MLS Season Pass picture quality runs rings around other leagues

Anyone who has watched soccer games on Apple TV's MLS Season Pass this season will have noticed how crisp and detailed the picture quality is. So much so that it's starting to make broadcasts of soccer games on other streaming services look inferior. While not quite the same, it does remind me a lot of […]

Apple is pondering entering the race to land the Premier League and EFL rights for broadcasts in the United Kingdom. Right now, Premier League rights belong to Sky, BT Sport and Amazon. That deal started in 2022 and runs through 2025. Those three companies paid a combined $6.3 billion for the three-year deal. Now, though, […]

An Angel City FC documentary is coming in May 2023 to HBO and HBO Max. The NWSL's Los Angeles-based club debuted in 2022, pulling in the largest average crowds in the league. The three part docuseries is aptly titled "ANGEL CITY," and will premiere on HBO and streaming service HBO Max. It will follow the […]

Apple and MLS revealed their announcers for the fifth round of league games on MLS Season Pass on March 25. All 14 matchups will take place this Saturday. Although we're just five weeks into the campaign, there are certainly some interesting fixtures at the weekend. St. Louis City SC, despite being in their inaugural season […]

Ted Lasso season three began this past Wednesday, and the premiere set records in terms of the hit show's viewership. Granted, this is largely compared to the show's second season, which truly garnered hit status with millions following the show. Samba TV is an audience analytics company that measures three million US households weighted against […]

France thumped the Netherlands 4-0 in Paris on Friday night with new French captain Kylian Mbappé leading the way. The fixture was a matchup of the top two teams in Group B of the 2024 Euro qualifiers. The hosts started with a bang as Antoine Griezmann put the ball into the back of the net […]

US Open Cup returned with the 1st round and teams across the United States. Some of them feature amateurs and semi-professionals dreaming of a fairytale run in the oldest ongoing national soccer competition. These games as well as a handful in the next couple rounds, are available via Bleacher Report. Here's what happened in the […]

Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly set to hold talks with Julian Nagelsmann over a potential managerial role with the club. The 35-year-old coach has recently been fired from his role at Bayern Munich this week. Bayern will soon appoint Thomas Tuchel as new manager of the club. According to The Telegraph, Nagelsmann is apparently a fan […]

Everton is under the microscope of an independent commission regarding a violation of the Premier League's financial fair play rules. The Premier League claims that the breach in financial rules occurred during the 2021/22 campaign. Those rules state clubs are allowed to lose a maximum of $128 million over a three-year span. These Profitability and […]

The Argentina national team played its first game in front of home fans in Buenos Aires since winning the World Cup in Qatar. That triumph was a long-awaited conquest for the South American nation. The last time La Albiceleste won the World Cup before 2022 was 1986. Despite many of the fans in attendance not […]

The Premier League continues to be the most watched and discussed soccer league in the United States among English-language audiences. This is the case even as other European leagues make dedicated efforts to corner the US market. Much of the credit goes to the Premier League’s head-start in the US. Also, the work with NBC […]

The leaked kits for the USA in 2023 feature some different designs. No, the striped 'Where's Waldo' kit is still not there, despite calls for it from many US fans. Still, these two kits, expected to be worn in the 2023 Women's World Cup, are unique in their own way. Starting with the supposed home […]

Rocco Commisso, owner of both the New York Cosmos and Serie A side Fiorentina, had an entire segment on CBS's 60 Minutes this week. The Italian immigrant to the United States purchased both clubs after amassing a net worth over $8 billion. Commisso, as detailed in the profile, is one of the most famous American […]

Brazil's state championships are a unique set of 26 leagues that run across the different federal areas of the country. Most states run their championship between January and April. However, there are some states where the competition runs slightly later. The state championships include the famous Brazilian teams who compete within the national Campeonato Brasileiro […]

Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry are two of the latest names to circle for the head coaching position with the USMNT. Crystal Palace sacked the former on Friday after a run of 12 matches without a win. The latter is a pundit for CBS, but he previously worked under Roberto Martinez on the Belgium National […]

Pete Radovich, the VP of Production and Creative Director of CBS Sports, talked to World Soccer Talk about the impending release of CBS Sports Golazo Network. This is a 24/7 channel on CBS's platforms that is solely dedicated to soccer. It has live and pre-recorded matches, documentaries, studio and magazine shows and pre- and post-game […]

Is MLS Season Pass the smartest or dumbest decision the league has ever made? We discuss the positives and negatives of the MLS Season Pass experience as well as whether it's changing our viewing habits at all. We share our favorite analysts thus far as well as what impact the viewing experience on Apple TV […]

In our candid interview with Taylor Twellman, the MLS Season Pass lead co-commentator opens up to talk about his departure from ESPN, whether he and Jon Champion may work together again in the future, and his response to some of the criticisms of MLS. Plus, Twellman discusses the challenges that MLS and Apple face with […]

Kaylyn Kyle, who spent time most recently as a reporter and analyst with Inter Miami, is among the talented names featuring on MLS Season Pass. The former Canadian international is on the four-person crew on MLS 360, the whip-around show during busy MLS gamedays. Kyle talks about how excited she is for this new era […]