By RYAN TOLMICH
It’s time to start planning out the 2015 MLS season.
The league released the schedule for the upcoming season Wednesday with play set to kickoff March 5 and conclude on Oct. 25, when all 20 of the league’s teams will be in action at times left to be determined as games will be played simultaneously.
The season will also include a pair of “Rivalry Weeks” on June 26–28 and Aug. 28–30 with the first week seeing the inaugural NYC FC – New York Red Bulls clash, while the second sees the Portland Timbers face the Seattle Sounders.
With a slew of new stars, and two new teams, entering the league, the season his littered with exciting matchups throughout the season.
Have a look at a few of this season’s more exciting prospective clashes after the jump:
March 9 – Orlando City vs. New York City FC
March 22 – New York Red Bulls vs. D.C. United
April 11 – New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew
April 12 – LA Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders
April 26 – Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers
May 5 – Houston Dynamo vs. San Jose Earthquakes
May 10 – New York Red Bulls vs. New York City FC
May 31 – New England Revolution vs. LA Galaxy
July 3-Â Seattle Sounders vs. D.C. United
July 11 – New York Red Bulls vs. New England Revolution
Aug. 9 – LA Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders
Aug. 23- LA Galaxy vs. New York City FC
Sept. 19 – D.C. United vs. Columbus Crew
Sept. 19 – Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy
Oct. 17 – Toronto FC vs. Columbus Crew
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What do you think of the schedule? What games do you expect to go to?
Share your thoughts below.
I’m a fan of the Decision Day games with all the Eastern Conf. clubs playing at once followed by all the Western Conf. clubs. Should be fun to watch the last Sunday of the regular season.
So your juicy match-ups include mostly big market teams…pretty weak. Sure the Rapids are awful, but the Rapids-RSL matches are just as intense and fun to be at as any of these gigantic (sarcasm) clashes that you mention.
Sorry, but I gotta speak on just the photo…
Gyassi holding his kid up in the air with the huge blue headphones is AWESOME. Good pic choice once again SBI staff.
So the MLS has scheduled the first RBNY-NYCFC match on Mothers’ Day. Morons.
Ugh. I’ve been able to get my mom out to RBA a few times but this will probably not be one of them.
Well Red Bulls are the only club with an open DP slot at the moment for Jozy, so… . Having said that, in light of recent events, Red Bulls don’t seem to be on the market for “big splash” type players. We shall see
Jozy is mild splash
the only splash the NYRBs are going to make is the turd they are trying to drop on their fans hitting the water.
If Mix and Jozy come back to the MLS, J/K will be none to happy.
Bring them both home. And rescue fabian from monchengullchtap while we’re at it.
For Mix it’s probably a step up, problem is if MLS is just off the radar of clubs in Europe.
Mix was playing in the Norwegian League so MLS is surely a step up.
What’s gonna do? Bench Altidore? if he didn’t bench him when he was riding the bench he ain’t going to do it now.
As far as Mixx, he moved to a better league.
The only person I could really see as pushing Altidore out, was Boyd and who knows when he’ll get back to health.
Taylor Twellman reporting rumors of Jozy to the MLS, with Portland, RBNY and TFC being in contention.
This sure is a spicy off-season.