Full schedule for the 2016 MLS season has been released

Frank Lampard will have two chances of a Yankee Stadium derby victory in 2016

Yankee Stadium will host a pair of New York derbies next season after the full MLS schedule was unveiled on Thursday.

New York City FC, who have Chelsea great Frank Lampard in their squad, will host the New York Red Bulls at the home of baseball's New York Yankees on May 21 and July 3.

The Red Bulls won all three meetings between the clubs last season, NYCFC's first in the league, and the third game between the sides takes place on July 24 at their home in Harrison, New Jersey.

Other season highlights include a pair of Rivalry Weekends on May 20-22 and August 26-28, while the league will take a break from June 3-17 with the United States hosting the Copa America Centenario during that period.

MLS announced the first set of fixtures just before Christmas, with champions Portland Timbers taking on their MLS Cup final victims Columbus Crew on Sunday March 6.

All 20 teams will make their seasonal debut on the same day, with matches spread across the day from 1.30 ET (6.30pm GMT) to 10pm ET (3am GMT on Monday) when the final game pits the LA Galaxy against DC United.

The first game to kick off will see the Red Bulls host Toronto FC, 30 minutes before Orlando City start at home to Real Salt Lake and the Chicago Fire open up against New York City FC.

The Portland Timbers will start their title defence against Columbus Crew

San Jose Earthquakes play host to Colorado Rapids in a 3pm ET (8pm GMT) kick-off, the same time as FC Dallas kick off their home game against Philadelphia Union and Houston Dynamo host the New England Revolution.

Portland's season-opener kicks off at 4.30pm ET (9.30pm GMT) and an hour later there is an all-Canadian clash between the Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact.

The Seattle Sounders open at home to Sporting Kansas City at 7pm ET (12am GMT) and the finale takes place at StubHub Center, home of the Galaxy who won the MLS Cup in 2014.

Find all the regular season fixtures for the 2016 MLS season here.