Hey! You’re not the only MLS fan here! There’s dozens of us!!
I picked up the Apple pass last year, and then the Timbers decided to absolutely stink out the joint on-field and off. So I’m keeping the powder dry this year (might just watch as much as comes with the standard Apple+ sub). It’s wild that nobody wanted the rights before last year…
Fuji TV actually picked up MLS for a couple seasons in the mid-2010s... but it was on one of their CS subchannels, only one or two games a week, middle of the night, that sort of thing.
I think MLS would do much better bundled as part of a streaming service here (dare I say DAZN?) than having its own thing on Apple, but at least with the free games there's a way to engage with and build an audience. That said it's going to require Japanese media outreach at some point and the league's a long way from committing to that.
If a unknown MLS team whose only appeal is semi-retired players can tour in Japan, my team Flamengo can do it too, right 😅😆
Hey! You’re not the only MLS fan here! There’s dozens of us!!
I picked up the Apple pass last year, and then the Timbers decided to absolutely stink out the joint on-field and off. So I’m keeping the powder dry this year (might just watch as much as comes with the standard Apple+ sub). It’s wild that nobody wanted the rights before last year…
Fuji TV actually picked up MLS for a couple seasons in the mid-2010s... but it was on one of their CS subchannels, only one or two games a week, middle of the night, that sort of thing.
I think MLS would do much better bundled as part of a streaming service here (dare I say DAZN?) than having its own thing on Apple, but at least with the free games there's a way to engage with and build an audience. That said it's going to require Japanese media outreach at some point and the league's a long way from committing to that.