ABC Will Air MLS Cup Live

Posted by at 11:41 am on August 28, 2019

Major League Soccer’s championship match will return to ABC for the first time since 2008 when ESPN presents the 2019 MLS Cup on  this November on ABC.

The 2019 MLS Cup comes at the Major League Soccer’s three-week Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, which will feature 14 teams – seven per conference. Winners of the Eastern and Western Conference Finals (Oct. 29-30) advance to the championship. The conference champion with the highest point total in the regular season will host MLS Cup.

ABCSee The First 9 Minutes Of ABC’s Emergence was the exclusive home of MLS Cup during Major League Soccer’s first 13 years (1996-2008). ESPN has televised the championship match for eight of the last 10 seasons.

“ABC has a rich history of soccer coverage, including MLS Cup for more than a decade in the early years of Major League Soccer. We are excited to once again showcase the league’s marquee event on the network,” said Burke Magnus, executive vice president, Programming and Scheduling, ESPN.

“We can’t think of a better way to highlight the culmination of our season than to have our championship match on ABC,” said Gary Stevenson, MLS Deputy Commissioner, president and managing director of MLS Business Ventures. “This broadcast is an outstanding example of our partnership and ABC’s commitment to the continued growth of Major League Soccer.”

ESPN’s top MLS commentator team of Jon Champion (play-by-play), Taylor Twellman (analyst) and Sebastian Salazar (reporter) will call MLS Cup on ABC.

The MLS Cup Will air  on ABC on Sunday, Nov . 10 (3:00-5:30 p.m. EST), on ABC. The match will also be streamed live on both the ESPN and ABC apps.

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