January 29, 2024
UPDATE
Main League Soccer returns to MLS Season Go on the Apple TV app
Followers can subscribe as we speak to take pleasure in Lionel Messi’s first full season with MLS, Inter Miami CF preseason friendlies, unique MLS content material, and extra
MLS’s twenty ninth season kicks off February 21 on MLS Season Go
Beginning as we speak, followers in additional than 100 nations and areas can join MLS Season Go on Apple TV to take pleasure in the entire Main League Soccer motion all through the 2024 season. With an MLS Season Go subscription, followers have entry to each MLS recreation with no blackouts, in-depth protection and evaluation, an array of unique content material, and extra. This intensive protection contains entry to Leagues Cup, MLS All-Star, and Audi MLS Cup Playoffs video games. The upcoming 2024 season — kicking off February 21 — is the second in a historic 10-year partnership between Apple and Main League Soccer, following an unforgettable 2023 season marked by record-setting milestones and the arrival of eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi. Moreover, MLS Season Go will launch a first-of-its-kind whip-around present for Spanish-speaking followers.
“The primary yr of our partnership with Main League Soccer exceeded expectations and introduced MLS to extra followers than ever earlier than,” stated Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vp of Companies. “We look ahead to constructing upon that momentum, celebrating Messi’s first full season with the league, and delivering MLS followers the most effective expertise doable.”
“Launching MLS Season Go was a transformational second for our league as soccer followers all through the world had been capable of watch MLS video games with no restrictions and with terrific manufacturing high quality because of our partnership with Apple,” stated Don Garber, MLS’s commissioner. “The primary season overdelivered, and yr two goes to be even higher.”
“From the standard of the broadcasts to the intensive featured content material, MLS Season Go had an ideal first yr,” stated Darlington Nagbe, Columbus Crew captain and four-time MLS Cup winner. “It’s been unbelievable to have all MLS matches accessible throughout the globe throughout such an thrilling time for the Crew and the league. Family and friends have been capable of simply take pleasure in matches regardless of the place they’re, which my teammates and I actually recognize. MLS Season Go helps to showcase our league, and I’m enthusiastic about what’s forward in 2024.”
Lionel Messi: Inter Miami 2024 Preseason Matches
After becoming a member of Inter Miami final July, Messi reworked the North American soccer panorama and introduced a world highlight to Main League Soccer. To prepare for Messi’s first full season within the league, MLS Season Go subscribers can take pleasure in Inter Miami preseason matches.
On Thursday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m. ET, Miami will welcome Messi’s childhood membership, Newell’s Previous Boys, for the membership’s closing 2024 preseason pleasant. See under for the entire listing of preseason matches scheduled to broadcast on MLS Season Go within the coming weeks.
- Monday, January 29, at 1 p.m. ET at Al Hilal SFC
- Thursday, February 1, at 1 p.m. ET at Al-Nassr FC
- Sunday, February 4, at 3 a.m. ET at Hong Kong Staff
- Thursday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m. ET vs. Newell’s Previous Boys
MLS is Again: 2024 Opening Weekend
MLS’s twenty ninth season kickoff would be the earliest in league historical past as Messi and reigning Leagues Cup champion Inter Miami CF host Actual Salt Lake in a standalone match on Wednesday, February 21, at DRV PNK Stadium. The match will air at 8 p.m. ET completely on MLS Season Go on Apple TV. MLS is Again opening week motion continues with MLS golf equipment competing throughout a slate of 14 matches on Saturday, February 24, and Sunday, February 25, highlighted by the LA Galaxy internet hosting Inter Miami CF on Sunday, February 25, at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park.
The next Matchday 1 video games will likely be accessible totally free on MLS Season Go:
Saturday, February 24
LAFC vs. Seattle Sounders FC
4:30 p.m. ET
D.C. United vs. New England Revolution
7:30 p.m. ET
Orlando Metropolis SC vs. CF Montréal
7:30 p.m. ET
Sunday, February 25
FC Cincinnati vs. Toronto FC
2:30 p.m. ET
The upcoming season will characteristic thrilling new expertise and returning international soccer superstars for what guarantees to be an unbelievable yr, together with Atlanta United FC’s Thiago Almada, Caleb Wiley, and Giorgos Giakoumakis; Walker Zimmerman and Hany Mukhtar in Nashville; Cucho Hernández and Diego Rossi with Columbus Crew; FC Cincinnati’s Luciano Acosta; Héctor Herrera with Houston Dynamo FC; in addition to new goalkeeper for LAFC, Hugo Lloris. Luis Suárez additionally reunites with Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba at Inter Miami.
The entire 2024 MLS regular-season schedule might be discovered at mlssoccer.com/information/mls-unveils-2024-regular-season-schedule.
