MLS Releases Reserve League Schedule

by Tweed Thornton on Mar 18, 2011 3:14 PM CDT in Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is re-launching its Reserve League this year, with games beginning even this weekend. The MLS Reserve League is going to provide developmental opportunities to players we didn't really get a chance to see in 2010, like Corben Bone. The Reserve League is also the entire reason first team rosters went from 24 in 2010 to 30 players in 2011. The new MLS Reserve League will be split into East, Central, and West divisions with teams facing each divisional opponent twice for a total of 10 games per team. Clubs may schedule additional games for their reserve squads against non-MLS opponents. The games featuring two MLS reserve teams begin March 20and conclude October 16.

The two interesting parts about this schedule for me are the other teams the Fire Reserves might draw and the alignment of West, Central, and East divisions. I wonder if Manchester United might bring a 'B team' to play our Reserve team on July 23rd this year. I also wonder if the West, Central, and East divisions are being rolled out for a 'test drive' once the league expands ever larger over time. Those are topics to hark on later but the full MLS Reserve League Schedule is published after the break.

Subject to Change; All Times Local

Date	Home Team	Away Team	Time	Location
20-Mar	D.C. United	Columbus Crew	11:00 AM	D.C. United Training Field
22-Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	Vancouver Whitecaps	11:00 AM	TBD
26-Mar	NE Revolution	D.C. United	7:30 PM	Gillette Stadium/TBD
26-Mar	Columbus Crew	NY Red Bulls	7:00 PM	Columbus Crew Stadium
29-Mar	Real Salt Lake	FC Dallas	12:00 PM	RSL Practice Facility
3-Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle Sounders FC	11:00 AM	TBD
9-Apr	FC Dallas	Colorado Rapids	11:00 AM	Pizza Hut Park
10-Apr	Philadelphia Union	NY Red Bulls	10:00 AM	Nether Soccer Club
10-Apr	Chivas USA	Seattle Sounders FC	11:00 AM	Home Depot Center
11-Apr	Houston Dynamo	Sporting KC	10:00 AM	Houston
14-Apr	Real Salt Lake	Colorado Rapids	12:00 PM	RSL Practice Facility
17-Apr	Toronto FC	D.C. United	11:00 AM	TBD
17-Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps	Chivas USA	11:00 AM	TBD
22-Apr	D.C. United	NY Red Bulls	11:00 AM	D.C. United Training Field
23-Apr	Toronto FC	Columbus Crew	6:45 PM	TBD
24-Apr	Chicago Fire	Houston Dynamo	10:00 AM	Toyota Park
24-Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	Chivas USA	11:00 AM	TBD
24-Apr	LA Galaxy	Portland Timbers	12:00 PM	LA Galaxy Practice Field
1-May	Colorado Rapids	Chicago Fire	10:00 AM	Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
3-May	Sporting KC	Real Salt Lake	10:00 AM	Swope Park Training Center
3-May	Chivas USA	LA Galaxy	11:00 AM	Home Depot Center
9-May	Columbus Crew	NE Revolution	10:00 AM	Columbus Crew Stadium
9-May	Seattle Sounders FC	Chivas USA	7:00 PM	Starfire Complex
15-May	Real Salt Lake	Houston Dynamo	AM	RSL Practice Facility
15-May	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland Timbers	1:00 PM	Starfire Complex
16-May	Philadelphia Union	D.C. United	4:00 PM	Nether Soccer Club
17-May	Chicago Fire	Sporting KC	10:00 AM	Chicago Training Ground
22-May	FC Dallas	Real Salt Lake	PM	Dallas Stadium
29-May	Colorado Rapids	Sporting KC	11:00 AM	Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
29-May	Houston Dynamo	FC Dallas	10:00 AM	Houston
29-May	Toronto FC	Philadelphia Union	10:00 AM	TBD
30-May	NY Red Bulls	Columbus Crew	11:00 AM	TBD
30-May	Portland Timbers	Seattle Sounders FC	2:00 PM	JELD-WEN Field
5-Jun	Chivas USA	Portland Timbers	11:00 AM	Home Depot Center
6-Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	LA Galaxy	11:00 AM	TBD
7-Jun	Houston Dynamo	Colorado Rapids	10:00 AM	Houston
