Fans, start making plans for the middle of March. Major League Soccer revealed the schedule for "First Kick 2011" — the entire opening week of the 2011 season. In fact, all home openers have been set. "First Kick 2011" will feature a week of action among an unprecedented 18 clubs as expansion franchises in Portland and Vancouver join the fold. This coming season, all clubs will play a 34-game balanced scheduled in which every team will face every other team twice, home and away. Ten teams will qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs Tuesday, March 15 Seattle Sounders FC vs. LA Galaxy, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, March 19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Toronto FC, time TBD D.C. United vs. Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m. New York Red Bulls vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas vs. Chicago Fire, 8:30 p.m. Houston Dynamo vs. Philadelphia Union, 8:30pm Colorado Rapids vs. Portland Timbers, 9 p.m. Chivas USA vs. Sporting Kansas City, 10:30 p.m. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, 10:30 p.m. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/first-kick-home-openers-revealed-2011
