As a way to say thank you to Wizards fans for 15 years of support, the Wizards are giving away one
prize per day on the 15 days leading up to their home opener on March 27th at CommunityAmerica
Ballpark. To be eligible for a prize, you must either have purchased Wizards season tickets,
Wizards single game tickets, Wizards group tickets, or
called 913-387-3400 and indicated your
interest in signing up for the 15 Days of March promotion **Updated**.
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Sam Pierron Then. (Click to enlarge if you can't see well.)Sam Pierron Now will be traveling to every Kansas City Wizards away match in 2010 and blogging
about the experience in a new blog set up on BigSoccer.com. Check it out, and lend your support if
you can spare it. If you know Sam, you know that his blog will be excellent.
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The 2010 MLS schedule is out, the guide by which Wizards fanaticos will plan trips, tailgates and
other events from March through November. This season, each MLS team plays every other team once at
home and once away for a completely balanced schedule.View our full schedule. View the full MLS
schedule.
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First of all, the League will announce the 2010 regular-season schedule tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT on
MLSnet.com. We already know the home opener is March 27 against Curt Onalfo's D.C. United at 7:30
p.m. CT. What other opponents are you excited to see in KC this year?
Also, we put out our pre-season schedule today.
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As expected, Major League Soccer is throwing fuel on the increasingly heated Rapids-Real Salt
Lake rivalry by scheduling the teams to meet, again, in the season finale. This year, the teams
finish the regular season October 23 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
The league released its 2010 schedule on Wednesday, and the Rapids won't meet defending champion
(gag, cough) Real Salt Lake until the final two months of the season.
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With January recently giving way to February, it was only a matter of time before the complete
MLS schedule would be finalized. The complete 2010 schedule dropped today, and here are ten matches
to watch -- in no particular order.
1. March 25: Philadelphia Union at Seattle Sounders
Seattle once again get the honors of kicking off a season, and visiting will be the newest MLS
club Philadelphia.
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With January recently giving way to February, it was only a matter of time before the complete
MLS schedule would be finalized. The complete 2010 schedule dropped today, and here are ten matches
to watch -- in no particular order.
1. March 25: Philadelphia Union at Seattle Sounders
Seattle once again get the honors of kicking off a season, and visiting will be the newest MLS
club Philadelphia.
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I for one was shocking by this whole Steve Ralston to AC St. Louis press conference. I for one was
expecting an appearance by Nelly but I guess I will have to wait until their home opener for that
fantasy to become reality. Stevie Ralston on the other hand is getting to play ball for a living in
his hometown so his childhood dream has now been fulfilled.
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I've been under the weather the past couple of days, so unless I hear of something major going
on in the next hour or so I'm planning to skip Tuesday's column and crawl back into bed.
But here's a couple of quick updates to get your week under way:
*Chivas USA defender Ante Jazic played 90 minutes Sunday as Canada lost 1-0 to Jamaica.
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D.C. United's owner is now officially on Twitter. And it is awesome.
Among his recent tweets:
- "@nffc65 I'm in the tech biz....I need to look serious. I promise I will let my hair down when
I get to Lot 8"
- "just caught up with Curt...got an update on his trip. couple of interesting prospects on our
radar screen.
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The New York Red Bulls will open their new stadium, called Red Bull Arena, with an exhibition
game against Santos of Brazil on March 20.
The Red Bulls MLS regular-season home opener will be the following week against Chicago.
Santos has won 17 Paulista Championships, including in 2006 and 2007.
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US Soccer Division II Soccer League is close to releasing their schedule.
Sources close to the situation said there are still some details to work out but it could be
published as early as today while others say later this week.
Brian Wellman, president of the Carolina Railhawks had previously gone on record as saying the
NASL already had a season schedule worked out and when the league compromise was made with USL and
the USSF.
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This year, our KCW Juniors will hold elite camps March 15-17 for boys ages 11-16 who are interested
in joining our program in the future. The camp registration fee of $125 also includes a Wizards
training top and a ticket to our home opener March 27 against D.C. United. The camp will take place
at our Swope Park Training Center.
