In the earliest schedule announcement in MLS history, the 2014 schedule has been released two weeks before the 2013 season is even over.
Sporting Kansas City will open the season with an afternoon start in Seattle on March 8th on NBC Sports before opening their home slate against FC Dallas on March 15th. There will be a two week break during the group stage of the World Cup in which Graham Zusi and Matt Besler are likely to be called up for the United States national team.
Sporting gets to travel to all three Cascadia stadiums next year after hosting all three in 2013, providing what will be a tough Western Conference road schedule. Sporting opens up the season playing five straight Western Conference opponents, not playing an Eastern Conference team until their April 19th matchup with the Montreal Impact.
Sporting KC will play the Houston Dynamo and the Columbus Crew twice while playing all of the other Eastern Conference teams three times. They will, of course, only play their Western Conference opponents once.
Sporting KC gets 12 nationally televised games as shown on the schedule below. All other MLS regular season games will be on 38 the spot, Sporting KC's new television station.
Here is the full schedule courtesy of SportingKC.com
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Date
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Opponent
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Time
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TV
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Notes
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Sat., March 8
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at Seattle Sounders FC
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2pm
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NBCSN
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Opening match of MLS season
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Sat., March 15
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vs FC Dallas
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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KC is 11-2-5 in home openers
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Sat., March 22
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vs San Jose Earthquakes
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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KC has 8 straight home wins vs SJ
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Sat., March 29
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at Colorado Rapids
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5pm
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KMCI-TV
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KC unbeaten in 9 vs COL since '09
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Sat., April 5
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vs Real Salt Lake
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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MLS Cup 2013 (Dec. 7) rematch
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Sat., April 19
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vs Montreal Impact
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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MF Davy Arnaud returns to KC
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Sat., April 26
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at New England Revolution
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6:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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23 wins vs NE, most of any team
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Sun., May 4
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vs Columbus Crew
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3pm
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NBCSN
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Sporting KC swept 2013 series
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Sat., May 10
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at Montreal Impact
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TBD
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KMCI-TV
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1st of six MLS games in 22 days
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Wed., May 14
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vs Philadelphia Union
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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First midweek MLS match of year
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Sun., May 18
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at Chicago Fire
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2pm
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KMCI-TV, UniMas
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Rivals open 3-game season series
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Fri., May 23
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vs Toronto FC
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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1st of 8 Friday night MLS matches
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Tues., May 27
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vs New York Red Bulls
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8pm
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ESPN2
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Top 2 teams in 2013 regular season
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Sat., May 31
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at D.C. United
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6pm
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KMCI-TV
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Last two US Open Cup champions
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Fri., June 6
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at Houston Dynamo
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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2013 Eastern Conf. Final rematch
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Fri., June 27
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at Portland Timbers
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10pm
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NBCSN
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Valeri's 13 assists led MLS in 2013
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Sun., July 6
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vs Chicago Fire
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2pm
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ESPN
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KC at half-way point in reg. season
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Sat., July 12
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at Montreal Impact
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TBD
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KMCI-TV
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Canadian Championship winners
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Wed., July 16
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at Columbus Crew
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6:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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New Crew coach Gregg Berhalter
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Sat., July 19
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vs LA Galaxy
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5pm
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ESPN2
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Keane and Donovan lead LA
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Sat., July 26
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at Toronto FC
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TBD
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KMCI-TV
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4-time Canadian champs
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Fri., Aug. 1
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vs Philadelphia Union
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7pm
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NBCSN
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1 of 7 games (4 home) on NBCSN
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Sun., Aug. 10
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at Vancouver Whitecaps
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TBD
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KMCI-TV
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Camilo's 22 goals led MLS in 2013
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Sat., Aug. 16
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vs Toronto FC
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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TFC aim for 1st playoff berth in '14
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Sat., Aug. 23
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vs D.C. United
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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KC unbeaten in last 7 vs D.C.
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Fri., Aug. 29
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vs Houston Dynamo
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7pm
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NBCSN
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Have met in playoffs last 3 years
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Wed., Sept. 3
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at New England Revolution
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6:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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Eastern Conf. Semifinals rematch
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Sat., Sept. 6
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at New York Red Bulls
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6pm
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KMCI-TV
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Henry and Cahill lead NY
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Sat., Sept. 13
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at Chivas USA
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9:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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Last match vs Western Conf. club
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Fri., Sept. 26
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vs New England Revolution
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7pm
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NBCSN
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2nd meeting of month vs Revs
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Fri., Oct. 3
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at D.C. United
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7pm
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NBCSN
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DC first team in 2014-15 CCL
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Fri., Oct. 10
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vs Chicago Fire
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7:30pm
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KMCI-TV
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New Fire coach Frank Yallop
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Sat., Oct. 18
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at Philadelphia Union
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TBD
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KMCI-TV
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KC won twice at PPL Park in 2013
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Sun., Oct. 26
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vs New York Red Bulls
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7:30pm
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ESPN
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KC is 8-1-5 in MLS finales since '00
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