[DATEBOOK] Major League Soccer will open its 18th season with nine games on the weekend of March 2-3. It announced the 2013 home openers for each of its 19 clubs. They will all play in front of their home fans by the end of Week 4.
 
The complete schedule with times and broadcast information for these games will be announced in the coming weeks.

Each club will again play 34 games during the regular season.

After opening 10 soccer-specific stadiums in the last 10 years, MLS will return to the same venues in which it played in 2012.

The next team to open a new stadium will be the San Jose Earthquakes in 2014.
 
WEEK 1
Saturday, March 2:
Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City (PPL Park)
FC Dallas vs. Colorado Rapids (FC Dallas Stadium)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Toronto FC (BC Place)
Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United (BBVA Compass Stadium)
Seattle Sounders FC vs. Montreal Impact (CenturyLink Field)
Chivas USA vs. Columbus Crew (The Home Depot Center)
 
Sunday, March 3:
LA Galaxy vs. Chicago Fire (The Home Depot Center)
Portland Timbers vs. New York Red Bulls (JELD-WEN Field)
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake (Buck Shaw Stadium)
 
WEEK 2
Saturday, March 9:
Toronto FC vs. Sporting Kansas City (venue TBD)
D.C. United vs. Real Salt Lake (RFK Stadium)
Colorado Rapids vs. Philadelphia Union (Dick’s Sporting Goods Park)
Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution (Toyota Park)
 
WEEK 3
Saturday, March 16:
New York Red Bulls vs. D.C. United (Red Bull Arena)
Sporting Kansas City vs. Chicago Fire (Livestrong Sporting Park)
Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado Rapids (Rio Tinto Stadium)
Montreal Impact vs. Toronto FC (Olympic Stadium)
Columbus Crew vs. San Jose Earthquakes (Crew Stadium)
 
WEEK 4
Saturday, March 23:
New England Revolution vs. FC Dallas (Gillette Stadium)