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Some The Athletic MLS writers were told they’re no longer needed; the site says “a big announcement” is on the way
"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."
ESPN+ signs deal with U.S. Soccer for exclusive U.S. Open Cup rights through 2022
All U.S. Open Cup matches, including the final, are moving to ESPN+.
FC Cincinnati announces their own FloSports deal a day after DC United’s FloSports debut was plagued with issues
FloSports has a deal with a second MLS club, but this weekend, they experienced plenty of streaming issues with DC United.
MLS has told clubs not to sign local deals beyond 2022 in hopes of packaging with national rights, a plan that carries plenty...
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 shucking traditional local TV deal, will instead stream games through FloSports
D.C. United joins two other MLS teams in streaming its games exclusively online.
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.
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."
