Garber confirms 2012 season will have unbalanced schedule
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MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced on Thursday that despite the addition of a 19th team, the 2012 regular season will not feature any additional matches. “We will a have a 34-game schedule and it will be unbalanced,” Garber said in his 2011 State of the League teleconference.
Garber insisted that a balanced, 36-game schedule for each team would simply ask too much of the league as it continues to balance the regular-season schedule with international dates and other restrictions unique to the league. The Montreal Impact will debut as the 19th team in the league in March.
"It’s simple math: 389 games would almost be impossible for us to execute with the other competitions we’re required to play, the weather issues we have … the challenges in a handful of markets, the FIFA dates," he said. "All the thing we have to do differently in the United States from a competitive standpoint, just the travel impact that exists in our country."
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Not a fan of this decision, makes the supporters shield pretty pointless too.
I wonder what teams we won't be playing next season.