Major League Soccer 2010 schedule pits Galaxy against Chivas USA on April 1
Finally, as it approaches its 15th season, Major League Soccer has a schedule that makes sense.
The league on Wednesday released its 2010 lineup of regular-season games, and for the first time, they will follow the pattern set by the top leagues in England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Each of the 16 MLS teams will play the others twice during the season -- once at home and once on the road, for a total of 30 games per team.
The league will take a two-week break from June 11 to June 25 during the first round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Locally, the Galaxy, which reached the 2009 MLS Cup final, and Chivas USA, which has qualified for the playoffs four years in a row, will play their first game on Thursday, April 1 at the Home Depot Center.
The Galaxy will be the home team that night, with Chivas USA staging the return game on Oct. 3.
The 2010 MLS season begins on March 25, with the expansion Philadelphia Union playing at the Seattle Sounders. Chivas USA opens its season on March 26 at home against the Colorado Rapids, while the Galaxy opens at home on March 27 against the New England Revolution.
The regular season will end on Oct. 24, followed by playoffs leading to the 2010 MLS Cup final on Nov. 21.
For more on the 2010 MLS schedule, go to http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/ later on Wednesday.
-- Grahame L. Jones
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