Awful Announcing
"We have heard the concerns that subscribers have about changes to our coverage. We have a big announcement on the way, one that the whole company is very excited about. We'll be sharing that update very soon."
All U.S. Open Cup matches, including the final, are moving to ESPN+.
FloSports has a deal with a second MLS club, but this weekend, they experienced plenty of streaming issues with DC United.
Bundling local rights with national ones is a gamble that might not pay off, especially for clubs already doing well with local deals.
D.C. United joins two other MLS teams in streaming its games exclusively online.
This year's final saw a 91 percent increase over last year.
"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."
Champion takes over for long-time voice Adrian Healey. Healey will remain with ESPN
Some quality acting here from Taylor, who managed to get Adrian Healey to break like Jimmy Fallon.
There were reportedly "a couple of incidents" of sections of the railing falling at the stadium.
After new deals for LAFC (YouTube TV) and the Chicago Fire (ESPN+), four MLS franchises have now sold their local rights to streaming services.
The first match will be Real Salt Lake against LAFC on Saturday afternoon.
DAZN is attempting to move on from last fall's high-profile blunders with a pair of new deals.
"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 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.
