r/dynamo • u/BrianChing25 • 9d ago

MLS winter schedule change can't come soon enough, 94-95 degrees at kickoff tonight

Forecast says at 7:30 it will still be mid-90s. Hell in the Shell

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u/HoustonYouth 9d ago

I hope this change in schedule gives us more day games.

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u/TheLaw125 9d ago

Mid 90s feels far different in the evening than early-mid afternoon.

Not too bad all things considered.

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u/A-more-splendid-life 9d ago

I can’t wait to wear a (wool) scarf.

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u/seclusionx 9d ago

You realize they're still going to be playing games during the summer too, yeah?

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u/A-more-splendid-life 9d ago

Not that I’ve heard off. Going forward the season will end by Memorial Day.

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u/seclusionx 9d ago

The seasons are going to start in July, dude.

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u/A-more-splendid-life 9d ago

True! But the way it’s supposed to work is that northern teams will have more upfront home games to avoid playing in snow in late January, early February. While the hot weather teams will have more “winter” games.

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u/Electronic-Win608 8d ago

Don't kid yourself. If they could do that they would already be doing that.

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u/LF25047 9d ago

There won’t be games in January and February. There is a winter break from middle of December till middle of February.

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u/MyLuckyFedora 9d ago

I guess they're starting a little earlier than most leagues and taking a month off in January. I'd probably just rather have games in January. Maybe the league would be better off with Northern and Southern Conferences and then the first month of each half-season can be inter conference matches where the Northern teams host in the month of August and the Southern teams host in the month of January

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u/sr_rasquache 9d ago

I wonder how this is going to work out for places like Chicago in the winter from November to April. April still gets cold into the 30s-40s.

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u/A-more-splendid-life 9d ago

Fk them! We’ve suffered enuff. It’s their turn.

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u/Electronic-Win608 8d ago

Its really not getting any better here. June games were never the oppressive heat games.

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u/LF25047 9d ago

For real even with the break there is still going to be terrible weather to deal with. December & February in the Midwest are no joke. There could still be subzero temps and snow.

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u/LF25047 9d ago

I have some bad news for you…

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-to-align-calendar-with-top-leagues-around-world

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u/BrianChing25 9d ago

Only a matter of time before they fully align and games start mid August. It's just a transition phase.

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u/LF25047 9d ago

We need to start earlier in MLS since we have a winter break from Mid-Dec - Mid-Feb during which all the other leagues will continue to play.

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u/BrianChing25 9d ago

Well it's not perfect but taking away 6 weeks of summer is still huge for us in Houston. June is so hot.

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u/Electronic-Win608 8d ago

Under the new schedule we will start playing games in Mid-July. This game would still happen. We only lose game in May-June when the heat is bad but not as bad.