Schedule

It's out on the Verdy website........instead of giving all 48 dates at once I figured I would space them out and break it up into quarters......Here are the matches for March and April

3-4 Tokushima Vortis at home (Hello Jun!)
3-11 Shonan Bellmare away
3-18 Ehime FC at home (first chance to take a look at MIKAN MAGIC in action)
3-25 Montedio Yamagata away
4-1 Kashiwa Reysol at home (Rui, Basilio, Ono, and others get their first chance to have a reunion with their sunny brothers)
4-5 Mito Hollyhock away
4-8 Sagan Tosu away
4-15 Thespa Kusatsu home
4-18
4-22
4-29
5-6 All on the road against Vegalta Sendai, Vissel Kobe, Consadole Sapporo, and Ehime FC

8 road games, including 3 in a row against likely contenders for promotion spots. ACL starts on March 8th with a visit from Ulsan, Then Tabacco Money (not making this name up) on the 22nd, and Arema Malang for 2 games (4-12 away and 4-26 at home.........6 games in March with a road trip to Thailand and 9 games in April with a road trip to Malaysia followed by a 4 game league roadie. That is one ugly schedule.............if they manage a .500 record, I think they'll be in good shape to make a push for promotion at the end of the season. I think this is where Rui's "VETERAN STRATEGY" is going to come back and bite him. Old legs don't recover as quickly as young ones so with all those games, he's going to have to decide whether or not to send the sattlelite team to ACL, take a chance with the youngsters in league against Thespa and Ehime so the regulars can get a breather or go for it all. If Verdy is able to steal the first match against Ulsan, I think that ACL will be treated seriously, if they lose it 3-1 or 4-1, I think you will see a team of young guys like Kosuke Kiyama and old guys like Nagai making up a b squad for an asian roadie.