As one week ends, another begins! This past week saw weather delays, postponements, Josefgate end in Heinze OUT, the Sounders lose a game, games played in Canada for the first time in over a year, a Jozy Altidore appearance, and a lightning quick first half hat trick by Muhktar. Week 14 brings us lots of midweek MLS action, two weekday National Doubleheaders, along with pivotal conference matchups. All game times are eastern. National TV games are noted, and all non-national games can be watched on your local teams channel or ESPN+. This is a NEUTRAL thread, In other words keep the bull**** out of here. Tuesday, July 20 VAN vs HOU 10:00PM Wednesday, July 21 TFC vs RNY 7:30PM NYC vs MTL 7:30PM MIA vs NER 7:30PM CBS vs NSH 7:30PM FCC vs ATL 8:00PM FS1 CHI vs DCU 8:00PM SKC vs SJE 8:30PM COL vs FCD 9:00PM RSL vs LAG 10:00PM POR vs LAX 10:30PM FS1 Thursday, July 22 ORL vs PHL 7:30PM ESPN ATX vs SEA 9:30PM ESPN Saturday, July 24 ATL vs CBS 3:30PM ABC CHI vs TFC 8:00PM MNU vsPOR 8:00PM FCD vs LAG 8:30PM NSH vs FCC 8:30PM RSL vs COL 10:00PM SJE vs HOU 10:00PM LAX vs VAN 10:30PM Sunday, July 25 NER vs MTL 6:00PM NYC vs ORL 6:00PM MIA vs PHL 7:30PM DCU vs RNY 8:00PM SEA vs SKC 9:00PM
Well, in ATX's case they can't play on FS1 and ESPN on consecutive nights, therefore only one game this week. They're only allowed to play National TV games it seems. And when does Nashville play on the road?? It seems like they've been on a season long homestand so far!?!?!?!?!
I wondered about this too. Then it dawned on me that Nashville may have requested a lot of back-loaded road games so they don't conflict much with the Titans. I wonder if Atlanta United have done the same; they haven't seemed to play very many road games yet either (or Seattle, for that matter). Of course, New England and Chicago look like outliers here. It doesn't seem to affect either team so far; The Revs are competitive no matter where they play. The Fire pretty much stink.
There are 26 league games this week. Upcoming weeks (this was based on the original MLS schedule, things may have changed slightly) July 28-Aug 1: 15 games Aug 4-8: 26 games Aug 13-15: 13 games Aug 17-21: 26 games Aug 27-29: 13 games Sep 3-4: 7 games (FIFA break) Sep 10-12: 13 games Sep 14-19: 26 games Sep 22-26: 14 games Sep 29-Oct 3: 26 games Oct 9-10: 0 games (FIFA break) Oct 16-17: 13 games Oct 20-24: 25 games Oct 26-Nov 1: 25 games Nov 3-7: 17 games Those red ones are essentially double weeks. There are seven of those left counting this week.
I guess the USA have qualified for the knockout rounds of the Gold Cup so the Rapids will miss 3 players for another couple of weeks. I was hoping the mighty Martinique would knock the Nats out, but no luck.
Swung by Rio Tinto Stadium this afternoon on the tail end of our trip to Utah. I was shopping for a Kreilach Jersey and forgot Vancouver was still playing here, and was confused at the number of cars in the lot. Makes sense now.
"We secretly replaced @Ismitje's directions to Sandy with directions to Vancouver. Lets see if he notices."
Games have started and I still haven't decided which game to watch. I currently have the Miami game on because I'll enjoy seeing either team's misfortune (on one side Miami's inability to win despite cheating, on the other side Bruce Face). But I'm open to switching if another game is more interesting.
Dom Dwyer must have compromising pictures of the TFC manager. That's the only explanation why he's on the field. He is terrible. Jozy might not be match fit, but at least he's not completely useless at soccer.