.m.
Saturday September 18 vs. D.C. United 7:30 p.m. FSC/FSE
Friday September 24 vs. New York 8:00 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN Deportes OCTOBER
Sunday October 3 at Chivas USA 5:00 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Thursday October 7 at Philadelphia 5:00 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Saturday October 16 vs. Colorado 7:30 p.m.
Sunday October 24 vs. FC Dallas 5:00 p.m.