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Jozy Altidore vs Mexico
As Jozy noted on Twitter two days ago
My roots was just hit by an 5.9 earthquake, please have the people of Haiti in your heart.
Wikipedia indicates that Altidore's parents, Joseph and Giselle, were both born in Haiti.
Altidore is the youngest of four children.
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The Rapids sent an email to season ticket holders today announcing that the home opener on April
3rd against Chicago will kickoff at 2pm. That's surprisingly early, but I like the change. It
reminds me of the opening day at the Dick in 2007, when we all had a chance after the game to go
down to the Bulldog and watch the later games.
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The Colorado Rapids have set a 2 p.m. kickoff time for their 2010 home opener at Dick's Sporting
Goods Park on Saturday, April 3, against the Chicago Fire.
The Rapids will open their 15th Major League Soccer season on March 28 on the road against
Chivas USA.
The Rapids' complete 2010 schedule and kickoff times will be released at a later date.
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While I wait for the Eagles' decisive defeat of the Cowboys tonight to get underway, I thought
I'd do a little catching up on the WPS front.
The 2010 season gets underway in April. The Breakers' home opener is Sundat, 4/18 at 6PM
against the Philly Independence who'll be bringing Heather Mitts, Kelly Schmedes, Sue Weber, and
Amy Rodriguez back to Harvard Stadium for their first game against their former team .
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Manchester City are close to signing Frenchman Patrick Vieira from Inter Milan. Read about it. The
New York Red Bulls hired today Swedish coach Hans Backe, keeping Richie Williams on board as their
top assistant. Read about it. USA midfielder Demarcus Beasley wants to stay at Rangers. Read about
it. Fernando Torres says Liverpool teammate Pepe Reina is the best goalkeeper in the world.
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As we did during the MLS season and in the lead-up to the holidays, we are taking a quick look
at MLS ticket promotions in preparation for the 2010 season. This analysis is always somewhat
limited because certain teams (e.g. Toronto and Seattle) typically don't run discount ticket
promotions because of their strong sales.
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After a few days off for the holidays, Hillcrest is back in front of the monitor. While we were
away, Jimmy Conrad penned another article for ESPN.com about the future of MLS. Take a look at the
always-entertaining writing.
Also, yesterday D.C. United hired former Wizards head coach Curt Onalfo as their newest head man.
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Except for the Sol and expansion Atlanta Beat, that is.
Women's Professional Soccer play begins April 10, two weeks later than the start of the
inaugural season in hopes of warmer weather and to avoid playing on the Easter weekend.
The opening game on Fox Soccer Channel's WPS Sunday package will start at 3 p.
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**SPOILER ALERTS**
Today's soccer calendar was chalk-full of some great match-ups, including games in the FIFA Club
World Cup, the Europa League and the English Premier League, among others. There were some
statements, such as Tottenham's 3-0 win over Manchester City; some upsets, such as Burnley holding
Arsenal; some comebacks, such as Barcelona coming from behind to beat Atlante and reach the FIFA
Club World Cup finals; and some expected results, like Chelsea's 2-1 win over Portsmouth (now led
by former Chelsea boss Avram Grant).
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When MLS home openers were originally scheduled back in September, our second match of the season
was scheduled to be at the Houston Dynamo on Saturday April, 3. That game has been taken off the
docket, with Houston now opening against Real Salt Lake on Thursday, April 1 on ESPN2. Our first
road game (and all the other 2010 matches) will be learned after the first of the year.
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It didn't take very long for the Wizards to have a schedule change for the 2010 season. Today the
Wizards announced that they wouldn't be playing the Houston Dynamo the second game of the season,
on Saturday, April 3rd.
The Dynamo sent out the below email that gives an explanation as to why the game was moved.
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As we said in our post on Monday, we will continue to look at MLS Holiday promotional efforts
this week. Below are some additional promotions. For more, click here.
In Houston, the Dynamo have added a wrinkle to the typical holiday deal by offering two seats
to their home opener and one Dynamo "tailgating" chair for $59.
