The 2022 Major League Soccer (MLS) season is already underway. The way you watch your most loved Major League Soccer team during the 2022 season is contingent on your location and which teams you would like to follow. The following article breaks it down so you can determine which streaming service is required to view all your most adored MLS teams.
How To Stream Any Major League Soccer Team’s Matches
To help fans prepare for 2022’s Major League Soccer season I’ve created an individual guide for each team. The below articles will outline how to watch the team for fans living within and outside the team’s television market. Each guide is tailored to each team, and explains where you can see the next game and also includes a schedule of streaming for the entire season.
How Stream Major League Soccer Games
Nationally broadcast MLS games will be telecast in the following channels: ABC, FOX, ESPN, FS1, and TUDN/Univision. The games that are not nationally telecast can be watched on the regional team’s network in the area when you are in the TV market of the team. If you are outside of the TV market of a particular team, you are able to catch the MLS events via ESPNand. If you’re looking to watch a particular team, I suggest visiting the team’s specific page mentioned above. They have information on how to watch the regional networks for each team.
Major League Soccer Matches on ESPN+
In the event that a match isn’t being broadcast by the national network and you aren’t in the market that broadcasts the team that is playing the match, you can stream the game through ESPN+. You can access ESPN+ through the ESPN App. To include ESPN+ to your ESPN app, follow these steps:
- Subscribe to ESPN+
- Download and open and open the ESPN App on your smartphone and TV devices. Supports Roku TVs and players, Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast, Apple TV, Android, iPhone, Samsung TVs, Xbox, PlayStation and more.
- Select on the Settings Gear in the upper right corner.
- Choose “Account Information” then “Log Into ESPN Account.” You will receive your activation key.
- Visit https://espn.com/activate on your phone or laptop and type in the code
- Log in using the ESPN+ credentials
- Then you should receive confirmation from the ESPN app that your ESPN+ Account is connected and then you will see the “ESPN+” tab in the ESPN app.
A ESPN+ subscription costs only $6.99 per month. There is no commitment, so you can end your subscription at anytime you want. You can however choose the annual subscription for the price of $69.99 per year. Alongside ESPN, Disney also owns Hulu as well as its Disney+ service for streaming. You can subscribe to Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ for just $13.99 by joining by clicking here! For more details on ESPN+, see our ESPN+ review.
Major League Soccer Streaming Nationally Televised Matches
Every nationally telecast match in the US are broadcast in the US on ABC, FOX, ESPN, FS1, and TUDN/Univision. Two providers carry all of these channels: Fubo TV and DIRECTV.
FuboTV
fuboTV is live streaming service which includes Fox, FS1, ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, and TUDN. They provide an one-week trial for free that is able to cancel during the trial time and not be charged. It’s also less expensive than DIRECTV streaming with a price of $69.99 monthly. You can change your mind at anytime. The service is month-to month and does not require a long-term commitment. The service is compatible with iOS, Android, Fire TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, Roku, and other devices. The cost includes cloud DVR and the capability to stream across three devices at the same time. ( see our review of FuboTV)
DIRECTV STREAM
DIRECTV STEAM is streaming live and includes Fox, FS1, ESPN, ABC, and ESPN2 in their “Entertainment” package for $69.99 per month, after the five-day trial. TUDN is available as part of the more costly “Ultimate” package for $104.99 per month. However, all games played that are streamed on TUDN can be streamed via Twitter which means you can airplay or stream any of these games from your smartphone to your television at no cost, which is why I would not recommend moving to Ultimate unless you’re absolutely required to. Look at the schedule below to find the networks across the nation you’ll require this season. DIRECTV does not bind you to any contract and you can end the contract at anytime.
DIRECTV streaming is compatible with Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, iOS, Android, Roku, and many more. It also comes with cloud DVR service that lets you stream to up to 20 devices simultaneously. Check out the overview of DIRECTV stream for more details about the streaming service.
Major League Soccer Hulu Live TV and ESPN+
Hulu Live TV includes access to Fox, FS1, ESPN, ABC, and ESPN2 and also ESPN+ for a price of $69.99 each month. The only missing channel is TUDN. It is worth noting that Hulu has locally-based Univision channels in certain regions and matches that are on TUDN are also available on Twitter for no cost.
There is no obligation to sign an agreement for a long time for long-term contracts with Hulu Live TV, and they offer these features:
- Includes Fox, FS1, ESPN, ABC, and ESPN2
- Cost also includes ESPN+ (and Disney+)
- the ability to view on two devices at the time.
- cloud-based DVR
- channels such as ESPN2, ESPN, ABC, TNT, and more
- available with AppleTV, Android TV, Roku, Amazon FireTV, and more.
It is possible to join to receive Hulu Live TV or read our review of Hulu Live TV for more information about this streaming service.
