List of MLS Cup broadcasters
None
None
The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that have broadcast the MLS Cup .
2020s
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator (s) | Sideline reporter (s) | Studio host | Studio analyst(s) | Rules analyst |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Fox | John Strong | Stuart Holden | Kyndra de St. Aubin | Rodolfo Landeros | Alexi Lalas and Maurice Edu | Joe Machnik |
TSN1 | |||||||
2021 | ABC | Jon Champion | Taylor Twellman | Sam Borden | Sebastian Salazar | Alejandro Moreno and Robin Fraser | Mark Clattenburg |
TSN1 | |||||||
2020 | Fox | John Strong | Stuart Holden | Katie Witham | Rob Stone | Alexi Lalas and Maurice Edu | Joe Machnik |
TSN1 |
Note
- 2022 - Rodolfo Landeros filled in for Rob Stone due to the latter’s college football commitments.
2010s
2000s
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator (s) | Sideline reporter (s) | Studio host | Studio analyst(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | ESPN | JP Dellacamera | John Harkes | Allen Hopkins | Rob Stone | Julie Foudy and Alexi Lalas |
GolTV Canada | ||||||
2008 | ABC | Allen Hopkins and Pedro Gomez | ||||
CBC | Nigel Reed | Jason DeVos | Mitch Peacock | Brenda Irving | Jim Brennan | |
2007 | ABC | Dave O'Brien | Eric Wynalda and Julie Foudy | Allen Hopkins | Rob Stone | Julie Foudy |
bold | ||||||
2006 | ABC | Eric Wynalda and Bruce Arena | Brandi Chastain | Brandi Chastain | ||
2005 | JP Dellacamera | Eric Wynalda | ||||
2004 | Lorrie Fair | |||||
2003 | Marcelo Balboa and Eric Wynalda | |||||
2002 | Ty Keough | Veronica Paysse | Eric Wynalda | |||
2001 | Jack Edwards | |||||
2000 | Alexi Lalas |
Note
-
In August 2006, MLS and ESPN announced an eight-year contract spanning 2007–2014, giving the league its first rights-fee agreement worth $8 million annually.
[1]
This deal gave league a regular primetime slot on Thursdays, televised coverage of the first round of the
MLS SuperDraft
, and an expanded presence on other ESPN properties such as ESPN360 (now
ESPN3
) and Mobile ESPN. The agreement also placed each season's opening match,
All-Star Game
, and MLS Cup on ABC.
- bold simulcast ABC's coverage of MLS Cup 2007 in Canada.
1990s
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator (s) | Sideline reporter (s) | Studio host | Studio analyst(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | ABC | Phil Schoen | Ty Keough | Rob Stone | John Harkes and Alexi Lalas | |
1998 | Seamus Malin and Bill McDermott | Julie Foudy | ||||
1997 | Bob Ley | Phil Schoen and Bill McDermott | ||||
1996 | Phil Schoen | Bill McDermott | Roger Twibell | Alexi Lalas |
Note
- On March 15, 1994, Major League Soccer with ESPN and ABC Sports announced the league's first television rights deal without any players, coaches, or teams in place. [2] The three-year agreement committed 10 games on ESPN, 25 on ESPN2 , and the MLS Cup on ABC . The deal gave MLS no rights fees but split advertising revenue between the league and networks.
References
- ↑ "ESPN, MLS Reach Eight-Year TV Deal That Includes Rights Fees" . SportsBusiness Daily . August 7, 2006 . Retrieved February 22, 2012 .
- ↑ "U.S. Pro League Moves Along By Signing a Television Deal" . The New York Times . March 16, 1994 . Retrieved February 22, 2012 .
External links
Finals | |
---|---|
Playoffs | |
Broadcasters
by country |
|
||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Broadcasters
by league |
|
||||||||
Broadcasters
by event |
|
||||||||
Dedicated
channels |
|
American networks |
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spanish language networks |
|
||||
Canadian networks |
|
||||
News and highlight programs |
|
||||
Commentators |
|
||||
Miscellaneous |
|
Baseball | |
---|---|
Basketball | |
Football | |
Golf | |
Motorsports | |
Soccer | |
Thoroughbred Racing | |
Other | |
Related articles |
Related programs | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Related articles | |||||||||||
Commentators |
|
||||||||||
MLS Cup |
|
||||||||||
MLS All-Star Game |
|
||||||||||
Related programs | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Related articles | |||||||||||
Commentators |
|
||||||||||
MLS Cup | |||||||||||
MLS All-Star Game | |||||||||||
North American major sports championship broadcasters
|
|
---|---|
Professional sports | |
Colligate sports | |
Defunct events |