Major League Soccer Games Headed to Facebook Live

Millions of people watched NFL games on Twitter terminal flavour, and now sports fans will have the opportunity to live stream the other type of football, on Facebook.

Major League Soccer and Spanish-language TV network Univision Deportes has inked a bargain with Facebook to live stream all 2022 MLS regular-season games on the social network. If your Spanish is a little rusty, though, soccer lovers will be able to watch all the matches (there will exist at to the lowest degree 22) on the Univision Deportes Facebook page in English.

The live-streamed matches will be optimized for viewing on mobile devices and feature Facebook-specific commentators. Viewers volition be able to engage with commenters throughout the matches and ask questions, answer polls, and explore interactive graphics.

The first match to be streamed on Facebook will be Atlanta United hosting the Chicago Burn down on March 18 at 4 p.m. ET.

MLS is too planning to air 40 sectional "Matchday Live" shows on its Facebook page on game days. These shows volition feature highlights and analysts from around the League and a preview of the day'south upcoming matches. The pilot episode ran on MLS opening weekend, and the next episode volition air this weekend.

"As the undisputed habitation of soccer in the Usa, Univision Deportes, together with MLS and Facebook, is committed to growing the sport across platforms and regardless of language," Univision Deportes President Juan Carlos Rodriguez said in a statement. "Further engaging the more than than 18 million English-language viewers that have watched soccer on Univision coupled with the continued success of our MLS broadcasts, including our record-setting season opener, is a natural path in this new era of content consumption."

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