#Don Garber

ESPN is done with Major League Soccer. The sports network won't be part of the league's new TV deal after MLS agreed to multiple four-year deals with media companies including Fox Sports and Univision, which will air games exclusively in the U.S., and Canadian company Bell Media, which will show games on its TSN and RDS networks. The agreements run…

While other U.S. sports leagues battle another Covid outbreak, Major League Soccer ended its 2021 season with some good news as it attempts to convince TV networks they should pay $300 million a year to carry its games. ESPN said this week the 2021 MLS Cup on ABC averaged 1.14 million viewers, peaking at 1.6 million viewers, delivering the…

It speaks volumes about how MLS was designed that the league's two best teams facing off in MLS Cup on Saturday is a rarity. This final between Los Angeles FC and the Philadelphia Union is the first clash between the No. 1 seeds in the East and West since 2003, when Landon Donovan led the San Jose Earthquakes past the Chicago Fire. But the more you…