D.C. United Schedule 2012 Released For MLS Season

by Martin Shatzer on Jan 5, 2012 5:12 PM EST

When the clock turned 12:00 on Jan. 1, a new year began, and your vacation schedule from work reset. Now that the 2012 D.C. United schedule has been released, it’s time to start making some vacation plans.

With the new unbalanced format of the 34-game schedule, United will play three games against some regional opponents, two games against a few other Eastern Conference foes, but just one game against each Western Conference team. For example, the only match United will play against the 2011 MLS Cup champion Los Angeles Galaxy will be Mar. 18, while they face the newly formed Montreal Impact three times. United will also play three games against the Columbus Crew, Houston Dynamo, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, and Toronto FC.

United will begin the 2012 season in a way eerily similar to how the 2011 season ended – against Sporting Kansas City at RFK Stadium. Hopefully this time the result won’t be a 1-0 loss. But then in an interesting scheduling mix, four of United’s first five games will be against teams in the Western Conference. So once again, in a way, United will have "games in hand" against most of its other conference members for a good portion of the season.

D.C. will be on national television 12 times this season, including five on the brand new NBC Sports Network.

The full D.C. United 2012 schedule is below.

Sat. Mar. 10, 7:30 PM	Sporting Kansas City
Sun. Mar. 18, 7:00 PM	at Los Angeles Galaxy	Galavision
Sat. Mar. 24, 10:00 PM	at Vancouver Whitecaps
Fri. Mar. 30, 7:30 PM	FC Dallas	NBC Sports Network
Sat. Apr. 7, 7:30 PM	Seattle Sounders FC
Sat. Apr. 14, 4:00 PM	at New England Revolution
Wed. Apr. 18, 7:30 PM	Montreal Impact
Sun. Apr. 22, 6:00 PM	New York Red Bulls	ESPN2
Sat. Apr. 28, 7:30 PM	Houston Dynamo
Wed. May 2, 10:30 PM	at San Jose Earthquakes
Sat. May 5, 4:30 PM	at Toronto FC
Sat. May 12, 4:30 PM	at Houston Dynamo	NBC Sports Network
Wed. May 16, 7:30 PM	Colorado Rapids
Sat. May 19, 7:30 PM	Toronto FC
Sat. May 26, 7:30 PM	New England Revolution
Sat. June 16, 7:00 PM	at Philadelphia Union	Galavision
Sun. June 24, 7:00 PM	at New York Red Bulls	NBC Sports Network
Sat. June 30, 7:30 PM	Montreal Impact
Sun. July 15, 9:00 PM	at Houston Dynamo	Galavision
Sat. July 21, 7:30 PM	at Columbus Crew
Sat. Aug. 4, 7:30 PM	Columbus Crew
Sat. Aug. 11, 8:30 PM	at Sporting Kansas City
Sun. Aug. 19, 5:00 PM	Philadelphia Union	NBC Sports Network
Wed. Aug. 22, 7:30 PM	Chicago Fire
Sat. Aug. 25, 4:00 PM	at Montreal Impact
Wed. Aug. 29, 8:00 PM	New York Red Bulls	Galavision
Sat. Sep. 1, 9:00 PM	at Real Salt Lake
Sat. Sep. 15, 7:30 PM	New England Revolution
Thu. Sep. 20, 8:00 PM	at Philadelphia Union	ESPN2
Sun. Sep 23, 7:00 PM	Chivas USA	Galavision
Sat. Sep. 29, 10:30 PM	at Portland Timbers
Sat. Oct. 6, 1:00 PM	at Toronto FC
Sat. Oct. 20, 7:30 PM	Columbus Crew
Sat. Oct. 27, 4:00 PM	at Chicago Fire	NBC Sports Network

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I'm torn

On the one hand, I want to see the team do well. so three games against the Impact sounds pretty good. On the other hand, as a season-ticketholder, I’m not thrilled about having to see the Impact twice at home (wherever home will be).

by fischy on Jan 5, 2012 6:30 PM EST reply actions