2012 Regular Season Schedule Format Announced

[Jntg4]

Here is how the conference-based schedule will work:

Western Conference clubs will play each other three times, totaling 24 matches. They will play four conference opponents twice at home and once away, and play the other four conference opponents twice away and once at home. The location arrangement will be reversed in 2013.

West clubs will complete their schedule by playing each of the 10 Eastern Conference clubs once. Five of matches will be at home and five will be on the road. Again, the arrangement will be reversed in 2013.

Due to the higher number of clubs in the Eastern Conference, things are a little different on that side. Each club will play a total of 25 conference matches.

Each East club will play seven of their conference opponents three times each (21 total games) and the remaining two conference opponents twice each (4 games).

To complete their full slate, East teams will then play the nine West teams once each. Those nine games will be split either five at home and four away or vice versa. The locations will be reversed in 2013.

The league says it plans to announce the full schedule earlier than they have in previous years.

MLS reveals 2012 conference-based schedule format | MLSsoccer.com

So it is staying at 34 games and Houston is still in the East.

 

[giaco]

great....potentially 2 trips to Columbus each year now.....

That's ok though, away days are where legends are born.

 

[Jntg4]

I'd be fine beating Columbus's ass twice at their own field in one year

 

[giaco]

I like the way you think. get a season ticket and come with--the trip to Columbus is included in the cost of the season ticket, BTW. $200 and any games you can't go to, you can trade in for other games. So let's say you know that you'll only be able to go to 2 or 3 games a year.....buy the ticket and then bring friends. It'll actually be cheaper than just buying the tickets the day of the game.

win win!

 

[Jntg4]

I like the way you think. get a season ticket and come with--the trip to Columbus is included in the cost of the season ticket, BTW. $200 and any games you can't go to, you can trade in for other games. So let's say you know that you'll only be able to go to 2 or 3 games a year.....buy the ticket and then bring friends. It'll actually be cheaper than just buying the tickets the day of the game.

win win!

I should get a job for like a week or two and get some money and do that, lol.