Well it seems pretty simple;
League sets the table and calendar and the league wants every team to play at home early and not have our old days traditional 4 match road trip to start things off. We will have to play earlier than BMO can handle so let's get on with it and not complain about every single thing. It is what it is.
For chant volume, I was in the supporters end for that LA match and it was damn loud. Across the stadium maybe not but I think dropping the SGs at midfield would help that out. It for sure would look a lot better on TV.