The 2020 Major League Soccer SuperDraft presented by adidas will kick off Thursday, Jan. 9, at 12:30 p.m. ET with first round coverage streaming live on the ESPN App, as and via ESPN social media channels on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

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ESPN networks and ABC will combine to televise 31 regular season matches during Major League Soccer’s 25th anniversary season. ESPN – an MLS broadcaster since the league’s inaugural year in 1996 – will kick off coverage of the 2020 season with a doubleheader on March 1 and televise the 2020 MLS All-Star Game Presented by Target on July 29.

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ABC will broadcast the 2019 MLS Cup Presented by Audi on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. ET, when Seattle Sounders FC host Toronto FC at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. The match will also be streamed live on both the ESPN and ABC apps. This will be the 22nd MLS championship on ABC or an ESPN network and the return of Major League Soccer’s championship to the broadcast network for the first time since 2008.

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ESPN’s audience for the 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs is up 36 percent, ahead of the MLS Cup Final on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. ET on ABC. The four single-elimination playoff matches on ESPN and ESPN2 delivered an average audience of 388,000 viewers, up from 286,000 viewers for seven playoff matches on the same networks in 2018, according to Nielsen. It is ESPN’s most-viewed MLS Cup Playoffs since 2012 (392,000 viewers).

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Thursday night’s Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Semifinal between LAFC and cross-town rivals LA Galaxy averaged 496,000 viewers (P2+), making it the most-watched MLS Cup Playoffs match on an ESPN English-language network in five years – since the LA Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders Western Conference Final second leg match (573,000 viewers, 11/30/14).

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ESPN’s telecast of last night’s Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Semifinal between LAFC and cross-town rivals LA Galaxy averaged 496,000 viewers (P2+), making it ESPN’s most-watched MLS Cup Playoffs match in five years – since the November 30, 2014 – LA Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders Western Conference Final (second leg) match (573,000 viewers).

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ESPN and ESPN Deportes will combine to present live coverage of five Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs matches beginning this weekend with two Round 1 games: Real Salt Lake vs. Portland Timbers on Saturday at 10 p.m. ET (ESPNEWS on ESPN Deportes), and Minnesota United vs. LA Galaxy, Sunday at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN Deportes. ABC will televise the 2019 MLS Cup presented by Audi on Sunday, Nov. 10.

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ESPN’s English-language television coverage of Major League Soccer scored a two percent increase during the 2019 regular season, according to Nielsen. The 31-match schedule on ESPN and ESPN2 delivered an average audience of 246,000 viewers (P2+), up from 241,000 viewers for 31 matches in 2018.

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ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ will combine to carry unprecedented coverage of MLS Decision Day Presented by AT&T – the final day of the 2019 Major League Soccer regular season – on Sunday, Oct. 6, when all 12 intraconference matches will kick off simultaneously during the 4 p.m. ET window.

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