The Utah Freezz struggled with the second game of back-to-back matches last year immensely. They'd better figure out a way of improving on that stat, because nine of Utah's 24 regular-season games occur the night following a game.
Surprisingly, though, Freezz general manager Ted Roberts likes it. "I am excited about the number of weekend dates we received (six on Saturday, four on Friday)," he said. "We need to improve our record on back-to-back games, but I think we are ready for the challenge."Last year, Utah was 0-4 on the second night of back-to-back soccer matches.
The Freezz will play 24 games this year, two more than last season. Utah's first exhibition game will be July 29 against either Brazil or England. Utah's first WISL game is Aug. 4 at Sacramento, the defending champions.
UTAH FREEZZ 2000 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent
July 29 EXHIBITION
Aug. 4 at Sacramento
Aug. 12 at St. Louis
Aug. 18 at Arizona
Aug. 19 MONTERREY
Aug. 25 at Arizona
Aug. 26 ARIZONA
Sept. 2 at Houston
Sept 3. at Monterrey
Sept. 8 SACRAMENTO
Sept. 9 at Dallas
Sept. 15 HOUSTON
Sept. 16 at Sacramento
Sept. 18 EXHIBITION
Sept. 29 ST. LOUIS
Sept. 30 DALLAS
Oct. 7 at Dallas
Oct. 8 at Monterrey
Oct. 11 SACRAMENTO
Oct. 20 DALLAS
Oct. 21 ARIZONA
Oct. 30 MONTERREY
Nov. 3 at St. Louis
Nov. 4 at Houston
Nov. 16 HOUSTON
Nov. 18 ST. LOUIS