FC Dallas announces preseason schedule
Published 1/31/2011 7:33:38 AM by staff from dallas
The Western Conference Champions FC Dallas will be reporting for physicals on January 31st at Pizza Hut Park as they begin their new journey towards a return to the MLS Cup. Plans are to train twice a day beginning Tuesday February 1 with a morning session at 10am and an evening session at 4:30. With the poor weather arriving Tuesday schedule changes are expected. On Sunday, February 20, the Dallas side will travel to Orlando, Florida for its second consecutive appearance in the annual Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
Three MLS clubs, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo and Toronto FC, will participate in the tournament, along with Orlando City Soccer Club (USL PRO). FC Dallas will return from Orlando on Sunday, February 27. The team will then fly to Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, March 1 where the club will train until Tuesday, March 8. While in Arizona, Dallas will face both the Montreal Impact and New York Red Bulls.
As the reigning Western Conference Champions, FC Dallas earned its first trip to the MLS Cup in 2010 following a record-setting year that saw the club set MLS marks for its 19-game unbeaten streak and 12-game road unbeaten streak. The Dallas side also tied the MLS mark for fewest losses in an MLS season with four, while the Dallas defense allowed the fewest goals against in club history with only 28 through 30 games. FC Dallas opens the 2011 campaign on its home field at Pizza Hut Park on March 19 against Brimstone Cup rival Chicago Fire.
Label: FC Dallas preseason schedule, David Ferreira
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