MLS has announced 12 changes to the 1998 schedule. Some changes were due to conflicts with local NFL teams, while others were made to avoid conflicts with the Copa Merconorte and the U.S. Open Cup final. Following are the 12 changes:

Date Changes

Old Date Matchup New Date Kickoff (ET) TV
Thu., July 16 Columbus at Colorado Sat., Sept. 19 9:00 p.m. n/a
Wed., Aug. 26 Chicago at Columbus Thu., July 9 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Sun., Sept. 6 Colorado at Chicago Sun., Sept. 13 3:00 p.m. Univision
Sun., Sept. 6 Tampa Bay at D.C. United Wed., July 29 7:30 p.m. n/a
Sun., Sept. 6 San Jose at Kansas City Sat., Sept. 5 8:30 p.m. n/a
Thu., Sept. 10 D.C. United at Kansas City Sat., June 20 8:30 p.m. n/a
Sat., Sept. 12 Los Angeles at Colorado Wed., Aug. 5 9:00 p.m. n/a
Sun., Sept. 20 Dallas at Kansas City Sat., Sept. 19 8:30 p.m. n/a

Other Changes

Thu., July 2 — The Miami at D.C. United match will be shown on ESPN rather than ESPN2. Thu., Sept. 10 — The Chicago at Dallas match will start at 8:00 p.m. (ET) rather than 8:30, and will be televised on ESPN2. Sun., Sept. 13 — The D.C. United at Miami match will kickoff at 1:00 p.m. (ET) rather than 3:00 p.m. and will be shown live on Univision. The Spanish-language network will also show the Colorado at Chicago match live at 3:00 p.m. (ET) for its first-ever MLS doubleheader. Sun., Sept. 13 — The MetroStars at Tampa Bay match has been moved back half an hour and will kick off at 5:30 p.m. (ET). All 1998 league and team schedules posted on www.socceramerica.com have been updated to reflect the changes.