Something is wrong here. Taking international dates off requires teams to play more midweek matches, but it feels like there are midweek matches ever single week and now there is a seven-match Wednesday. This is bananas, and not the good, delicious kind of bananas. This is the rotten kind of bananas.
MLS 2012, Midweek 18 Preview and Fixtures: Why Are There So Many Wednesday Games?
There are a bunch of MLS matches on Wednesday, including two at 1 p.m. local time. It doesn’t make sense to us either.
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Wednesday, 1:00 p.m. ET, MLS Live
Did New York have some hooliganism that required them to play a match behind closed door, but they decided to this instead?
Pick: 4, total attendance.
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. ET, MLS Live
Another 1 p.m. local start? That’s two slaps for MLS.
Pick: Chivas, 1-0.
Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. ET, MLS Live
A reasonable start time for a Wednesday! And Toronto finally looks like a reasonable team! This is so weird.
Pick: Draw, 1-1.
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. ET
You could walk over burning coals or watch this match. I’ll go get the coals.
Pick: Not soccer.
Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. ET, MLS Live
Are we Dynamo believers yet? They're starting to put things together and look like the team that went to MLS Cup last year, but if the Geoff Cameron saga is ever sorted out and he leaves ... well they still have a very nice stadium!
Pick: Draw, 1-1.
Seattle Sounders vs. Chelsea FC
Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Normally friendlies don't matter, but Alex Caskey and Mark Burch vs. Ramires and Branislav Ivanovic! Seriously, that's a thing!
Pick: Chelsea, infinity.
Wednesday, 10 p.m. ET, MLS Live
Who is going to right the ship in Le Toux-less Vancouver? They are winless in their last three and it is tough to imagine Dane Richards changing that. But as good as David Beckham was against Portland on Saturday, these are consecutive turf games on a short turnaround. Maybe the Caps' surface will right the ship.
Pick: Vancouver, 2-1.
Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network
FC Dallas won a game! They won a real MLS soccer match! It’s a miracle! It also won’t happen again on Wednesday.
Pick: San Jose, 2-0.
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