Give The Friday night games are back again this year. These games, largely featuring Canadian teams, are being scheduled, I think, to avoid conflicts with the NHL playoffs and the end of the regular season, at the behest of their Canadian broadcast partner TSN. However, these games are not on national TV in the United States. I think that’s a mistake.
Aside from next Friday’s tilt between the Houston Dynamo and LA Galaxy on Unimas, MLS is missing out on a relatively empty sports timeslot. There’s no Friday night national baseball game, and the NBA, which does have a national TV window on ESPN Friday’s during the winter is finished with their regular season.