I glanced at it quick... 3 games, but only one at home... ESPN2 (26 National Telecasts) Day Date Event Time (ET) Sat. April 12 Los Angeles Galaxy @ Dallas Burn 4:00 p.m. Sat. April 19 Columbus Crew @ New England Revolution 4:00 p.m. Sat. April 26 MetroStars @ Columbus Crew 4:00 p.m. Sat. May 3 San Jose Earthquakes @ New England Revolution 4:00 p.m. Sat. May 10 Los Angeles Galaxy @ New England Revolution 4:00 p.m. Sat. May 17 MetroStars @ Colorado Rapids 4:00 p.m. Sat. May 24 Los Angeles Galaxy @ Kansas City Wizards (TD>1:00am) Sat. May 31 Chicago Fire @ San Jose Earthquakes 4:00 p.m. Sat. June 7 Colorado Rapids @ Los Angeles Galaxy 4:00 p.m. Sat. June 14 Chicago Fire @ MetroStars 4:00 p.m. Sat. June 21 Los Angeles Galaxy @ MetroStars 4:00 p.m. Sat. June 28 MetroStars @ Chicago Fire 4:00 p.m. Sat. July 5 MetroStars @ D.C. United 4:00 p.m. Sat. July 12 D.C. United @ Chicago Fire 4:00 p.m. Sat. July 19 San Jose Earthquakes @ D.C. United 4:00 p.m. Sat. July 26 TBD (TD>2:00am) Sat. August 9 MetroStars @ Chicago Fire 4:00 p.m. Sat. August 16 San Jose Earthquakes @ New England Revolution 4:00 p.m. Sat. August 23 New England Revolution @ Los Angeles Galaxy 4:00 p.m. Sat. August 30 Dallas Burn @ Los Angeles Galaxy (TD>1:30am) Thu. September 18 Colorado Rapids @ New England Revolution 7:30 p.m. Thu. September 25 D.C. United @ MetroStars 7:30 p.m. Sun. October 5 MetroStars @ San Jose Earthquakes 4:00 p.m. Sun. October 12 D.C. United @ New England Revolution 4:00 p.m. Sun. October 19 Columbus Crew @ D.C. United 4:00 p.m. Sun. October 26 Chicago Fire @ Columbus Crew 4:00 p.m.
I wasn't complaining, in fact, if I'm not mistaken, I think it's better than last year? I know we had one against San Jose broadcast (ask TeamUSA about Veronica Paysee) other than that, was that shaming at LA nationally televised??? of course we'll have more games added as we make our way to the cup final...
Three, IIRC, is right on par with last season. I know you weren't complaining, BTW. Just making an observation ... the KC fans sure are complaining and, to be honest, I can't blame them.
At first I thought that it was based on last year's performance... both Los Angeles and New England have seven appearances. But then I counted seven for the Metrostars and six each for Chicago and D.C... and KC did[/] get the shaft!
We had 4 appearances last season, and according to: http://www.mlsnet.com/schedules/ we have 4 this season. For some reason there are two games listed for May 3rd at the same time. The S.J @ N.E. game AND the Rapids @ Metros.
You're wrong. The non-playoff Metros get a league leading nine games. And not only do the Wizards get one game, it's a home game. Oh, and it's tape delayed after midnight, too....
I'm guessing that the TV schedule reflects the league's desire to maximize ratings by having the largest markets on the most. I can't complain about that. IIRC, all or almost all Rapids away games will be on TV anyway. I also like going to the evening games more than the afternoon ones. For the good of the league/franchise, I'm not going to bitch about afternoons, but the evening ones are more pleasant. It's fun for a local market to get its team on the national broadcast, but one of the purposes of the national TV broadcasts is to create national interest with advertisers as well as the masses (if such a term can be used with soccer.) Higher ratings because the Metros are on will do that better than having the smaller market teams like the Rapids and Wiz. So we get ignored. Watching Veronica stroll the sidelines is a treat so the local broadcast team needs to get its own babe. She could do away games and be the master of ceremonies for the home ones, like introduce the national anthem singers, first kick person, half time stuff, and generally parade aound for TeamUSA, He's in Fashion, and the rest of us. There has to be many hotties that will do it for a chance to make audition tapes for a bigger gig. Soccer knowledge could be secondary to "presentation skills." God knows the NFL networks don't require even the most remote football knowledge for sideline reporting. See Monday Night Football.