3/17 - Columbus Crew v WVU http://www.thedaonline.com/sports/m...umbus-crew-this-spring-1.2801624#.T1zVLsAgdVg
3/15 - Houston Dynamo v Honduras U23 @ Houston TX (TBD) http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/ar...ja?refPath=/noticias/estados-unidos/noticias/
MARCH 3/15 - Houston Dynamo v Honduras U23 @ Houston TX (TBD) 3/17 - Columbus Crew v West Virginia Univ @ Crew Stadium (1:00PM EST)
3/17 Columbus Crew 5 Michigan State 1 Columbus Crew 1 West Virginia 0 http://www.thecrew.com/news/2012/03/crew-get-necessary-wins-exhibitions-vs-college-teams
First real friendly of the season. https://twitter.com/#!/MerrittPaulson/status/182514153582366720 More details in an hour.
5/23 - Portland Timbers FC v Valencia CF @ Jeld-Wen Field (TBD) 5/30 - Dynamo Charities Cup - Houston Dynamo v Valencia CF @ BBVA Compass Stadium http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/03/21/houston-welcome-valencia-dynamo-charities-cup
MARCH 3/17 - Colmubus Crew (5) v Michigan St (1) 3/17 - Columbus Crew (1) v West Virginia Univ (0) MAY 5/23 - Portland Timbers FC v Valencia CF @ Jeld-Wen Field (10:30PM EDT) 5/30 - Dynamo Charities Cup - Houston Dynamo v Valencia CF @ BBVA Compass Stadium (8:30PM EDT)
NYRB and LA Galaxy will both host Tottenham Hotspur. LA Galaxy on July 24. New York on July 31. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/spurs-heading-back-to-the-states.page?
Already looking ahead to the next off-season, Roma will be in Florida for a week in early 2013 and would be available for some friendlies (assuming MLS teams are available and playing organized exhibitions during the Serie A winter break). http://aol.sportingnews.com/soccer/story/2012-03-19/sbj-disney-deal-gives-roma-presence-in-us http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/s...-at-espn-wide-world-of-sports-complex?cc=5901
MARCH 3/17 - Colmubus Crew (5) v Michigan St (1) 3/17 - Columbus Crew (1) v West Virginia Univ (0) MAY 5/23 - Portland Timbers FC v Valencia CF @ Jeld-Wen Field (10:30PM EDT) 5/30 - Dynamo Charities Cup - Houston Dynamo v Valencia CF @ BBVA Compass Stadium (8:30PM EDT) JULY 7/24 - Los Angeles Galaxy v Tottenham Hotspur @ Home Depot Center (10:30PM EDT) 7/31 - New York Invitational Cup - Red Bull New York v Tottenham Hotspur @ Red Bull Arena (TBD)
Sounders/Chelsea July 18th is official: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundersfcblog/2017845195_sounders_fc_will_host_chelsea.html
Aston Villa playing the Union on July 18th, Chicago on July 21st, and Portland on July 24th. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2696527,00.html
Not an MLS friendly, but likely a SUM event (in an MLS market) that could end up as part of ESPN's SUM/MLS coverage this summer: Chelsea to play AC Milan in July 28 friendly at FedEx Field http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/post/chelsea-to-play-ac-milan-in-july-28-friendly-at-fedex-field/2012/03/26/gIQAQG7bcS_blog.html
NEW: SSFC v Chelsea 7/18; Chelsea v AC Milan 7/28; Aston Vila v PHI (7/18) & CHI (7/21) & PTFC (7/24) MARCH 3/17 - Colmubus Crew (5) v Michigan St (1) 3/17 - Columbus Crew (1) v West Virginia Univ (0) MAY 5/23 - Portland Timbers FC v Valencia CF @ Jeld-Wen Field (10:30PM EDT) 5/30 - Dynamo Charities Cup - Houston Dynamo v Valencia CF @ BBVA Compass Stadium (8:30PM EDT) JULY 7/18 - Seattle Sounders FC v Chelsea FC @ CenturyLink Field (3:00PM EDT) 7/18 - Philadelphia Union v Aston Villa @ PPL Park (7:30PM EDT) 7/21 - Chicago Fire v Aston Villa @ Toyota Park (8:30PM EDT) 7/24 - Los Angeles Galaxy v Tottenham Hotspur @ Home Depot Center (10:30PM EDT) 7/24 - Portland Timbers FC v Aston Villa @ Jeld-Wen Field (10:30PM EDT) 7/28 - Chelsea FC v AC Milan @ FedEx Field (TBD) 7/31 - New York Invitational Cup - Red Bull New York v Tottenham Hotspur @ Red Bull Arena (TBD)
