SEATTLE, WASH. - Major League Soccer today announced its 2016 regular season schedule, a campaign that sees each of its 20 clubs play 34 matches beginning on March 6 and concluding on October 23. Seattle Sounders FC has 14 matches slated for a national television audience on ESPN and FOX's family of networks, beginning with the Rave Green's season-opener against Western Conference rival Sporting Kansas City on March 6 at CenturyLink Field (FS1).
Three of Seattle's six Cascadia Cup matches against Portland and Vancouver are set to be played at CenturyLink Field. All three Timbers fixtures are set to air on national television, headlined by a July 17 match at Providence Park on FOX, one of four MLS matches broadcast on the free-to-air network.