Colorado

The Rapids will gather Feb. 1 to start doing community appearances and some light training. Official preseason training begins Feb. 15, when the team will head to Mexico, in all probability Guadalajara. The Rapids move on to Orlando, Fla., March 6 to continue training there. They return to Colorado March 20.

Columbus

The Crew is scheduled to open training camp in Florida Feb. 15, in Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale or Pensacola. It also has a preseason game tentatively slated for mid-March in Dayton, Ohio, possibly against another MLS team.

Dallas

Squad gathers in Dallas Feb. 10 and starts official training camp five days later. The Burn will also go to Orlando in the beginning of March.

D.C. United

The defending champs will travel to Bradenton, Fla., Feb. 3 for two weeks of training, return home for a few days, then head to Japan Feb. 24 to play Nagoya Grampus Eight, the Japanese pro champion, in Tokyo March 2. Matches against Hamburg and Grasshoppers in Florida are pending, and the team is also trying to arrange games in Hong Kong and southern China as part of the Japan trip.

Kansas City

After physicals, the Wizards begin aerobic workouts and running Feb. 4. Official training camp starts Feb. 12 in Tucson, Ariz., at the University of Arizona, where they have tentatively scheduled a friendly four days later against a Mexican team. The team returns to Kansas City Feb. 20, then flies to Monterrey, Mexico, where the Wizards have a friendly scheduled for Feb. 28, again tentatively, against Division IA fall champion UNL. The team flies to Bradenton, Fla., where it will train March 1-14. The Wizards are also looking into playing a preseason game against the Crew March 22 at the St. Louis Soccer Park.

Los Angeles

The Galaxy will report Feb. 3 and start training at Occidental College and the Rose Bowl. The team will continue training in Guadalajara for at least a week,after which plans are up in the air.

MetroStars

The MetroStars will leave for a five-week training camp in Italy Feb. 4. The team is considering three different locations. On tap are three practice games against Italian professional teams. One likely opponent is Serie B’s Genoa, Nicola Caricola’s old team. Another candidate is Parma.

New England

The Revolutiuon became the first team to open ’97 training camp when it traveled to Raleigh, N.C. (see story in Jan. 27 issue of SA).

San Jose

The Clash will spend three weeks in Mexico starting Feb. 17. The first week will be mountain training in Mazamitla, then the team will train for an additional week in Guadalajara. The third week will consist of training and exhibition matches with Mexican clubs.

Tampa Bay

Formal training is scheduled to start locally Feb. 15. The team is still searching for a permanent training site. In the meantime, a practice game against a foreign team is scheduled for Jan. 25.