The unofficial start of the 2025-26 German football season on ABC and ESPN platforms will kick off with the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup between DFB-Pokal winners VfB Stuttgart and Bundesliga champions FC Bayern München at the MHP Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. The match will air live on Saturday, August 16, at 2 p.m. ET on ABC and ESPN+.

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ESPN media platforms will combine to provide English and Spanish-language coverage of the 2025-26 LALIGA season, beginning with the opening weekend starting on Friday, August 15, with two matches – Girona-Rayo Vallecano at 1 p.m. ET, and Villarreal-Real Oviedo at 3:30 p.m. The opening day matches will stream on ESPN+ in English and Spanish, and air on ESPN Deportes.

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The 103rd FA Community Shield kicks off the 2025-26 season of European football on ESPN+, the most comprehensive collection of live matches from European leagues and cup competitions on one platform in the United States. The ESPN+ soccer portfolio includes three of the top six leagues in UEFA coefficient rankings for men’s football – Spain (#3), Germany (#4), and the Netherlands (#6). In addition, the most popular domestic cup competitions in football, such as the FA Cup, the oldest and most prestigious domestic cup competition, Germany’s DFB-Pokal, Spain’s Copa del Rey, and more, stream live on ESPN+.

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The NWSL on ESPN returns after the league’s summer break for the second half of the 2025 season with a live broadcast of Washington Spirit vs. Portland Thorns FC on ABC, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, and Disney+ beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET. Kick is at 12:50 p.m. The game is a matchup between two top-five teams in the standings.

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ESPN has acquired exclusive media rights to the 2025 UEFA European Women’s Championship across Spanish-speaking Latin America as part of a new agreement with UEFA. The deal also includes rights to UEFA’s men’s and women’s youth and futsal competitions through 2028.

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The 2025 edition of the ESPN “FC 100” list ranks players via seven primary on-field positions – goalkeepers (10), fullbacks (10), center-backs (10), central midfielders (15), attacking midfielders (15), wingers (20), and center forwards (20). The ESPN FC 100 is unique in adopting a refreshing approach to player rankings, reflecting on-field performances throughout the season and in every position rather than focusing solely on goal scorers and star players.

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ESPN+, ESPNU and ESPN Deportes will combine to present 29 matches of The Soccer Tournament (TST), the 7-v-7, $1-million winner-take-all world soccer championship, live beginning Wednesday, June 4, from the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.

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Crystal Palace seek their first FA Cup title and Manchester City their eighth, when the two teams clash on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ET in the oldest and one of the most popular domestic soccer cup competitions in the world, The 144th edition of the FA Cup Final will stream exclusively on ESPN+ in English and Spanish, live from Wembley Stadium in London.

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ESPN platforms – ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+, and more – will combine to present unprecedented coverage of the 261st FC Barcelona-Real Madrid ElClásico through match day on Sunday. The game will start at 10:15 a.m. ET across ESPN, ESPN+, in English and Spanish, and ESPN Deportes. Pregame coverage on ESPN+ and Disney+ begins at 9 a.m. ET.

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ESPN platforms – ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+, and more – will combine to present unprecedented coverage of the 261st FC Barcelona-Real Madrid ElClásico beginning Thursday, May 8 through match day on Sunday, May 11. The game will start at 10:15 a.m. ET across ESPN, ESPN+, in English and Spanish, and ESPN Deportes.

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