The Final Vacation spot for MLS Followers
MLS Season Go options each reside MLS regular-season match, the whole Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, Leagues Cup, MLS All-Star, Campeones Cup, and choose MLS NEXT and MLS NEXT Professional matches and tournaments multi functional place, with no blackouts. Plus, subscribers get unique on-demand content material and essentially the most expansive and accessible programming lineup ever, together with MLS Countdown and MLS Wrap-Up in English, and MLS La Previa and MLS El Resumen in Spanish. New for the 2024 season, MLS 360 — the favored reside whip-around present offering reside look-ins from each match alongside skilled evaluation and dialogue — will now even be accessible in Spanish for the primary time, hosted by returning MLS Season Go broadcaster Tony Cherchi, a veteran multilingual commentator and analyst. Cherchi will likely be joined by Miguel Gallardo, a former skilled participant, and Giovanni Savarese, a former participant and MLS Cup finalist head coach. New additions to the Spanish-language MLS La Previa and MLS El Resumen studio exhibits embody Antonella Gonzalez taking up a brand new position from her earlier sideline reporter place.
Followers within the U.S. and Canada will proceed to have the choice to pick out their dwelling crew’s radio broadcast for match audio the place accessible. A crew of proficient broadcasters and soccer legends will spearhead MLS Season Go protection, bringing their experience and keenness to accompany the motion.
Followers have the flexibility to hitch matches reside or watch the whole match from the beginning anytime on demand, with condensed match recaps accessible for all video games. With the Multiview characteristic, followers can take pleasure in as much as 4 simultaneous matches directly on Apple TV 4K gadgets and on iPad.1
Followers can choose their favourite membership with My Sports activities on MLS Season Go for a extra customized expertise. As soon as a fan selects a favourite membership, their matches will routinely seem within the Up Subsequent watchlist on the Apple TV app, in order that they’ll by no means miss a second. Followers can even decide in to obtain a notification on iPhone and iPad each time their match is about to begin. Every membership web page will provide followers a single vacation spot to discover every little thing there may be to look at on their membership, together with reside matches, match previews, interviews and replays, and extra. Followers can even discover a schedule of all matches for his or her membership, and luxuriate in featured tales and highlights which are up to date recurrently. To prepare for the 2024 season, followers can discover huge collections of unique content material on MLS Season Go, together with a glance again at highlights from the previous season, curated membership content material, full replays of 2023 matches, tales from across the league, and extra.
Extra Methods to Have a good time MLS
- Apple TV+ just lately introduced a presently untitled Main League Soccer docuseries produced in partnership with award-winning Field to Field Movies and Main League Soccer; becoming a member of Messi Meets America, a six-part documentary occasion additionally produced in affiliation with Main League Soccer, that includes unique behind-the-scenes entry to Lionel Messi as he made his extremely anticipated debut in Leagues Cup and Main League Soccer in 2023; and the upcoming Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend, the primary official and definitive account of Messi’s sensational profession with the Argentina nationwide crew and his 5 FIFA World Cup appearances, premiering February 21, 2024.
- The Offside With Taylor Twellman podcast returns February 21 with a brand-new season overlaying each nook of the league. Hosted by MLS Season Go lead analyst Taylor Twellman, the podcast options athletes, coaches and executives from international skilled soccer, and high-profile company. Followers can comply with the present on Apple Podcasts at apple.co/Offside-Pod.
- On Apple Music, followers can take pleasure in unique club-curated playlists that includes songs and artists that embody the cultures of these golf equipment, with extra music content material coming all through the season at apple.co/AM-MLS.
- Apple Maps customers can discover devoted Matchday Guides created by MLS golf equipment and discover suggestions for native bars and eating places to catch a recreation, detailed details about their stadiums, and extra.
- On the Apple TV app, followers can take pleasure in My Sports activities throughout iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV to simply comply with their favourite MLS golf equipment, get alerts for upcoming video games, comply with scores in actual time, and extra at apple.co/MySportsMLS.
- On Apple Information, customers can simply comply with their favourite groups and leagues within the Sports activities tab; obtain tales from lots of of high publishers; entry scores, schedules, and standings for the highest skilled and school leagues; and watch highlights.2 Apple Information+ subscribers even have entry to The Athletic’s unmatched sports activities journalism, together with best-in-class crew protection and the largest and most compelling tales in sports activities each day.
- Siri can reply all kinds of questions associated to MLS, together with schedules, scores, standings, membership rosters, and participant stats.3
Subscribing to MLS Season Go
Followers can subscribe to MLS Season Go starting Monday, January 29, on the Apple TV app for $14.99 monthly throughout the season or $99 per season, and Apple TV+ subscribers can join at a particular value of $12.99 monthly or $79 per season.4 A subscription to MLS Season Go for this season will likely be included with every full-season MLS membership ticket account. By means of Household Sharing, as much as six relations can share the subscription utilizing their very own Apple ID and password.
MLS Season Go is offered on billions of gadgets by means of the Apple TV app on Apple gadgets, good TVs, streaming gadgets, set-top bins, and recreation consoles, in addition to on the net at television.apple.com. To study extra about methods to subscribe to MLS Season Go, go to apple.co/_MLS_.4
- Multiview is supported on iPad (seventh era) or later.
- My Sports activities shouldn’t be accessible in all nations and areas.
- Siri availability, options, and instructions range by language and nation or area.
- MLS Season Go is offered on the Apple TV app on iOS 16.2 or later, iPadOS 16.2 or later, Apple TV 4K or Apple TV HD with tvOS 16.2 or later, macOS Ventura 13.1 or later, on eligible good TVs and streaming gadgets, or at television.apple.com. Followers all over the world can take pleasure in MLS Season Go in English, Spanish, or French the place accessible, together with closed captions.
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