7-Jun	D.C. United	NE Revolution	10:30 AM	D.C. United Training Field
7-Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver Whitecaps	7:00 PM	Starfire Complex
11-Jun	NY Red Bulls	NE Revolution	10:00 AM	TBD
13-Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	Los Angeles Galaxy	10:00 AM	Starfire
20-Jun	LA Galaxy	Vancouver Whitecaps	11:00 AM	LA Galaxy Practice Field
21-Jun	Toronto FC	NE Revolution	10:00 AM	TBD
21-Jun	Portland Timbers	San Jose Earthquakes	11:00 AM	JELD-WEN Field
3-Jul	D.C. United	Philadelphia Union	10:00 AM	D.C. United Training Field
5-Jul	Chicago Fire	FC Dallas	TBD	Toyota Park
5-Jul	LA Galaxy	Seattle Sounders FC	11:00 AM	LA Galaxy Practice Field
6-Jul	NY Red Bulls	Toronto FC	10:00 AM	TBD
10-Jul	NY Red Bulls	D.C. United	10:00 AM	TBD
18-Jul	NE Revolution	Philadelphia Union	10:00 AM	Gillette Stadium/TBD
19-Jul	Sporting KC	Chicago Fire	10:00 AM	LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
26-Jul	Chivas USA	San Jose Earthquakes	11:00 AM	Home Depot Center
31-Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps	LA Galaxy	11:00 AM	TBD
7-Aug	D.C. United	Toronto FC	10:00 AM	D.C. United Training Field
7-Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	Portland Timbers	11:00 AM	TBD
8-Aug	Sporting KC	Colorado Rapids	10:00 AM	LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
9-Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps	Seattle Sounders FC	2:00 PM	TBD
15-Aug	NY Red Bulls	Philadelphia Union	3:00 PM	TBD
21-Aug	Houston Dynamo	Real Salt Lake	10:00 AM	Houston
21-Aug	Columbus Crew	Philadelphia Union	10:00 AM	Columbus Crew Stadium
21-Aug	NE Revolution	NY Red Bulls	10:00 AM	Columbus Crew Stadium
21-Aug	Portland Timbers	Vancouver Whitecaps	12:00 PM	JELD-WEN Field
28-Aug	Chicago Fire	Colorado Rapids	10:00 AM	Toyota Park
28-Aug	Sporting KC	FC Dallas	11:00 AM	LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
29-Aug	Philadelphia Union	NE Revolution	10:00 AM	Nether Soccer Club
1-Sep	Colorado Rapids	Houston Dynamo	11:00 AM	Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
2-Sep	NE Revolution	Toronto FC	10:00 AM	Gillette Stadium/TBD
3-Sep	Chivas USA	Vancouver Whitecaps	11:00 AM	Home Depot Center
3-Sep	Portland Timbers	LA Galaxy	2:00 PM	JELD-WEN Field
6-Sep	Chicago Fire	Real Salt Lake	TBD	Toyota Park
6-Sep	FC Dallas	Sporting KC	10:00 AM	Pizza Hut Park
6-Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps	San Jose Earthquakes	11:00 AM	TBD
10-Sep	Sporting KC	Houston Dynamo	10:00 AM	LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
11-Sep	Columbus Crew	Toronto FC	10:00 AM	Columbus Crew Stadium
18-Sep	Real Salt Lake	Sporting KC	12:00 PM	RSL Practice Facility
18-Sep	Philadelphia Union	Columbus Crew	10:00 AM	Nether Soccer Club
20-Sep	FC Dallas	Chicago	TBD	Pizza Hut Park
25-Sep	FC Dallas	Houston Dynamo	TBD	Pizza Hut Park
27-Sep	Portland Timbers	Chivas USA	11:00 AM	JELD-WEN Field
1-Oct	Houston Dynamo	Chicago Fire	PM	Houston
1-Oct	Toronto FC	NY Red Bulls	10:00 AM	TBD
2-Oct	Colorado Rapids	FC Dallas	10:00 AM	Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
2-Oct	Columbus Crew	D.C. United	7:00 PM	Columbus Crew Stadium
3-Oct	LA Galaxy	San Jose Earthquakes	11:00 AM	LA Galaxy Practice Field
3-Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps	Portland Timbers	11:00 AM	TBD
8-Oct	Real Salt Lake	Chicago Fire	12:00 PM	RSL Practice Facility
10-Oct	LA Galaxy	Chivas USA	11:00 AM	LA Galaxy Practice Field
11-Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	San Jose Earthquakes	7:00 PM	Starfire Complex
15-Oct	Colorado Rapids	Real Salt Lake	11:00 AM	Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
16-Oct	Philadelphia Union	Toronto FC	10:00 AM	Nether Soccer Club
16-Oct	NE Revolution	Columbus Crew	10:00 AM	Gillette Stadium/TBD

