2008 Full Schedule Released

1 Saturday, Mar 29 Toronto FC Home 4:00
2 Saturday, Apr 05 (FSC/FSE) New York Red Bulls Away 7:30
3 Saturday, Apr 12 Chivas USA Home 7:30
4 Thursday, Apr 17 (ESPN 2) D.C. United Home 8:00
5 Sunday, Apr 26 Houston Dynamo Home 7:30
6 Saturday, May 03 (FSC) K.C. Wizards Home 7:30
7 Saturday, May 10 San Jose Earthquakes Away 10:00
8 Saturday, May 17 (MS/5) Toronto FC Away 3:30
9 Saturday, May 24 (FSC/FSE) NE Revolution Home 7:30
10 Saturday, May 31 Chivas USA Away 10:30
11 Saturday, Jun 07 (HDnet) San Jose Earthquakes Home 7:30
12 Saturday, Jun 14 K.C. Wizards Away 8:00
13 Saturday, Jun 21 (MS/5) L.A. Galaxy Away 10:30
14 Saturday, June 28 (FSC/FSE) Colorado Rapids Home 7:30
15 Sautrday, Jul 05 (FSC/FSE) Chicago Fire Home 8:00
16 Saturday, Jul 12 (HDNet) Real Salt Lake Away 9:00
17 Thursday, Jul 17 (ESPN 2) K.C. Wizards Home 8:00
18 Sunday, July 27 Colorado Rapids Away 9:30
19 Saturday, Aug 02 Houston Dynamo Away 8:30
20 Saturday, Aug 16 (FSC/FSE) FC Dallas Home 7:30
21 Saturday, Aug 23 Real Salt Lake Home 7:30
22 Saturday, Aug 30 FC Dallas Away 8:30
23 Saturday, Sep 06 (HDnet) NE Revolution Home 7:30
24 Saturday, Sep 13 Toronto FC Away 3:30
25 Thursday, Sep 18 (ESPN 2) New York Red Bulls Home 7:00
26 Sunday, Sep 28 (FSC) NE Revolution Away 7:30
27 Sauturday, Oct 04 (HDnet) L.A. Galaxy Home 7:30
28 Saturday, Oct 12 (TeleFutura) Chicago Fire Away 3:00
29 Saturday, Oct 18 New York Red Bulls Away 7:30
30 Sunday, Oct 26 DC United Away 5:00

Two home games and an away game on ESPN2. I can live with that.

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.