Fox’s coverage of MLS Cup final sees highest viewership for final since 1997
This year's final saw a 91 percent increase over last year.
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Dutch Eurosport announcer completely ignored MLS Cup Final to instead talk about Donald Trump and sing Frank Sinatra
"Frank had his last broadcast yesterday and was clearly busy with everything except his last game! We too had a different view this last time and therefore our sincere apologies."
ESPN hires veteran soccer voice Jon Champion as its main MLS announcer
Champion takes over for long-time voice Adrian Healey. Healey will remain with ESPN
Taylor Twellman tries, fails to get angry at one of his MLS goal-scoring records being broken
Some quality acting here from Taylor, who managed to get Adrian Healey to break like Jimmy Fallon.
D.C. United reporter Lindsay Simpson hit in head by falling metal railing at brand-new Audi Field
There were reportedly "a couple of incidents" of sections of the railing falling at the stadium.
MLS teams charting new ground as it embraces digital-only local rights
After new deals for LAFC (YouTube TV) and the Chicago Fire (ESPN+), four MLS franchises have now sold their local rights to streaming services.
Twitter inks three-year deal to stream MLS matches, kicking off this weekend
The first match will be Real Salt Lake against LAFC on Saturday afternoon.
On-demand service DAZN announces partnerships to air MLS games, Pac-12 Network in Canada
DAZN is attempting to move on from last fall's high-profile blunders with a pair of new deals.
Max Bretos becomes LAFC’s “lead broadcaster and head of content,” will still work for ESPN
"I met my wife in L.A. and my son was born here – to be able to return here to create content and help voice the soundtrack for this new Club is a dream come true."
ESPN Plus acquires exclusive out-of-market Major League Soccer rights, will offer them at a cheaper price than MLS Live did
ESPN will offer full out-of-market MLS streaming through ESPN Plus, which will be cheaper than MLS Live and have other sports content as well.
YouTube TV grabs exclusive English media rights for LAFC
LAFC won’t be seen on TV in English except for games airing on national networks.
MLS Cup 2017 on ESPN draws lower overnight from last year
Last year’s game aired in primetime on Fox.
ESPN’s Taylor Twellman addresses the year in US Soccer: World Cup debacle, MLS expansion, #SavetheCrew, and more
A wide-ranging interview with ESPN's lead soccer analyst about all the on- and off-field developments in 2017.
The MLS playoff schedule is doing nobody any favors
What is up with this schedule?
Facebook’s video platform debuts with over 30 new shows including sports-related videos
Over 30 series will premiere this week including live sports and unscripted shows
