Tentative Crew Home Schedule

Aces to Shawn Mitchell of the Dispatch for getting the scoop on the Crew's home schedule before it is released this week. Have a look:

March 29, 2008, 4:00 PM, Toronto FC
April 12, 2008, 7:30 PM, Chivas USA
April 26, 2008, 7:30 PM, Houston Dynamo
May 3, 2008, 7:30 PM, Kansas City Wizards
May 24, 2008, 7:30 PM, New England Revolution
June 7, 2008, 7:30 PM, San Jose Earthquakes
June 28, 2008, 7:30 PM, Colorado Rapids
July 5, 2008, 7:30 PM, Chicago Fire
July 17, 2008, 8:00 PM, Kansas City Wizards
August 16, 2008, 7:30 PM, FC Dallas
August 23, 2008, 7:30 PM, Real Salt Lake
September 6, 2008, 7:30 PM, New England Revolution
September 18, 2008, 7:00 PM, New York Red Bulls
October 4, 2008, 7:30 PM, Los Angeles Galaxy
October 26, 2008, 5:00 PM, D.C. United

Things to notice:

- The Crew's only home game with Shitcago comes on July 4th weekend.

- The Crew will end with a flurry, playing the Revs, Red Bulls, and D.C. United, with Beckham and the Galaxy sprinkled in.

- The Crew will be on ESPN at least twice, as July 17 vs. the Wiz and September 18th vs. NYRB are both Thursday night games.

- The final game (DC) will be on a Sunday. I might need to schedule that Monday off, just in case...

- I don't notice any Wednesday night games? Are there no Buck-A-Brat nights?

- The two-timers this season are KC and New England.

- Fortunately, we only have to deal with the Red-Snatch Boys from Toronto once this season, and it's the first game of the year.

Seems to be pretty fair, though I wonder about those Buck-A-Brat nights. If they are gone, I will have to wonder why the Crew are cutting costs, which will lead me to loathe the stage even more.