Sunday Night Soccer on Apple TV+: MLS’s 2025 Vision
Fans in over 100 countries and territories can now sign up for MLS Season Pass to watch every moment of the 30th anniversary season when Major League Soccer comes to Apple TV next month. In-depth coverage and analysis, substantial programming, unique material, the Leagues Cup, the MLS All-Star Game, Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, MLS NEXT Pro games, and every MLS game without blackouts are available to subscribers.
Apple and Major League Soccer’s 10-year partnership enters its third year on February 22 with 2025. MLS will add San Diego FC as the 30th team in 2018.
Apple senior vice president of services Eddy Cue said “MLS Season Pass gives fans exactly what they want, connecting them with the game they love across all of their devices, without any blackouts.” “We are eager to start the season and are thrilled to continue improving the fan experience as enter to third year with MLS.”
Major sport Soccer commissioner Don Garber said, “Our collaboration with Apple has revolutionised the way supporters enjoy the league and made it available to more people globally than ever before.”With Sunday Night Soccer, a new studio, and Onside: Major League Soccer on Apple TV+, 2025 will be best season. It potential relationship with Apple excites us.
MLS Season Pass Preseason Action
MLS Season Pass will air preseason games to celebrate 2025’s start. MLS Season Pass will air preseason games to celebrate 2025’s start. These include Inter Miami’s final preseason friendly against Orlando City SC on February 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET and LAFC’s match against Liga MX Apertura 2024 winner Club América on February 11 at 10:30 p.m Apple TV+ users will also be able to watch these games for free.
MLS Returns: Opening Weekend in 2025
MLS is Back weekend on February 22–23 will include all 30 teams. Season opener against New York City FC at 2:30 p.m. ET features MLS MVP Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF. You can find the full regular-season schedule at mlssoccer.com.
Introducing Sunday Night Soccer
With improved production and specialised studio programming, MLS Season Pass will debut Sunday Night Soccer in 2025, where a featured game of the week will be televised on Sunday evenings. The league’s most intriguing matches will be featured in these primetime games, which will telecast during the regular season. Specialised pre- and postgame shows, improved studio programming and production, and custom graphics in Spanish and English are all part of Sunday Night Soccer. Apple TV+ users will also be able to watch every Sunday Night Soccer game for free.
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Leading MLS Season Pass broadcasters Jake Zivin, Taylor Twellman, and Andrew Wiebe will voice Sunday Night Soccer games in English, while Sammy Sadovnik and Diego Valeri will call game in Spanish. After the final Sunday game, MLS Wrap Up and MLS El Resumen will shift to Sunday evenings to showcase and recap the entire week of games. This will provide fans a more thorough look at all the action, complete with excellent commentary and analysis and must-see highlights.
San Diego FC, the league’s newest team, will play its first Sunday Night Soccer game on February 23 at 7 p.m. ET against the LA Galaxy, the current MLS Cup champions. The event will also be televised live in Times Square to heighten the excitement.
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T-Mobile Customers Get MLS Season Pass Free
T-Mobile is offering free access to MLS Season Pass for the whole season, without any blackout days, to qualified T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile customers, including companies. Beginning February 18, T-Mobile Tuesdays will be available for redemption on the T-Life app for a brief period of time.
MLS Season Pass on Comcast
In order to make it easier for Xfinity customers to locate and watch all of the action alongside other live programs, Apple and Comcast have partnered to give Xfinity customers an integrated watching experience for MLS Season Pass. This will bring all live matches straight into the Xfinity user interface. Customers will be able to sign up for MLS Season Pass directly through Xfinity as part of the relationship, and every live match will be seamlessly integrated into the viewing experience across the Apple TV app, the Xfinity Stream app, and the channel guide on X1.
All Xfinity customers will get free access to MLS 360 during the season with Comcast and Apple. This is the first time the well-liked studio program, which offers live look-ins from every game, has been made available without an MLS Season Pass membership. Additionally, from February 22 to March 2, Xfinity will provide all customers a free preview of MLS Season Pass in honour of the 2025 season’s beginning and the introduction of the enhanced watching experience. Following this, users will be able to subscribe to MLS Season Pass through Xfinity.
MLS Season Pass on DIRECTV
Residential DIRECTV users can now sign up for MLS Season Pass through DIRECTV, a new feature for the 2025 season. Live viewing of the matches will be accessible on channels 480 through 495 of the DIRECTV satellite guide, just like other league packages. MLS Season Pass will also be accessible via the Apple TV app for those with DIRECTV subscriptions.
From February 22 to March 1, all DIRECTV residential and commercial satellite customers can get a free preview of MLS Season Pass. Following that, they can upgrade to MLS Season Pass via DIRECTV channels. This service builds on DIRECTV’s unique rights to sell MLS Season Pass to businesses, which have been accessible to DIRECTV for BUSINESS’s extensive network of over 300,000 restaurants, sports bars, and other venues since the 2023 season.
More Ways to Celebrate the 30th MLS Season
- The eagerly awaited eight-part panoramic documentary series Onside: Major League Soccer will debut on Apple TV+ on February 21. The thrilling moments and gripping tales that made the 2024 season unforgettable are explored in this docuseries, which was produced for Apple by the dynamic sports storytellers Box to Box Films in collaboration with Major League Soccer. It offers players, coaches, and clubs never-before-seen access. From February 21 until March 3, all MLS Season Pass customers will be able to watch the premiere episode of Onside: Major League Soccer for free.
- Throughout the MLS season, fans can remain up to speed on scores, stats, standings, and their favourite clubs with the help of the free Apple Sports app for iPhone.One on addition to exploring play-by-play data, team stats, lineup information, and live betting odds, users can effortlessly browse between scores and upcoming games. Additionally, they may tap to watch matches on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app. Additionally, Apple Sports easily synchronises with favourites chosen in the My Sports experience, which includes Apple News and the Apple TV app. The Apple Sports app now provides Live Activities for every MLS game with iOS 18 and watchOS 11, providing users with instant access to live scores and play-by-play information on their iPhone and Apple Watch lock screens.
- Fans can enjoy unique playlists curated by clubs and players on Apple Music. Additional music material will be added during the season at apple.co/AM-MLS.
- To locate suggestions for nearby bars and restaurants to attend a game, discover city favourites, discover comprehensive details about their stadiums, and more, Apple Maps users may peruse MLS clubs’ Matchday Guides and players’ city guides.
- The Sports page on Apple News provides users with easy access to scores, schedules, standings, and the best news from hundreds of leading sites, allowing them to follow MLS and their favourite clubs.
- An MLS hub including carefully selected podcast episodes and compilations about MLS, its teams and players, and North American football is available to users on Apple Podcasts.
- During MLS is Back weekend, a few Apple Store locations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico will broadcast live MLS matches.
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Subscribing to MLS Season Pass
MLS Season Pass may be accessed online at tv.apple.com and via the Apple TV app on Apple devices, smart TVs, streaming devices, set-top boxes, and game consoles. The Apple TV app on Apple Vision Pro allows fans to access MLS Season Pass. This allows them to watch games with other apps in their physical area, as well as in an environment that makes the screen appear 100 feet wide and in spatial audio for more immersive viewing.
While Apple TV+ users can sign up at a reduced price of $12.99 per month, or $79 per season, fans can purchase MLS Season Pass for $14.99 per month during the season, or $99 for the entire season. Each full-season MLS club ticket account will come with a subscription to MLS Season Pass for this season. Using their individual Apple ID and password, up to six family members can share the subscription through Family Sharing.