List of MLS Cup broadcasters

The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that have broadcast the MLS Cup, which is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the culmination of the MLS Cup Playoffs.

2020s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)	Rules analyst(s)
2023	Fox [1] [2]	John Strong [3]	Stuart Holden	Jenny Taft [4]	—	—	Joe Machnik
	TSN4 [5] [6]
	Apple TV. [7] [8]	Jake Zivin	Taylor Twellman	Katie Witham	Liam McHugh and Andrew Wiebe	Kaylyn Kyle, Sacha Kljestan, and Bradley Wright-Phillips	Christina Unkel
2022	Fox [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]	John Strong	Stuart Holden	Kyndra de St. Aubin	Rodolfo Landeros	Alexi Lalas and Maurice Edu	Joe Machnik
	TSN1 [14]
2021	ABC [15] [16] [17]	Jon Champion [18]	Taylor Twellman [19]	Sam Borden	Sebastian Salazar	Alejandro Moreno and Robin Fraser	Mark Clattenburg
	TSN1
2020	Fox [20] [21]	John Strong	Stuart Holden	Katie Witham	Rob Stone	Alexi Lalas and Maurice Edu	Joe Machnik
	TSN1 [22] [23]

Notes

• With the new Apple TV deal beginning 2023, Fox Sports will be the only linear broadcaster of MLS, and will carry select MLS Cup playoff matches, and every MLS Cup with no alternate broadcaster starting 2023. ^{[24] [25]}

• 2022 - Rodolfo Landeros filled in for Rob Stone due to the latter’s college football commitments ^[26] .

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
2019	ABC [27] [28]	Jon Champion	Taylor Twellman [29]	Sebastian Salazar	Adrian Healey	Alejandro Moreno and Kasey Keller
	TSN1 [30] [31] [32]	Luke Wileman	Steven Caldwell	Kristian Jack	James Duthie	Terry Dunfield
2018	Fox [33] [34] [35] [36]	John Strong	Stuart Holden	Katie Witham	Rob Stone	Alexi Lalas and Maurice Edu
	TSN1 [37]
2017	ESPN [38] [39] [40] [41]	Adrian Healey	Taylor Twellman	Julie Stewart-Binks	Max Bretos	Alejandro Moreno and Kasey Keller
	TSN1 [42] [43]	Luke Wileman	Steven Caldwell	Kristian Jack	James Duthie	Terry Dunfield and Kristian Jack
2016	Fox [44]	John Strong	Brad Friedel	Julie Stewart-Binks	Rob Stone	Alexi Lalas, Stuart Holden, and Eric Wynalda
	TSN1 [45]	Luke Wileman	Steven Caldwell	Vic Rauter	James Duthie and Andi Petrillo	Kristian Jack, Greg Sutton, and Carl Robinson
2015	ESPN [46]	Adrian Healey [47]	Taylor Twellman [48]	Mónica González	Max Bretos	Alejandro Moreno and Kasey Keller
	TSN1 [49]
2014	ESPN [50] [51]	Adrian Healey [52]	Taylor Twellman	Mónica González	Max Bretos	Alexi Lalas and Kasey Keller
	TSN1 [53]
2013	ESPN [54]	Adrian Healey [55]	Taylor Twellman [56]	Mónica González	Max Bretos	Alexi Lalas, Kasey Keller, and Alejandro Moreno
	TSN2
2012	ESPN [57]	Adrian Healey [58]	Taylor Twellman	Mónica González	Max Bretos	Alexi Lalas, Kasey Keller, and Alejandro Moreno
	TSN2 [59]
2011	ESPN [60]	Ian Darke [61]	John Harkes [62]	Rob Stone and Mónica González	Max Bretos [63]	Alexi Lalas, Taylor Twellman, and Alejandro Moreno
	TSN2
2010	ESPN [64] [65]	Ian Darke [66]	John Harkes [67]	Rob Stone	Max Bretos	Alexi Lalas and Steve McManaman [68]
	TSN2 [69]

Notes

• From 2015 to 2022, all MLS Cup playoff games were televised on ESPN, Fox Sports, or Univisión networks. UniMás aired two exclusive playoff matches, while ESPN and its affiliated networks split the rest of the contests – including MLS Cup – with Fox Sports. Univision, UniMás and TUDN also aired the MLS Cup playoffs in Spanish. ^[70]
  • In 2015, Fox won the rights to air games and the MLS Cup in even numbered years. John Strong was named the network's main voice for their coverage until 2022, when Fox Sports lost the main rights to Apple TV. However, after talks broke down with both Univision and ESPN, Fox will be the sole linear broadcasting partner for the league from 2023 onward. ^{[71] [72] [73] [74]} Under the new deal, Fox will air 34 MLS matches (15 on the Fox network and the rest on FS1), eight playoff games, and each MLS Cup through the 2026 season. These matches will also air in Spanish on Fox Deportes or FS2. ^{[75] [76]}

