"Apple TV subscribers will be able to watch all Major League Soccer matches without an additional subscription beginning next year. During the first three years of MLS' 10-year, $2.5 billion agreement with Apple, a standalone Season Pass subscription was needed to access all matches. During this season, over 200 matches were simulcast on both MLS Season Pass and Apple TV, including the league's Sunday Night Soccer package."
"Apple has made its Friday night Major League Baseball doubleheaders available to all subscribers since its start in 2022. It recently secured U.S. rights to Formula 1 for five years which will also be available beginning next season. Making the MLS games more accessible also comes as the United States hosts the World Cup next year and the league contemplates switching to a late summer to spring calendar matching the European model in 2027."
"We had been testing Sunday Night Soccer' on Apple TV and we got a really good reception to it. Then we talked to them about the potential schedule change and they thought that made sense. So it all kind of seemed like the perfect evolution to what we started and we think that the fans are going to find the experience and the value to be significantly better, Stevenson said."
Apple TV will make all Major League Soccer matches available to subscribers without a separate Season Pass beginning next year. The first three years of MLS's 10-year, $2.5 billion agreement required a standalone Season Pass to access all matches. Over 200 matches were simulcast on both MLS Season Pass and Apple TV this season, including Sunday Night Soccer. MLS owners announced the change at a meeting, and MLS season ticket holders will receive Apple TV subscriptions after previously receiving MLS Season Pass. Apple has previously offered all subscribers Friday MLB doubleheaders since 2022 and recently secured U.S. Formula 1 rights. MLS averaged 3.7 million gross live viewers per week, a 29% increase over 2024.
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