Whitecaps’ full schedule released

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Posted February 10, 2011 2:35 pm.

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Vancouver Whitecaps will play most of their Major League Soccer home games on Saturday nights. The new MLS schedule was released today and Vancouver’s 34-game regular season will include 12 Saturday home matches, as well as three home games on Wednesday and two on Sunday.

Whitecaps will kickoff their first season in MLS at Empire Field when they host Canadian rivals Toronto FC on Saturday March 19th at 3:30 p.m. Vancouver will open the new BC Place Stadium against the Portland Timbers on Sunday October 2nd at 1:30 p.m. The Whitecaps final opponent at Empire Field will be the Seattle Sounders on Saturday September 24th, the same team that helped Vancouver open BC Place in 1983.

Other highlights include a visit to Empire Field by David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday July 30th and a home game with superstar Thierry Henry and the New York Red Bulls Saturday, May 28th.

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