"MLS" Off/Preseason Club Friendlies: November 2012 - March 2013

Montreal Impact going on a post season tour to Italy:

http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/news/2012/10/montreal-impact-tour-italy-end-season

11/8 - Montreal Impact v Bologna FC @ Stadio Renata Dall'ara

11/15 - Montreal Impact v AFC Fiorentina @ Stadio Artemio Franchi

NOVEMBER

11/8 - Montreal Impact v Bologna FC @ Stadio Renata Dall'ara

11/15 - Montreal Impact v AFC Fiorentina @ Stadio Artemio Franchi

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

crap. can a mod please change the title to "off-season" .... stupid copy and paste ...

Are we including inter-MLS preseason friendlies? The first lists for Tucson have already been published if that's the case.

Schedule of matches*
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
11 a.m. Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids
3 p.m. Sporting KC vs. Houston Dynamo
6 p.m. San Jose Earthquakes vs. New England Revolution

Thursday, January 31, 2013
6 p.m. Houston Dynamo vs. Colorado Rapids

Friday, February 1, 2013
6 p.m. Sporting KC vs. Portland Timbers

Saturday, February 2, 2013
11 a.m. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Houston Dynamo
6 p.m. Colorado Rapids vs. TBA

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
11 a.m. Seattle Sounders FC vs. Portland Timbers

Friday, February 8, 2013
11 a.m. FC Tucson vs. Portland Timbers
*All matches will be played at Kino North, Field #5

New: Desert Diamond Cup (Tucson) fixtures

NOVEMBER

11/8 - Montreal Impact v Bologna FC @ Stadio Renata Dall'ara

11/15 - Montreal Impact v AFC Fiorentina @ Stadio Artemio Franchi


DECEMBER

JANUARY

1/29 - Portland Timbers FC v Colorado Rapids @ Kino Sports Complex (1:00PM EST)
1/29 - Sporting Kansas City v Houston Dynamo @ Kino Sports Complex (5:00PM EST)
1/29 - San Jose Earthquakes v New England Revolution @ Kino Sports Complex (8:00PM EST)

1/31 - Houston Dynamo v Colorado Rapids @ Kino Sports Complex (8:00PM EST)


FEBRUARY

2/1 - Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers FC @ Kino Sports Complex (8:00PM EST)

2/2 - San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo @ Kino Sports Complex (1:00PM EST)
2/2 - Colorado Rapids v TBD @ Kino Sports Complex (8:00PM EST)

2/5 - Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers FC @ Kino Sports Complex (1:00PM EST)

2/8 - FC Tucson v Portland Timbers FC @ Kino Sports Complex (1:00PM EST)

MARCH

Revs:

Jan. 29 vs. San Jose (6pm local)

Feb. 13 vs. Seattle (TBA)

Feb. 16 vs. New York (TBA)

Feb. 20 vs. Real Salt Lake (TBA)

Feb. 23 Third Place/Championship Games (championship game 8pm local)

All in Tucson, AZ. The match against San Jose (and the ones added in previous post) are not part of the actual Desert Diamond Cup, they are just friendlies being played in Tucson.

New: Desert Diamond Cup (Tucson) fixtures (this time for real)

NOVEMBER

11/8 - Montreal Impact v Bologna FC @ Stadio Renata Dall'ara

11/15 - Montreal Impact v AFC Fiorentina @ Stadio Artemio Franchi


DECEMBER

JANUARY

1/29 - Portland Timbers FC v Colorado Rapids @ Kino Sports Complex (1:00PM EST)
1/29 - Sporting Kansas City v Houston Dynamo @ Kino Sports Complex (5:00PM EST)
1/29 - San Jose Earthquakes v New England Revolution @ Kino Sports Complex (8:00PM EST)

1/31 - Houston Dynamo v Colorado Rapids @ Kino Sports Complex (8:00PM EST)


FEBRUARY

2/1 - Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers FC @ Kino Sports Complex (8:00PM EST)

2/2 - San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo @ Kino Sports Complex (1:00PM EST)
2/2 - Colorado Rapids v TBD @ Kino Sports Complex (8:00PM EST)

