Toronto, Montreal open 2017 MLS season on road while Vancouver kicks off at home
TORONTO — Expansion Minnesota United FC will kick off the 2017 Major League Soccer Season in front of the Timbers Army on March 3 in Portland.
Toronto FC and Montreal open on the road March 4 against Real Salt Lake and San Jose, respectively, while the Vancouver Whitecaps host the Philadelphia Union on March 5 at B.C. Place Stadium to wrap up the opening weekend.
The league announced the home openers for all 22 clubs on Wednesday. The rest of the schedule will be released in early January.
For Vancouver, the regular-season kickoff comes three days after the Whitecaps entertain the New York Red Bulls in the return leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final.