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As we did during the regular season, we will also look at MLS promotional efforts during the
Winter. We start with some holiday deals offered around the league.
The Revs are offering a "holiday four pack" that includes tickets to four games (of your
choice), first choice of seat location before general sale, a wall calendar and holiday card all
for $68.
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The Kansas City Kings schedule for the 2009-2010 season is now out. It's a shorter schedule than in
previous seasons, with the Kings only playing 9 games. The Midwest division has less teams than in
previous seasons, as Fuerza Latina and the Springfield (IL) Spirits are not back, leaving the
division with only the Kings, Piasa FC, and the Springfield Demize.
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The Fire has announced that they will hold their second annual open tryout for the team this
year. Registration for the tryouts, which will take place on December 8-9 at the The MAX Indoor
Soccer Center in McCook Ill., closes at 3 p.m. central time this Friday (December 4th). There is a
$150 sign up fee that includes a ticket to April 10th's home opener against San Jose.
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WVHooligan 16 November @ 02:47 PM EST
Union Home Kit.
Things are coming along very nicely in Chester, PA currently for Major League Soccer's newest
expansion club. Since my last update back in September, the stadium has come on leaps and bounds
with being close to 50% complete, open tryouts in New Jersey have just taken place, the home kit
has just been shown to the public officially with the jerseys making their way to retail stores by
the end of this week and the first three opponents of the Union have been announced.
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WVHooligan 15 October @ 10:41 AM EST
After a couple weeks of wondering when Toronto FC would get their home opener announced for next
season, the club came out today and announced the date and their opponent. The Reds will open the
home portion of the 2010 MLS season on Saturday, April 17 against the expansion Philadelphia Union
on their new natural grass field at BMO Field.
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For the second straight year, we will play host to an expansion side in our home opener. Our 2010
home opener will be on April 17 against Philadelphia Union, on a nice and new grass surface. I find
the timing of the announcement a little odd, given the fact that we are nearing the end of a very,
very tight playoff race.
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The Denver Dynamite has announced its Webcast schedule for the 2009-10 season and has introduced
Iain Bryant as the voice of the team.
For the first time, the Denver Dynamite Web site will carry a minimum of nine games 2009-10,
beginning with the home opener November 14 against the San Diego Sockers at the Bladium in
Denver.
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Thirty-two minutes into the Fire's 2009 home opener against the New York Red Bulls, Fire
midfielder Marco Pappa lit up a windswept, rain soaked Toyota Park crowd when he smashed a 20 yard
half volley off the post and into the back of the net. Pappa's goal - which would prove to be the
game winner - set the tone for a fantastic start to his 2009 campaign, and gave fans hope that the
21-year-old Guatemalan would emerge as the Fire's next big-time offensive threat.
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As I sit here watching the first game of the "weekend' - U.S.-Korea at the U-20 World Cup on
ESPN2, BTW and reshown on Galavision at 4 p.m. - I was struck by the paucity of quality games on
the tube this weekend (Liverpool-Chelsea at 8 a.m. Sunday on Fox Soccer Channel excepted).
Fox Soccer Channel is showing San Jose-New York on Saturday, for instance, on a weekend fraught
with playoff implications.
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Some of you professional indoor soccer indoor fans might be considering making the occasional trek
to our neighbors to the northwest, the Rockford Rampage, since the Chicago Storm are officially on
hiatus. The Rampage listed on their Twitter page Monday afternoon that the team's home opener will
take place at 7:35 p.
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For those that hadn't seen my twitter post earlier today (BTW, twitter is currently the best way to
follow this blog in regards to breaking news on the Wizards), the Wizards season opener for 2010
has been released. KC once again opens the season at home, this time against DC again on March 27th
at 7:30pm at CAB.
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Claudio Lopez scored his first goal in a Wizards uniform in his first-ever game last year against
DCU in the season opener at CAB.
That's right, as most of you have seen by now, we will host D.C. United next year for our home
opener (which is also the season opener). The game will be played Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 7:30
p.
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