Broadcast deal with ESPN and Fox

Major League Soccer has sold its domestic media rights to ESPN, Fox Sports and Univision from 2015 until the end of the 2022 season.

The deal also includes rights to US Soccer national team matches, with Fox Sports 1 and ESPN to split the English language rights to the approximately ten games the US team plays each year.

That represents a major uplift for Major League Soccer, which has received an average of US$18 million per season from its current deal with ESPN, Univision and NBC.

“We are honoured to partner with ESPN, Fox and Univision to form the most comprehensive US media rights partnership in the history of soccer in our country,” said Don Garber, the Major League Soccer commissioner.