Guess we can't follow the Euro league schedule after all

One point of discussion regarding the MLS is, should the MLS season follow the Euro league schedules?  That is, start play in August and end in May.  For the Northeastern and Eastern Canada teams, that would mean the potential for some brutally cold games in Dec/Jan.

Well, to an extent our season in Colorado is active year round except for December.  That's correct, we do have outdoor tournaments in January (albeit friendlies), then small tournaments in February, then our season kicks off in March.  We have post season tournaments in May and June, some summer friendlies in July, then preseason in August, and then the Fall regular season that lasts until November since inevitably there's going to be snow outs in October.

Our January friendlies went well.  Indeed, the weather was nice (but not atypical for the Front Range).  Then old man winter struck.

Snow in inches in Denver Metro area Feb 2 - Feb 4 storm

We don't receive warm rains in February like the east coast, and chinook winds are generally a January phenomenon.  So when that much snow falls this time of the year, it's going to stick around.  Stick around it has.  For the foreseeable future, the games are limited to turf fields.  Some foothill/mountain communities of course need the turf fields; otherwise, they wouldn't play until May.

Last weekend a girls U-14 tournament was played.  The kickoff temperature on Saturday morning was +9F.  You read that right.  9 degrees above zero Fahrenheit.  I was not involved in that tournament.

So I get started this weekend with 3 games at a preseason tournament - turf fields of course.  I've spent most of my off-season healing my left foot and knee.  I stayed in shape the best I can (even skied), but I'd prefer to be in better running shape.  I'm ready and excited to get going!