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Goalkeeper

Sean Johnson #25

Jay Nolly #1

Paolo Tornaghi #70 (I)

Defender

Jalil Anibaba #6

Austin Berry #22

Arne Friedrich #23 (I)

Dan Gargan #3

Cory Gibbs #5

Hunter Jumper #99

Steven Kinney #28

Gonzalo Segares #13

Tony Walls #20

Kwame Watson-Siriboe #4

Midfielder

Sebastian Grazzini #10 (I)

Patrick Nyarko #14

Daniel Paladini #11

Marco Pappa #16 (I)

Pavel Pardo #17 (I)

Logan Pause #12

Victor Pineda #27

Rafael Robayo #88 (I)

Michael Videira #21

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Orr Barouch #15

Kheli Dube #7

Kellen Gulley #94

Dominic Oduro #8

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(I) denotes International player per MLS rules. Chicago Fire are currently allowed to sign up to 8 International players.

Players training with the team but not a part of the Chicago Fire roster:

Lucky Mkosana - SuperDraft Selection

Juan David Duque - Has contract with league

Chicago Fire 2012 Transactions

November 29, 2011

- Declined options on Jon Conway, Alec Dufty and Baggio Husidic

December 5, 2011

- Purchased the rights to Orr Barouch from Mexican club Tigres

- Traded first round selection in 2013 Supplemental Draft to Vancouver Whitecaps for Jay Nolly

December 6, 2011

- Re-signed Logan Pause to two-year contract extension

December 7, 2011

- Released Cristian Nazarit and Gabriel Ferrari

December 12, 2011

- Selected Kheli Dube in MLS Re-Entry Draft

January 9, 2012

- Signed Rafael Robayo on a free transfer.

January 11, 2012

- Signed Federico Puppo on a free transfer

January 12, 2012

- Selected Austin Berry with the #9 pick in the SuperDraft

- Selected Lucky Mkosana with the #23 pick in the SuperDraft

- Selected Hunter Jumper with the #28 pick in the SuperDraft

January 15, 2012

- Parted ways with Diego Chaves

January 17, 2012

- Selected Evans Frimpong with the #9 pick in the Supplemental Draft

- Selected Carl Woszczynski with the #15 pick in the Supplemental Draft

- Selected Tony Walls with the #47 pick in the Supplemental Draft

- Selected Justin Chavez with the #66 pick in the Supplemental Draft

January 18, 2012

- Re-signed Pavel Pardo to two-year contract extension

January 23, 2012

- Parted ways with Mike Banner

January 25, 2012

- Signed Kheli Dube

January 30, 2012

- Traded MLS right of first refusal for Wilman Conde to New York Red Bulls in exchange for allocation money

March 6, 2012

- Signed draft pick Hunter Jumper

March 7, 2012

- Signed Arne Friedrich on a free transfer

March 8, 2012

- Signed Paolo Tornaghi on a free transfer

March 11, 2012

- Waived Pari Pantazopoulos

March 15, 2012

- Signed draft pick Tony Walls

April 16, 2012

- Signed Chris Rolfe

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The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the League after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. The allocation rankings may also be used in the event two or more clubs file a request for the same player on the same day. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2010 season, taking playoff performance into account.

Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club’s ranking. At all times, each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS League season.

2012 Allocation Order

1. Vancouver Whitecaps

2. New England Revolution

3. Toronto FC

4. Chivas USA

5. San Jose Earthquakes

6. D.C. United

7. Portland Timbers

8. Chicago Fire

9. Columbus Crew

10. FC Dallas

11. New York Red Bulls

12. Philadelphia Union

13. Colorado Rapids

14. Seattle Sounders

15. Sporting KC

16. Real Salt Lake

17. Houston Dynamo

18. LA Galaxy

19. Montreal Impact (Eddie Johnson)

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