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MLS announced the 2013 regular season schedule this morning which features 17 matches on National TV (English and Spanish) as well as participation in the newly created Rivalry Week.
There will be a bit of a showcase the week of St. Patrick's Day, with eight of the nine match-ups featuring regional rivals going head to head. The LA Galaxy will be hosting Chivas USA on March 17th, a game broadcast on new channel UniMas which replaces Univision's Telefutura.
The Galaxy will get the second week of MLS play off, as they take on Herediano in CONCACAF Champions League play. This hopefully can prevent the overworking of the team which happened in last year's opening weeks. LA will have four days between their MLS opener (broadcast on Univision). They'll also play their first three matches at home.
The month of March will feature six Galaxy matches with their CONCACAF obligations. Any semi-final matches would take place in April, which also has four matches currently scheduled. The only month with three matches scheduled in October; May, June, and July all have five matches scheduled.
April sees the Galaxy get their first exposure on English speaking National TV, with two matches on NBC Sports Network. They'll make three appearances on EPSN2 and ESPN Deportes in May. In total the Galaxy will have six matches on the ESPN family, five on NBC Sports, and one on NBC.
The full schedule is as follows, home matches are in bold:
DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) NATIONAL TV
Sunday March 3 vs.
Sunday March 17 vs. Chivas
Saturday March 23 vs.
Saturday March 30 at
Saturday April 6 vs.
Saturday April 13 at FC Dallas 12:30 p.m. NBC Sports Network
Saturday April 20 vs. Sporting
Saturday April 27 at
Sunday May 5 vs.
Saturday May 11 at
Wednesday May 15 at
Sunday May 19 at
Sunday May 26 vs.
Sunday June 2 at
Saturday June 8 at
Wednesday June 19 vs.
Sunday June 23 at Chivas
Saturday June 29 at
Thursday July 4 vs.
Sunday July 7 vs. FC Dallas 7:30 p.m. --
Saturday July 13 at
Saturday July 20 vs.
Saturday July 27 at
Sunday August 11 at FC Dallas 5 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Saturday August 17 vs.
Saturday August 24 at
Saturday August 31 vs.
Saturday September 7 vs.
Sunday September 15 at D.C. United 2 p.m. UniMás
Saturday September 21 vs.
Sunday September 29 at
Sunday October 6 vs. Chivas
Sunday October 20 vs.
Sunday October 27 at