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Major League Soccer, together with its national television networks – ESPN2 and ABC, Fox Soccer Channel/Fox Sports en Español, HDNet and TeleFutura – has unveiled the 2008 Regular Season schedule. Major League Soccer’s four national television partners will again combine to broadcast 113 games.

In the League’s 13th season, each of the 14 clubs will play 30 Regular Season games over 31 weeks, for a total of 210 matches from March 29 – Oct. 26. Each team will play each other twice (home and away), for 26 games. The remaining four games will be played against different intra-conference teams (two home and two away), with consideration given to rivalries.

David Beckham will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season and join side Los Angeles Galaxy on a £128million ($250 million) five-year deal. The former England captain will leave Real in June and begin his new career in Major League Soccer in August.

In terms of finances it is a mega deal and compares with the biggest in mainstream US sports American football and baseball. The MLS have recently changed their salary cap rules to allow sides to make marquee signings of top international stars. The Beckham deal will see the 31-year-old benefit directly from all his image rights and related sponsorship deals which in the past have had to be shared with his club.