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
2009	ESPN [77] [78]	JP Dellacamera [79] [80]	John Harkes	Allen Hopkins	Rob Stone	Julie Foudy and Alexi Lalas
	GolTV Canada [81]
2008	ABC [82]	JP Dellacamera [83]	John Harkes	Allen Hopkins and Pedro Gomez	Rob Stone	Julie Foudy and Alexi Lalas
	CBC	Nigel Reed	Jason DeVos [84]	Mitch Peacock	Brenda Irving	Jim Brennan
2007	ABC [85]	Dave O'Brien	Eric Wynalda and Julie Foudy	Allen Hopkins	Rob Stone	Julie Foudy [86] [87]
	bold [88]				Rob Stone	Julie Foudy
2006	ABC [89] [90]	Dave O'Brien [91] [92]	Eric Wynalda [93] and Bruce Arena [94]	Brandi Chastain	Rob Stone	Brandi Chastain
2005	ABC	JP Dellacamera [95]	Eric Wynalda [96] [97]	Brandi Chastain [98]	Rob Stone	Brandi Chastain
2004	ABC [99] [100] [101]	JP Dellacamera	Eric Wynalda	Lorrie Fair	Rob Stone	—
2003	ABC [102] [103]	JP Dellacamera [104]	Marcelo Balboa and Eric Wynalda	—	Rob Stone	—
2002	ABC [105]	JP Dellacamera	Ty Keough	Veronica Paysse	Rob Stone	Eric Wynalda [106] [107]
2001	ABC [108]	Jack Edwards [109]	Ty Keough	—	Rob Stone	Dave Dir [110]
2000	ABC [111]	Jack Edwards [112]	Ty Keough	—	Rob Stone	Alexi Lalas [113] [114]

Notes

• The MLS Cup had been broadcast on ABC each year from 1996 to 2008, but with ratings declining from 1.4, in 1996 and 1997, to 0.6 in 2008, the MLS Cup was moved to ESPN at the start of 2009. ^[115]

• MLS Cup coverage in Canada started in 2007, with the addition of Toronto FC to MLS. The MLS Cup bounced around different networks in the first three seasons of the league's presence in Canada; what was then the bold network aired the 2007 Cup Final, with CBC airing the next year's Final and GolTV Canada airing the Final the year after that. Since 2010, TSN has aired the MLS Cup Final on its networks; this includes Toronto FC's victory in 2017. In French, RDS has exclusive rights to MLS, and thus the MLS Cup.

• 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. ^[116] 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 [117] [118] [119]	Phil Schoen	Ty Keough	—	Rob Stone	John Harkes and Alexi Lalas [120]
1998	ABC [121]	Phil Schoen [122] [123]	Ty Keough [124]	Seamus Malin and Bill McDermott	Rob Stone	Julie Foudy
1997	ABC [125] [126]	Bob Ley	Ty Keough [127]	Phil Schoen and Bill McDermott	Rob Stone	—
1996 [128]	ABC [129] [130] [131]	Phil Schoen [132]	Ty Keough	Bill McDermott	Roger Twibell	Alexi Lalas

Note

• The MLS Cup Final was aired on English-language networks ABC from 1996 to 2008 and ESPN from 2009 to 2014. ESPN/ABC and Fox alternate as MLS Cup Final broadcasters since 2015, with the MLS Cup 2019 ^{[133] [134]} on ABC, their first MLS match since 2008. ABC also air four playoff matches including the MLS Cup 2021. ^[135] The MLS Cup has also been aired on Spanish-language networks TeleFutura in 2007 and 2008, ^{[136] [137]} Galavision from 2009 to 2011, ^{[138] [139]} TeleFutura/UniMás from 2012 to 2018, and Univision in 2019. ABC previously had Spanish announcers under secondary audio program.

• 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. ^[140] 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.

Viewership averages

Further information: Major League Soccer on television

1996–2008 [115] Year Network Rating Viewers (millions) 1996 ABC 1.4 3.1 1997 ABC 1.4 2.6 1998 ABC 1.0 2.2 1999 ABC 0.7 1.3 2000 ABC 0.7 1.2 2001 ABC 1.0 2.0 2002 ABC 0.8 1.2 2003 ABC 0.6 0.9 2004 ABC 0.8 1.3 2005 ABC 0.8 1.1 2006 ABC 0.8 1.2 2007 ABC/TeleFutura 0.8 1.1 2008 ABC/TeleFutura 0.6 0.9

2009–present Year Network Rating Viewers (millions) [10] 2009 ESPN/Galavision 0.7 1.1 2010 [115] ESPN/Galavision 0.4 0.7 2011 [141] ESPN/Galavision 0.8 1.0 2012 ESPN/UniMás 0.7 0.8 2013 ESPN/UniMás 0.5 1.0 2014 ESPN/UniMás 0.6 1.9 2015 ESPN/UniMás 0.4 1.2 2016 [142] Fox/UniMás 0.9 2.0 2017 [143] ESPN/UniMás/Univision Deportes 0.5 1.1 2018 [144] Fox/UniMás/Univision Deportes 0.9 1.8 2019 [145] ABC/Univision/TUDN 0.7 1.3 2020 [146] [147] Fox/UniMás/TUDN 0.8 1.7 2021 [148] ABC/UniMás/TUDN 0.8 1.5 2022 [149] Fox/Univision/TUDN TBD 2.2

• The MLS Cup Final has also been aired on Spanish-language networks TeleFutura in 2007 and 2008, ^{[150] [151]} Galavision from 2009 to 2011, ^{[152] [153]} TeleFutura / UniMás from 2012 to 2018, and Univision in 2019. The 2020 MLS Cup had 1.677 million viewers. Simulcast audiences were listed as FOX with 1.071 million viewers, UniMas with 459,000 and TUDN with 147,000 ^{[154] [155]}

See also

• List of current Major League Soccer broadcasters

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