Schedule reveal day is an important one for fans. It’s the day you get to see which nights you’re going to be at your second home during the season and start planning road trips for the year ahead.
But it’s also a chance for the league’s clubs to show off their creativity. A schedule’s fine, but how you present it can give fans an extra treat to go into the holidays with.
Here are five that we thought hit the bullseye in their presentations as we look forward to the new campaign.
Our 2025 home match schedule.
— Las Vegas Lights FC (@lvlightsfc) December 19, 2024
Las Vegas, our city of bright lights and late nights, this is for you. pic.twitter.com/qDOIrETSj6
There’s something about classic Las Vegas and the places that are known to locals that speaks to another time and another side of the city. The centering of those spots in the way of hotels and motels with the background of The Killers’ recent single Bright Lights is beautifully done.
If you want to feel old, Temple Run is now more than a decade old, but Orange County’s use of the scrolling video game is cleverly done as it lobs jabs at some of its rivals in the Western Conference and gives a shout out to former star Aodhan Quinn.
When making a piece of great digital content, the details are what make the difference. That’s what makes Phoenix Rising’s launch video filmed at Chilte Phoenix tremendous. From the grilled Chiles introducing the clash with New Mexico United and the Mint Julep cocktail for Lexington SC’s visit on the Fourth of July, this hits all the right notes.
The Tampa Bay Rowdies have leaned heavily into the retro feel recently – see last year’s Hooped Sleeves kit reveal – and with 2025 marking the 50th anniversary since the club’s origin as the first professional sports organization in the Tampa Bay area, it enlisted the help of original artist Scott Ross for a glorious trip down memory lane.
Unless you’ve been detached from the internet for a while, you’ll know about Hot Ones, the brilliantly conceived interview show that also puts its subjects into unearthly levels of torture with hot sauce and chicken wings.
Birmingham Legion’s take on this is brilliant. From the cold open – “My brain is starting to sweat,” declares Matt VanOekel – to the end, it’s a riot to watch as VanOekel, Enzo Martinez and AJ Paterson crank up the heat with hot sauces themed after their 2025 opponents.