Thursday night's broadcast of LAFC against LA Galaxy scored a combined viewing audience of 871,000 viewers across the ESPN2, ESPN and ESPN Deportes channels, according to an ESPN spokesperson. Ending in an exciting 5-3 finish, the LAFC-LA Galaxy game made history by becoming the most-viewed MLS Cup Playoff game on record for the ESPN networks. […]

As soccer fandom continues to grow in the United States, Telemundo Deportes is taking unprecedented steps to cover the beautiful game in a multitude of ways across various platforms. On October 14, the Spanish-language network revealed their plethora of programs catered to their digital audience. To continue to grow their online base of over 11 […]

If you're trying to find out how you can watch Celtic vs. Lazio in the Europa League, you've come to the right place, which you can also stream to your TV. Be sure you don't miss out on the UEFA Europa League season, which you can watch select games on B/R Live. More details below. […]

TV viewing numbers for the 2019 MLS regular season saw a dramatic decline compared to last year, so much so that the MLS TV ratings slumped 19% while the opening weekend of the MLS playoffs dropped 54%. For the 2019 regular MLS season, viewership over the 62 televised broadcasts averaged 268,081 viewers according to research […]

It only seemed like yesterday Turner Sports acquired the English-language rights to the UEFA Champions League in the US market, but despite just being in year two of a three-year rights cycle, the bidding for the next round of Champions League and Europa League rights — for 2021 to 2024 — are already underway. According to UEFA, […]

There was really nothing for the US to learn about themselves against Cuba in their Nations League opener on Friday night. The only possible outcome that would have moved the needle in any direction was a loss and that didn’t happen. The US was totally dominant from start to finish but that’s to be expected […]

Reports and rumors have surfaced that Mesut Özil could be on his way out of Arsenal as soon as January. While this isn’t necessarily breaking news, as the playmaker has made just two appearances on the season, it is a disappointing development in his illustrious career. The former German international has collected trophies in all […]

Nobody asked for the Nations League. Jurgen Klinsmann recently gave an interview to Herculez Gomez of ESPN FC where he called the Nations League a waste of time for teams like the US, Mexico, and Costa Rica. And despite US Soccer’s best efforts to hype this game against Cuba into something resembling a big game, […]

With every deal that the Bundesliga has signed in the United States, the German league has become more popular. From GolTV to FOX Sports to, beginning in the summer of 2020, ESPN, the Bundesliga keeps on working diligently to try to crack the American market. But the Bundesliga's deal with ESPN is something else. It's […]

ESPN’s English-language television coverage of Major League Soccer generated a two percent increase during the 2019 regular season, according to Nielsen. The 31-match schedule on ESPN and ESPN2 delivered an average audience of 246,000 viewers, up from 241,000 viewers for 31 matches in 2018. On ESPN, 25 matches averaged 266,000 viewers, a seven percent gain […]

Major League Soccer has a TV ratings problem, and it's named FOX Soccer. During the penultimate weekend of the regular season when teams are typically fighting to finish in the top 4 seeds in the playoffs, you would expect FOX Sports to generate impressive viewing numbers for two vital games featuring clubs that are based […]

NBC Sports and the Premier League celebrate the 2019-20 season by heading southwest for the first time with the next Premier League Mornings Live fan festival in Austin, Texas on October 26-27, 2019. The two-day fan festival will take over Scholz Garten, the oldest beer garden in America, and features live action from nine games […]

When Arsenal were originally linked with Matteo Guendouzi in the summer of 2018, many Gooners around the globe had the same reaction: “who?” After all, the then teenager was a relative unknown player outside of France. Plying his trade for Ligue 2 side Lorient, there was little information on the shaggy-haired midfielder. Nevertheless, Arsenal’s brass […]

Asif Kapadia’s trilogy of documenting child geniuses and fame comes to an end with Diego Maradona. The film focuses on the Argentinian’s Napoli years and does an excellent job chronicling Maradona’s tumultuous time in Italy. The Academy Award-winning director stated in June he initially thought about making a movie about the mercurial icon around 1998-99 […]

The worst kept secret about the Bundesliga in the United States has now been officially confirmed. Beginning in the summer of 2020, ESPN+ will be the exclusive broadcaster of the German league in the United States. It means that the five-year grip that FOX Sports had on the United States is coming to an end. […]