3 days later Liverpool and Spurs will be in Baltimore http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/lfc-to-play-spurs-in-baltimore
NEW: Liverpool v Roma 7/25; Liverpool vs Totteham 7/28 MARCH 3/17 - Colmubus Crew (5) v Michigan St (1) 3/17 - Columbus Crew (1) v West Virginia Univ (0) MAY 5/23 - Portland Timbers FC v Valencia CF @ Jeld-Wen Field (10:30PM EDT) 5/30 - Dynamo Charities Cup - Houston Dynamo v Valencia CF @ BBVA Compass Stadium (8:30PM EDT) JULY 7/18 - Seattle Sounders FC v Chelsea FC @ CenturyLink Field (3:00PM EDT) 7/18 - Philadelphia Union v Aston Villa @ PPL Park (7:30PM EDT) 7/21 - Chicago Fire v Aston Villa @ Toyota Park (8:30PM EDT) 7/24 - Los Angeles Galaxy v Tottenham Hotspur @ Home Depot Center (10:30PM EDT) 7/24 - Portland Timbers FC v Aston Villa @ Jeld-Wen Field (10:30PM EDT) 7/25 - Liverpool v AS Roma @ Fenway Field (7:00PM EDT) 7/28 - Chelsea FC v AC Milan @ FedEx Field (TBD) 7/28 - Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur @ M&T Bank Stadium (1:00PM EDT) 7/31 - New York Invitational Cup - Red Bull New York v Tottenham Hotspur @ Red Bull Arena (TBD)
Rumour mill has Liverpool playing TFC @ SkyDome on July 21. Date makes sense as Jays would be the road leaving the venue available and TFC is home to Colorado on the 18th and Houston on the 28th http://www.torontofc.ca/schedule
Not a friendly by definition, but the French Super Cup will be played at the Red Bull Arena on July 28: http://aol.sportingnews.com/soccer/...-will-open-season-with-game-at-red-bull-arena Italy and France have moved their Super Cup around for a while now...
7/25 - MLS All-Star Game - MLS All-Stars v Chelsea FC @ PPL Park (8:30PM EDT) http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2...all-star-game-chelsea-return-grudge-match-ppl
NEW: MLS v Chelsea 7/25; French Super Cup 7/28 MARCH 3/17 - Colmubus Crew (5) v Michigan St (1) 3/17 - Columbus Crew (1) v West Virginia Univ (0) MAY 5/23 - Portland Timbers FC v Valencia CF @ Jeld-Wen Field (10:30PM EDT) 5/30 - Dynamo Charities Cup - Houston Dynamo v Valencia CF @ BBVA Compass Stadium (8:30PM EDT) JULY 7/18 - Seattle Sounders FC v Chelsea FC @ CenturyLink Field (3:00PM EDT) 7/18 - Philadelphia Union v Aston Villa @ PPL Park (7:30PM EDT) 7/21 - Chicago Fire v Aston Villa @ Toyota Park (8:30PM EDT) 7/24 - Los Angeles Galaxy v Tottenham Hotspur @ Home Depot Center (10:30PM EDT) 7/24 - Portland Timbers FC v Aston Villa @ Jeld-Wen Field (10:30PM EDT) 7/25 - Liverpool v AS Roma @ Fenway Field (7:00PM EDT) 7/25 - MLS All-Star Game - MLS All-Stars v Chelsea FC @ PPL Park (8:30PM EDT) 7/28 - Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur @ M&T Bank Stadium (1:00PM EDT) 7/28 - Chelsea FC v AC Milan @ FedEx Field (TBD) 7/28 - French Super Cup - Ligue 1 winner v French Cup winner @ Red Bull Arena (TBD) 7/31 - New York Invitational Cup - Red Bull New York v Tottenham Hotspur @ Red Bull Arena (TBD)
There is a decidedly EPL slant to the friendlies this year! I know that is not weird but it seems more pronounced this year!