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We might not know everyone who will play in the blue and gold in 2018, but we do know who the Philadelphia Union will be playing. The league announced the schedule today with a full-blown live show.
You can view the full schedule here.
We already knew the Union were hosting New England Revolution in Week 1. Turns out they follow it up right away with a bye in Week 2.
- The bye headlines a fairly soft spring run, including visits from San Jose, Orlando, and D.C., with a few away games sprinkled in.
- The heat turns up in May, though, with three away dates in one week versus, Toronto, Columbus, and Montreal.
- Another difficult stretch includes back-to-back games in June versus Atlanta and Toronto.
- The Union will also meet LAFC for the first time in Southern California on June 30th.
- To close the season out, the Union will have a New York double with consecutive dates versus Red Bulls at home and at NYCFC.
What do you think of the Union’s 2018 schedule and what matchups should fans most look forward to?
At this point, the matchup I am look most looking forward to is the Fans vs. Jay Sugarman, unless they do some very serious amelioration this offseason.
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And they can’t just get better; the league gets better every year. They have to improve by more than the average squad. Which hasn’t happened since 2011.
5 midweek games away, compared to 1 at home.
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Fri, May 4 @ Toronto; Wed, May 9 @ Columbus; Sat, May 12 @ Montreal – brutal stretch. Bye weeks after Wed, July 11 (@ Chicago) and Wed, July 25 (@ Houston) – somewhat of a relief.
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Sat, July 21 – our first ever weekend home game against the Galaxy…only took 9 years.
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Sat, Sept. 15 vs. Montreal; Wed, Sept 19 @ Seattle; Sun, Sept 23 vs. SKC – well, the Seattle game will be a throwaway.
I have no problem watching a midweek game at home
And now the Galaxy suck… well, they aren’t the same Galaxy of yesteryear. Figures.
The Galaxy doesn’t have the same clout as in the past. Just another team being washed away by new and flashier things in the league.
Four matches scheduled at the same time as a little tournament in Russia
At least we won’t be missing Bedoya for those matches.
The game on the 23rd against Vancouver is really the only one on a WC game day during the opening rounds.
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MLS never takes off for the elimination rounds, so not too surprising.
AMAZING.
There’s an awful lot of times on home dates listed as “TBD”…
I would assume local TV is still setting forth it’s desires, especially since it is a new tv “partner” aka dictator.
Yep. But it makes putting them on my calendar a bit useless…