ABC soccer coverage

ABC soccer coverage
ABC soccer coverage

ABC is an English-language television network that’s available on over-the-air television throughout the United States. ABC (American Broadcasting Company) began in 1948. It is currently in more than 97% of all households in the United States. That represents 305,347,338 residents with at least one television set. Its parent company is The Walt Disney Corporation, who also owns ESPN.

While ABC is very accessible via television, you can also stream its programming online. Plus the channel is available through providers including Fubo, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV as well as YouTube TV.

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ABC: A proud history of soccer coverage

More recently, American Broadcasting Company will be familiar to soccer fans for coverage of Major League Soccer and UEFA qualifiers for the European Championship. Plus the recent broadcast of a Barcelona game live from Camp Nou.

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Upcoming Matches on ABC:

For the Euro 2020 tournament, ABC televised five matches. In total, it was two group stage matches, two round of 16, and one quarterfinal. ESPN televised 40 UEFA EURO 2020 matches, and ESPN2 aired six. It was the first UEFA European Football Championship matches on network television since 2008.

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As far as talent goes, when soccer games air on ABC, the broadcaster utilizes the commentators, analysts and presenters from ESPN. After all, they all work for the same company (Walt Disney Corp.) at the end of the day.

If you go back quite a few decades, ABC will have been synonymous with the North American Soccer League (NASL). Here’s a clip to show you what their soccer coverage looked like in 1980:

Soccer Channels

Here’s our comprehensive listing of the different soccer channels available:

ABC channel
ATA Football
beIN SPORTS soccer channel
beIN SPORTS Connect
beIN SPORTS en Espanol
beIN SPORTS XTRA channel
beIN SPORTS XTRA en Espanol
CBS channel
CBS Sports Network
ESPN channel
ESPN Deportes
ESPN Plus soccer channel
ESPN2 channel
ESPN 3
ESPNEWS channel
ESPNU channel
FOX channel
FOX Deportes
FOX Soccer Plus
FS1 channel
FS2 channel
Fubo Sports Network
Galavision channel
GolTV soccer channel
GolTV en Espanol channel
NBC channel
NBCSN soccer channel
Paramount+ soccer channel
Peacock TV
Prende TV
Telemundo channel
Tubi
TUDN soccer channel
TUDNxtra channel
TyC Sports Internacional
UniMas channel
Universo channel
Univision soccer channel
USA Network channel
YouTube
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