2/5 - Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers FC @ Kino Sports Complex (1:00PM EST)

2/8 - FC Tucson v Portland Timbers FC @ Kino Sports Complex (1:00PM EST)

2/13 - Desert Diamond Cup - Seattle Sounders FC v New England Revolution @ Kino Memorial Stadium (TBD)
2/13 - Desert Diamond Cup - Red Bull New York v Real Salt Lake @ Kino Memorial Stadium (TBD)

2/16 - Desert Diamond Cup - Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake @ Kino Memorial Stadium (TBD)
2/16 - Desert Diamond Cup - New England Revolution v Red Bull New York @ Kino Memorial Stadium (TBD)

2/20 - Desert Diamond Cup - Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution @ Kino Memorial Stadium (TBD)
2/20 - Desert Diamond Cup - Seattle Sounders FC v Red Bull New York @ Kino Memorial Stadium

2/23 - Desert Diamond Cup - 3rd Place v 4th Place @ Kino Memorial Stadium (TBD)
2/23 - Desert Diamond Cup - 2nd Place v 1st Place @ Kino Memorial Stadium (TBD)


MARCH

One of my favorite annual MLS threads. Thanks OG...

No Diamond Cup for the defending Diamond Cup champions galaxy next season?

Bologna 1
Montreal Impact 0

http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/news/2012/11/match-report-impact-loses-1-0-bologna-fc-friendly

as always if somebody finds the attendance please post it.

Mickey Mouse Cup, aka Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic 2013 (Feb 9-23)
-Philadelphia Union
-Montreal Impact
-DC United
-Sporting Kansas City
-Tampa Bay Rowdies
-Orlando City
-Toronto FC
http://www.rowdiessoccer.com/index.php?id=52&newsid=3504

Waiting for 6th MLS team to be announced. Maybe Vancouver, the defending champs?

Attendance was 1,839, with a gate of €13,225

http://bologna.repubblica.it/sport/...paponi_il_bologna_batte_il_montreal-46210540/

Why was this game played in the middle of the Italian season?

Di Vaio is the greatest living player in Bologna's history, and this is the only time the impact could make the trip. No way they would not accept the request.

Yes. Bologna has an important game on Saturday, so they played 2 starters plus the reserve squad. It was still enough to dominate the Impact who played all 11 starters.

According to Nick Sabetti, who is following the team, based on the quality of play apparently the local journalists spent the whole game thinking the Impact were playing their reserves.

0-1 loss apparently could easily have been 0-3 or 0-4.

On the other hand we found out that their scorer, the reserve team's Daniele Paponi, probably won't make the main squad and is looking for a new home 24 years old and probably could be had for less than DP money.


http://www.goal.com/en-ca/news/4175...tti-the-benefits-of-the-impact-in-italy-where

This thread is going to be my life-line in the offseason by helping me keep from going into withdrawals.

He might be going to Montreal...if you can't beat 'em...grab their scorer.

This thread and the offseason transactions thread and the in-season transaction threads are spectacular gems that the league office ought to just insert into their webpage.

Is there a place that shows which players are internationals or not? Place of birth is not reliable and i'm uncertain for some of the Impact guys.

Impact's plays Fiorentina's reserve side tomorrow morning. Some interesting news:

Don't know anything about these guys. But i'm really happy with the team we are fielding. lots of young talent.

And the Italian pipeline to Montreal continues to build.

Thanks, it was the "foreign born players with domestic status" that messed me up. Mallace, Nyassi, Thomas, Ubiparipović all have it.

there is no 100% way to tell unless the team does a press release when a player gets their green card but often times if a foreign born player has been in the US for a while, especially in US college and/or the lower divisions, you can assume they've gotten a green card. not 100% of course but a good "rule of thumb" so to speak. and if a foreign born player plays for Seattle you can assume they've gotten a green card after one year because they seem to be all over helping their players get them ... Gspurning has been in the league for ONE season and just got one.

Yeah, Mallace is an academy product and Ubiparapovic came up with the team from the NASL so it makes sense. it's Nyassi that surprised me.