NEW YORK - Major League Soccer today announced the official schedule for the 2007 MLS Reserve Division. Now in its third year, the Reserve Division is a key component of Major League Soccer's drive to develop the stars of tomorrow in a professional, competitive atmosphere.
MLS RESERVE DIVISION FORMAT:
Each team will play 12 games (6 home and 6 away).
Most FC Dallas Reserve Team home games will be played on Field # 1 at Pizza Hut Park - these games are free and open to the public. Some home games may be played inside the stadium, in which paid admission may be required.
A total of 20 eligible players for the home team and 20 players for the visiting team may be placed on a club's game roster for any Reserve Division game with each team permitted to make up to six (6) substitutions.
Suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued in Reserve Division games shall only be imposed for future Reserve Division matches and not for games during the MLS regular season. Conversely, suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued during MLS regular season games shall not apply to Reserve Division matches.
Any player who receives four yellow cards during the Reserve Division season shall be suspended from the next Reserve Division game in which he may appear.
No Player shall play more than 120 minutes in a Reserve Team match and any preceding match(es) that occur within a 60 hour period. Injury time is not considered a part of a player's maximum number of minutes played (e.g., if a player enters a game at halftime and the referee adds two minutes of stoppage time to the end of the second half, the player will be considered to have played 45 minutes since the two minutes of stoppage time is essentially added to make up for 'lost' time).
A Reserve Division call-up or "Guest Player" with an MLS team may be eligible to appear in an MLS Reserve Division Game provided that he is properly registered with U.S. Soccer.
Last year marked the second season of the Reserve Division, developed by Major League Soccer in partnership with adidas as a key component of the Generation adidas program. The Reserve Division allows teams to provide meaningful competitive matches to players who are outside of the first 11, giving them important in-game experience. FC Dallas finished the 2006 Reserve Division season with a 4-3-5 record. Arturo Alvarez (5 goals), Dominic Oduro (4 goals), and Abe Thompson and Dax McCarty (3 goals each) led the team in scoring.
FC DALLAS RESERVE DIVISION SCHEDULE
Sun, April 15: at New York Red Bulls
Sun, May 13: at Kansas City Wizards
Mon, May 21: vs. Real Salt Lake
Sun, May 27: at Chivas USA
Sun, June 3: at Houston Dynamo
Sun, July 15: at D.C. United
Sun, Aug. 5: vs. Colorado Rapids
Sun, Aug. 12: vs. Columbus Crew
Sun, Sept. 2: vs. D.C. United
Sun, Sept. 9: vs. Toronto FC
Sun, Sept. 23: at Los Angeles Galaxy
Sun, Sept. 30: vs. Houston Dynamo
END OF 2007 RESERVE DIVISION SEASON
