Pair of televised games highlights Memphis 901 FC schedule
Marc Burch (at a 2019 press conference) is one of the big names returning for the 2020 season. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
Two nationally-televised home dates highlight Memphis’ 901 FC’s 2020 United Soccer League Championship schedule. The league released the complete slate of games for its 10th anniversary season on Thursday, Jan. 9.
Memphis will be featured on ESPN’s “Game of the Week” broadcast on April 29 against Charleston Battery and again on June 3 against Tampa Bay Rowdies. The new-look team will open its second season against Indy Eleven at AutoZone Park on March 7 with the final regular-season game taking place at home against Louisville City on Oct. 10.
In all, 14 of the 17 home games will be on Saturday nights. Kickoff times for the non-ESPN games are to be determined.
With the schedule announced and Tim Howard formally introduced Wednesday as the club’s sporting director, the next step will be filling out the roster. The newcomers will join nine holdovers from the 2019 campaign: leading scorer Brandon Allen, defender and captain Marc Burch, defenders Liam Doyle and Triston Hodge, midfielders Pierre Da Silva, Raul Gonzalez, Dan Metzger and Leston Paul and forward Duane Muckette.
Memphis 901 FC 2020 schedule
March 7: Indy Eleven
March 14: Saint Louis FC
March 22: at Sporting Kansas City II
March 28: Birmingham Legion
April 4: at Hartford Athletic
April 17: at New York Red Bulls II
April 25: at The Miami FC
April 29: Charleston Battery, 7:30 p.m., (ESPN Game of the Week)
May 2: Atlanta United 2
May 9: at North Carolina FC
May 16: at Pittsburgh Riverhounds
May 30: Charlotte Independence
June 3: Tampa Bay Rowdies, 7 p.m., (ESPN Game of the Week)
June 6: Philadelphia Union 2
June 14: at Loudon United
June 17: at Birmingham Legion
June 20: New York Red Bulls II
June 28: at Saint Louis FC
July 4: at Charlotte Independence
July 11: North Carolina FC
July 18: at Tampa Bay Rowdies
July 25: The Miami FC
Aug. 2: at Atlanta United 2
Aug. 5: Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Aug. 8: Hartford Athletic
Aug. 15: at Birmingham Legion
Aug. 19: at Louisville City
Aug. 22: Loudon United
Sept. 5: at Indy Eleven
Sept. 12: Saint Louis FC
Sept. 19: at Philadelphia Union
Sept. 26: Sporting Kansas City II
Oct. 6: at Charleston Battery
Oct. 10: Louisville City
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Memphis 901 FC United Soccer League Soccer ScheduleJohn Varlas
John Varlas is a lifelong Memphian who has covered high school sports in various capacities for over 20 years.
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