Major League Soccer on Apple TV
The culmination of the MSL season is this Saturday as LA Galaxy takes on the New York Red Bulls for the 2024 cup, and the match plus all coverage will be free on Apple TV.
Streaming the final match free across Apple TV hardware, smart TVs, games consoles and more, comes after Apple did the same for Lionel Messi’s debut at the start of the season. That debut reportedly doubled subscriptions to Apple’s MLS Season Pass, and Apple surely expects another boost from the end of the season.
As ever, MLS Season Pass costs less and less as the season goes on, and now people have been able to subscribe to get the last few matches free. Users don’t have to subscribe for Saturday’s MLS Cup match, though, and Apple is screening it even further and wider than usual.
Apple says that the match will be shown in Apple Stores, as well as on TVs. It’s also going to be shown live in Times Square, New York, on Silvercast’s high-definition Mega-Zilla, which is a screen that spans a whole city block.
Times Square visitors will also get to see a 15-foot-tall replica of the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy.
Away from New York, this year’s match will also be shown on Apple Vision Pro. That live coverage will feature spatial audio, too.
MLS Season Pass subscribers do get coverage starting early at 2:30pm Eastern. They will see extended editions of the pregame shows “MLS Countdown” and “MLS La Previa,” both broadcast live.
Coverage of the match then begins at 4pm Eastern. Apple is providing commentary in English and Spanish. Apple says that its free Apple Sports app will relay play-by-play information, plus team stats and Live Activities on iOS 18.
