D.C. United announces 2012 Major League Soccer schedule

D.C. United announced today its 2012 Major League Soccer regular season schedule. Winner of 12 major domestic and international titles, D.C. United begins its 17th regular season campaign on Saturday, March 10 against Sporting Kansas City.  United will play a 34-game, unbalanced schedule, based upon the League’s new Conference-based alignment. In this structure, United will play 17 home games and 17 road matches, with 25 of those contests against Eastern Conference opposition.

United’s home schedule features compelling match-ups throughout the year, beginning with First Kick Weekend against Sporting Kansas City on March 10 (7:30 p.m. ET).  Visits from Western Conference sides Seattle Sounders FC and FC Dallas highlight the end of March and early April, while United hosts expansion club Montreal Impact for the first time on Wednesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Reigning Eastern Conference champion Houston Dynamo visits on April 28, while the club plays host to rivals Philadelphia Union and the New York Red Bulls in August. Both of those matches will be nationally televised, with the Philadelphia game being broadcast by new League partner, The NBC Sports Network, on August 19. Galavision will carry the New York match on Wednesday, August 29.

The Black-and-Red will be featured twelve times on national television, beginning with Galavision’s airing of the March 18 visit to MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy. NBC Sports will carry United’s home match with FC Dallas on March 30, while ESPN2 will televise New York’s first visit to Washington on April 22 as the two sides resume their Atlantic Cup rivalry. United’s regular season finale at the Chicago Fire will be carried by NBC Sports. Additional regional television plans will be announced at a later date.

D.C. United’s full playing calendar will include fixtures in other competitions.  Dates and times will be announced in the weeks ahead.       

D.C. United 2012 Schedule
(Updated 01/05/2012 – all times ET)
       
Day     Date              Opponent        Time    Television
Sat.    March 10        Sporting Kansas City    7:30pm  -
Sun.    March 18       at LA Galaxy    7:00pm  Galavision
Sat.    March 24        at Vancouver Whitecaps  10:00pm -
Fri.    March 30         FC Dallas       7:30pm  NBC Sports
Sat.    April 7            Seattle Sounders FC     7:30pm  -
Sat.    April 14          at New England Revolution       4:00pm  -
Wed.    April 18        Montreal Impact 7:30pm  -
Sun.    April 22        New York Red Bulls      6:00pm  ESPN2
Sat.    April 28         Houston Dynamo  7:30pm  -
Wed.    May 2         at San Jose Earthquakes 10:30pm -
Sat.    May 5            at Toronto FC   4:30pm  -
Sat.    May 12         at Houston Dynamo       4:30pm  NBC Sports
Wed.    May 16        Colorado Rapids         7:30pm  -
Sat.    May 19          Toronto FC      7:30pm  -
Sat.    May 26          New England Revolution  7:30pm  -
Sat.    June 16        at Philadelphia Union   7:00pm  Galavision
Sun.    June 24       at New York Red Bulls   7:00pm  NBC Sports 
Sat.    June 30        Montreal Impact 7:30pm  -
Sun.    July 15         at Houston Dynamo       9:00pm  Galavision
Sat.    July 21         at Columbus Crew        7:30pm  -
Sat.    Aug. 4           Columbus Crew   7:30pm  -
Sat.    Aug. 11         at Sporting Kansas City 8:30pm  -
Sun.    Aug. 19        Philadelphia Union      5:00pm  NBC Sports 
Wed.    Aug. 22       Chicago Fire    7:30pm  -
Sat.    Aug. 25         at Montreal Impact      4:00pm  -
Wed.    Aug. 29        New York Red Bulls      8:00pm  Galavision
Sat.    Sept. 1          at Real Salt Lake       9:00pm  -
Sat.    Sept. 15        New England Revolution  7:30pm  -
Thu.    Sept. 20        at Philadelphia Union   8:00pm  ESPN2
Sun.    Sept. 23        Chivas USA      7:00pm  Galavision
Sat.    Sept. 29        at Portland Timbers     10:30pm -
Sat.    Oct. 6            at Toronto FC   1:00pm  -
Sat.    Oct. 20          Columbus Crew   7:30pm  -
Sat.    Oct. 27          at Chicago Fire 4:00pm  NBC Sports