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MLS releases 2017 schedule; F.C. Dallas to play during World Cup qualifying

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NEW YORK -- Major League Soccer will play again during World Cup qualifying but with a reduced schedule. FC Dallas is among teams that could lose players to national teams.

Three games each are scheduled during the June and September international fixture periods and two in October, the league said Thursday. National teams have the right to players during those dates.

The U.S. hosts Trinidad and Tobago on June 8 and plays at Mexico three days later. On June 10, FCD is at Portland, Atlanta is at Chicago and Montreal is at Kansas City.

Qualifying in the North and Central American and Caribbean region resumes when the U.