The National Lacrosse League will begin its 2010 season in early January with the first-ever game in Orlando, then follow with the league's debut in Washington the following night.

The 2010 schedule, released today by the league, puts the Philadelphia Wings and newly-relocated Orlando Titans alone on opening night, with a Friday, 8 January meeting at Amway Arena.

One night later, the Colorado Mammoth travels to Comcast Arena in Everett to play the Washington Stealth, freshly shifted from San Jose.

Overall, the 88-game schedule features 85 games on Fridays and Saturdays. The other three games, two of which are Calgary home games, will be played on Sunday afternoons.

"We're pleased to offer a schedule in which the vast majority of the games are on Friday or Saturday nights," NLL commissioner George Daniel said. "The league prides itself on a schedule that is as fan-friendly as possible."

In addition, the schedule includes no gimmickry as in past seasons -- with no neutral-site games or imbalanced scheduling, every team plays eight times on home turf.

The sixteen-week schedule concludes with three games on Saturday, 24 April. A schedule of weekends for the three-round playoffs will be released at a later date.

The complete 2010 NLL schedule follows (all times Eastern):

WEEK 1

Friday, 8 January
Philadelphia at Orlando - 7:35 PM

Saturday, 9 January
Toronto at Boston - 7:30 PM
Buffalo at Rochester - 8:05 PM
Colorado at Washington - 10:30 PM

Sunday, 10 January
Minnesota at Calgary - 5:00 PM


WEEK 2

Friday, 15 January
Boston at Toronto - 7:30 PM
Calgary at Minnesota - 8:35 PM
Edmonton at Washington - 11:00 PM

Saturday, 16 January
Boston at Philadelphia - 7:00 PM
Rochester at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Edmonton at Colorado - 9:00 PM


WEEK 3

Friday, 22 January
Colorado at Minnesota - 8:35 PM
Buffalo at Washington - 11:00 PM

Saturday, 23 January
Colorado at Philadelphia - 7:00 PM
Rochester at Toronto - 7:00 PM
Orlando at Boston - 7:30 PM
Buffalo at Edmonton - 9:00 PM
Washington at Calgary - 9:30 PM


WEEK 4

Friday, 29 January
Rochester at Orlando - 7:35 PM

Saturday, 30 January
Philadelphia at Boston - 1:00 PM
Calgary at Edmonton - 7:00 PM
Minnesota at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Toronto at Rochester - 8:05 PM
Washington at Colorado - 9:00 PM


WEEK 5

Friday, 5 February
Philadelphia at Toronto - 7:30 PM
Orlando at Colorado - 9:00 PM
Edmonton at Calgary - 9:30 PM
Minnesota at Washington - 11:00 PM

Saturday, 6 February
Orlando at Philadelphia - 7:00 PM
Toronto at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Rochester at Boston - 7:30 PM


WEEK 6

Friday, 12 February
Edmonton at Toronto - 7:30 PM

Saturday, 13 February
Boston at Rochester - 2:05 PM
Buffalo at Philadelphia - 7:00 PM
Washington at Minnesota - 8:35 PM

Sunday, 14 February
Toronto at Calgary - 5:00 PM


WEEK 7

Friday, 19 February
Calgary at Washington - 11:00 PM

Saturday, 20 February
Rochester at Philadelphia - 7:00 PM
Boston at Orlando - 7:35 PM
Colorado at Minnesota - 8:35 PM

Sunday, 21 February
Toronto at Edmonton - 3:30 PM


WEEK 8

Saturday, 27 February
Orlando at Toronto - 7:00 PM
Washington at Boston - 7:30 PM
Philadelphia at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Edmonton at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Minnesota at Colorado - 9:00 PM


WEEK 9

Saturday, 6 March
Orlando at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Philadelphia at Calgary - 9:30 PM


WEEK 10

Friday, 12 March
Buffalo at Toronto - 7:30 PM
Philadelphia at Orlando - 7:35 PM

Saturday, 13 March
Minnesota at Philadelphia - 7:00 PM
Buffalo at Boston - 7:30 PM
Orlando at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Edmonton at Colorado - 9:00 PM
Washington at Calgary - 9:30 PM


WEEK 11

Saturday, 20 March
Calgary at Orlando - 7:35 PM
Boston at Edmonton - 9:00 PM


WEEK 12

Friday, 26 March
Washington at Colorado - 9:00 PM
Minnesota at Calgary - 9:30 PM

Saturday, 27 March
Boston at Philadelphia - 7:00 PM
Toronto at Orlando - 7:35 PM
Buffalo at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Minnesota at Edmonton - 9:00 PM
Colorado at Washington - 10:30 PM


WEEK 13

Friday, 2 April
Calgary at Toronto - 7:30 PM
Washington at Edmonton - 9:00 PM

Saturday, 3 April
Toronto at Philadelphia - 7:00 PM
Orlando at Boston - 7:30 PM
Colorado at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Calgary at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Edmonton at Minnesota - 8:35 PM


WEEK 14

Friday, 9 April
Rochester at Minnesota - 8:35 PM
Colorado at Edmonton - 9:00 PM

Saturday, 10 April
Minnesota at Boston - 7:30 PM
Toronto at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Washington at Orlando - 7:35 PM
Philadelphia at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Colorado at Calgary - 9:30 PM


WEEK 15

Friday, 16 April
Rochester at Toronto - 7:30 PM
Buffalo at Orlando - 7:35 PM
Boston at Colorado - 9:00 PM
Calgary at Edmonton - 9:00 PM

Saturday, 17 April
Philadelphia at Minnesota - 8:35 PM
Edmonton at Washington - 10:30 PM


WEEK 16

Friday, 23 April
Calgary at Colorado - 9:00 PM

Saturday, 24 April
Boston at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Orlando at Minnesota - 8:35 PM
Rochester at Washington - 10:30 PM