Wizards announce 2008 schedule

Wizards defender Jimmy Conrad is gearing up for the 2008 MLS season. He recorded more than 2,000 minutes in 2007.

Major League Soccer and the Kansas City Wizards announced today the 2008 regular-season schedule. Kansas City will open the season with four home matches at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan. in the first two weeks of MLS play. The Wizards also have 11 home matches on Saturday nights, allowing for partnerships with tenants of The Legends for first-class entertainment before, during and after the match.


The first Kansas City Wizards home match has been known since December and is nearly sold out. Kansas City will open the season Saturday, March 29 at 7 p.m. CT at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in a rematch of the Wizards opening game of 2007 against Eastern Conference rivals D.C. United. Last season, Kansas City won the contest 4-2 in Washington. A limited number of seats remain to the opener, available to those who purchase group tickets, full-season ticket packages or half-season ticket packages between now and March 29. Individual game tickets go on sale, Saturday, March 1 at 10:00 a.m. CT at all area Ticketmaster outlets and at www.ticketmaster.com.


Eleven of the thirty Wizards MLS regular season matches will be broadcast nation-wide on one of Major League Soccer's broadcast partners, including five on HDNet, three on TeleFutura, two on Fox Soccer Channel/Fox Sports en Español and one on ESPN 2.


For the second straight year, the Wizards will broadcast matches locally on both Metro Sports (English) and Time Warner Cable Channel 5 (Spanish). In 2008, 23 matches will be broadcast on Metro Sports in English and 20 on TWC Channel 5 in Spanish. Games broadcast nationally on TeleFutura will be shown locally on Metro Sports, but not TWC 5.


Call the Wizards today at (913) 387-3400 or (877) 828-7222 to reserve your seats.


The 2008 ticket-pricing chart is listed below:

Seating Category . Walk-Up . Season (18 Games)
Stadium Seat . . . . $25.00 . . $405.00


Bleacher . . . . . . . $20.00 . . . . . $324.00


Cauldron . . . . . . . $20.00 . . . . . $299.00


Grass Berm (GA) . . . . $15.00 . . $150.00


Full Kansas City Wizards schedule:

GAME
Date (National TV)
Opponent
Home/Away
Kickoff (CT)
1
Saturday, Mar 29 (MS/5)
D.C. United
Home
7:00
2
Saturday, Apr 05 (MS/5)
Colorado Rapids
Home
7:00
3
Wednesday, Apr 09 (MS/5)
New England Revolution
Home
7:00
4
Saturday, Apr 12 (HDNet)
Houston Dynamo
Home
7:00 *
5
Sunday, Apr 20 (TELEFUTURA/MS)
Chicago Fire
Away
2:00
6
Saturday, Apr 26 (MS/5)
Toronto FC
Away
2:30
7
Saturday, May 03 (FSC)
Columbus Crew
Away
6:30
8
Saturday, May 17 (MS/5)
New York Red Bulls
Away
6:30
9
Saturday, May 24 (HDNet)
Los Angeles Galaxy
Away
9:30 *
10
Saturday, Jun 07 (MS/5)
Real Salt Lake
Away
8:00
11
Saturday, Jun 14 (MS/5)
Columbus Crew
Home
7:00
12
Saturday, Jun 21 (MS/5)
Toronto FC
Away
2:30
13
Saturday, Jun 28 (MS/5)
Real Salt Lake
Home
7:00
14
Friday, Jul 04 (HDNet)
FC Dallas
Away
6:00 *
15
Thursday, Jul 10 (MS/5)
New York Red Bulls
Home
7:00
16
Thursday, Jul 17 (ESPN)
Columbus Crew
Away
7:00
17
Sunday, Jul 27 (MS/5)
Chicago Fire
Home
7:00
18
Saturday, Aug 02 (MS/5)
D.C. United
Away
6:30
19
Saturday, Aug 09 (MS/5)
Chivas USA
Home
7:00
20
Saturday, Aug 16 (MS/5)
Colorado Rapids
Away
8:30
21
Saturday, Aug 23 (MS/5)
FC Dallas
Home
7:00
22
Saturday, Aug 30 (MS/5)
San Jose
Away
9:00
23
Sunday, Sep 07 (TELEFUTURA/MS)
Houston Dynamo
Away
2:00
24
Saturday, Sep 13 (HDNet/MS/5)
Los Angeles Galaxy
Home
7:00
25
Saturday, Sep 20 (HDNet)
Toronto FC
Home
7:00 * (exclusive in US)
26
Saturday, Sep 27 (FSC)
Chivas USA
Away
9:30
27
Sunday, Oct 05 (TELEFUTURA/MS)
Chicago Fire
Home
2:00
28
Saturday, Oct 11 (MS/5)
New England Revolution
Home
7:00
29
Saturday, Oct 18 (MS/5)
San Jose
Home
7:00
30
Saturday, Oct 25 (MS/5)
New England Revolution
Away
6:30

MS=Metro Sports
*All match venues subject to change
5=TWC 5 in Spanish
HDNet exclusive