Austin FC releases 2024 schedule — here's what we learned

It’s Schedule Release Day, and for Austin FC, the 2024 season starts and ends at home, with Austin hosting Minnesota United FC in the Feb. 24 opener and ending on Decision Day against the Rapids.

While the Eastern Conference road trips might be a bit underwhelming, it looks like a schedule that is quite Saturday-heavy and only holds a couple of ghastly travel patches for Verde.

Here’s at look at the home and away schedules, match by match.

Home matches

(at 7:30 p.m. CT unless indicated)

1. Saturday, Feb. 24, vs. Minnesota United FC
2. Saturday, March 9, vs. St. Louis City SC
3. Saturday, March 16, vs. Philadelphia Union
4. Saturday, March 30, vs. FC Dallas
5. Saturday, April 6, vs. San Jose Earthquakes
6. Saturday, April 27, vs. LA Galaxy (at 12:30 p.m.!)
7. Wednesday, May 15, vs. Houston Dynamo FC
8. Saturday, May 18, vs. Sporting Kansas City
9. Wednesday, May 29, vs. Portland Timbers
10. Wednesday, June 19, vs. LAFC
11. Saturday, July 6, vs. NYCFC
12. Saturday, July 13, vs. Seattle Sounders FC
13. Saturday, July 20, vs. Charlotte FC
14. Saturday, Aug. 31, vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
15. Saturday, Sept. 21, vs. Houston Dynamo FC
16. Saturday, Sept. 28, vs. Real Salt Lake
17. Saturday, Oct. 19, vs. Colorado Rapids (8 p.m.)

Away matches

1. Saturday, March 2, 9:30 p.m. CT, at Seattle Sounders FC
2. Saturday, March 23, 6:30 p.m. CT at Orlando City
3. Sunday, April 14, 3:30 p.m. CT, at St. Louis City SC
4. Saturday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. CT, at Houston Dynamo FC
5. Saturday, May 4, at Vancouver Whitecaps FC (time TBD)
6. Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. CT, at FC Dallas
7. Saturday, May 25, 9:30 p.m. CT, at San Jose Earthquakes
8. Saturday, June 1, 8:30 p.m. CT, at Real Salt Lake
9. Saturday, June 15, 8:30 p.m. CT, at Colorado Rapids
10. Saturday, June 22, 9:30 p.m. CT, at Minnesota United FC
11. Saturday, June 29, 7:30 p.m. CT, at Sporting Kansas City
12. Wednesday, July 17, 7:30 p.m. CT, at FC Dallas
13. Saturday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m. CT, at Nashville SC
14. Saturday, Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m. CT, at Toronto FC
15. Wednesday, Sept. 18, 9:30 p.m. CT, at LAFC
16. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 9:30 p.m. CT, at Portland Timbers FC
17. Saturday, Oct. 5, 9:30 p.m. CT, at LA Galaxy

And here’s what jumps out.