The\u00a0Revolution won’t\u00a0have to wait long to start collecting frequent-flier miles\u00a0thanks to a\u00a0travel-heavy start to the 2012 regular\u00a0season that will put them on the road for\u00a0five of\u00a0their\u00a0first\u00a0seven games.<\/p>\n
For First Kick 2012, New England will pack its bags for – where else –\u00a0California, where they’re scheduled to\u00a0start\u00a0the season\u00a0on Mar. 10 at San Jose before\u00a0boarding a flight for Missouri, where a game against\u00a0Sporting Kansas City on Mar. 17 awaits.<\/p>\n
From there,\u00a0team\u00a0will make a brief\u00a0return to\u00a0gentle confines of Gillette Stadium\u00a0on Mar. 24 for\u00a0its home opener against Portland before it’s back to the Golden State\u00a0for a Mar. 31 match at Los Angeles which will be followed by an Apr. 5 game at Dallas.<\/p>\n
Although the Revs may have to get acclimated to the road early, they can be thankful for MLS’s new regionally-focused, unbalanced schedule, which is intended to cut down on the amount of travel a team has to undertake during the course of a 34-game schedule. In fact, the aforementioned\u00a0matches at San Jose and Los Angeles mark the only two occasions\u00a0in which\u00a0the\u00a0club will visit the West Coast in 2012.<\/p>\n
Aside from travel concerns, some notable games on the Revolution\u00a0schedule include\u00a0an Apr. 14 match vs. D.C., a side that the Revolution beat twice in 2011, as well as an Apr. 28 showdown against longtime rival New York at Red Bull Arena. Another\u00a0interesting fixture\u00a0is the Revolution’s first trip to Montreal on Jul. 18th to face the expansion Impact.<\/p>\n
For the second-straight year, the Revolution will close out their\u00a0regular season schedule north of the border when they face the Impact for their Oct. 27 season finale. Last year, the Revs finished out their season in Toronto, where they claimed a 2-2 draw\u00a0in Steve Nicol’s final game as manager.<\/p>\n
The team’s preseason preparations begin on Jan. 16 and will include two separate trips to Arizona on Jan. 21 and Feb. 20 for warm-up matches against Los Angeles, Real Salt Lake and New York, with more opponents to be scheduled at a later date.<\/p>\n
Here’s the full Revolution 2012 schedule, which is subject to change. All times are listed as Eastern. Updates will be listed on the team’s official website (www.revolutionsoccer.net).<\/p>\n
Day Date Opponent (Location) Time (ET) Television<\/p>\n
MARCH<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 10 at San Jose Earthquakes (Santa Clara, Calif.) 10:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 17 at Sporting Kansas City (Kansas City, Kan.) 8:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 24 vs. Portland Timbers (Foxborough, Mass.) 4 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 31 at LA Galaxy (Carson, Calif.) 11 p.m. NBC Sports<\/p>\n APRIL<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday 5 at FC Dallas (Frisco, Texas) 8:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 14 vs. D.C. United (Foxborough, Mass.) 4 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 28 at New York Red Bulls (Harrison, N.J.) 3:30 p.m. NBC Sports<\/p>\n MAY<\/strong><\/p>\n Wednesday 2 vs. Colorado Rapids (Foxborough, Mass.) 8 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 5 at Real Salt Lake (Sandy, Utah) 9 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 12 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 19 vs. Houston Dynamo (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 26 at D.C. United (Washington, D.C.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n JUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 2 vs. Chicago Fire (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 16 vs. Columbus Crew (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 23 at Toronto FC (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) 4:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 30 vs. Seattle Sounders FC (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n JULY<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday 8 vs. New York Red Bulls (Foxborough, Mass.) 7 p.m. CSN\/Galavision<\/p>\n Saturday 14 vs. Toronto FC (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Wednesday 18 at Montreal Impact (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 8 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 21 at Sporting Kansas City (Kansas City, Kan.) 8:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Sunday 29 at Philadelphia Union (Chester, Pa.) 7 p.m. NBC Sports<\/p>\n AUGUST<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 4 vs. Sporting Kansas City (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 11 vs. Montreal Impact (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 18 at Chicago Fire (Bridgeview, Ill.) 8:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 25 at Columbus Crew (Columbus, Ohio) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Wednesday 29 vs. Chivas USA (Foxborough, Mass.) 8 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n SEPTEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 1 vs. Philadelphia Union (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 15 at D.C. United (Washington, D.C.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 22 vs. New York Red Bulls (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 29 at Houston Dynamo (Houston, Texas) 8:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n OCTOBER<\/strong><\/p>\n Wednesday 3 vs. Columbus Crew (Foxborough, Mass.) 8 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 6 at Philadelphia Union (Chester, Pa.) 7 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 20 vs. Chicago Fire (Foxborough, Mass.) 7:30 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n Saturday 27 at Montreal Impact (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 2 p.m. CSN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Revolution will kick off their regular season on the left coast for the fourth straight year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/SanJose.jpg?fit=550%2C270","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8272"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8272"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8284,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8272\/revisions\/8284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}