Apple TV+ owns Major League Soccer through the 2032 season via MLS Season Pass. Every match, every team, every weekend, no blackouts. That’s the deal Apple paid $2.5 billion for back in 2022, and it has flipped the league’s broadcast model entirely. No more cable splits between ESPN, FOX, and Univision. No more local-market feeds with home-team commentary. One streamer, one subscription, every match on the same package.
MLS Season Pass costs $14.99 a month or $99 for the full season. Apple TV+ subscribers get a discount — $12.99 monthly or $79 for the season. The $99 season pass is the route most viewers take. It runs from late February (preseason ahead of the late February regular-season opener) through MLS Cup in early December.
What Season Pass carries
Every MLS match — 30+ matches per team across the 38-week regular season, plus playoffs and MLS Cup. The Leagues Cup tournament against Liga MX clubs in mid-summer is on Season Pass. The CONCACAF Champions Cup matches involving MLS teams are on Season Pass.
The English-language broadcast booth is anchored by the studio in Los Angeles with on-site commentary teams travelling for selected matches. Spanish-language commentary on the alternate audio feed for every match. The Mexican-Spanish feed has been a sleeper success — Apple has kept the production budget high enough that the alternate-language feeds match the English broadcast quality, which wasn’t true under the old MLS-on-ESPN model.
Inter Miami matches get the marquee treatment. Lionel Messi’s arrival in summer 2023 added a discoverability surge to Apple’s package and the streamer has prioritized Miami’s Saturday primetime slot ever since. The match-day coverage around Messi’s appearances includes pre-match interviews, sideline reporters, and post-match analysis that the rest of the league doesn’t get to the same depth.
What’s not on Apple TV+
A small number of MLS matches still air on linear FOX and FS1 as part of a separate broadcast deal. Those simulcasts are on Apple Season Pass too — the linear versions are alternate carriage, not exclusives. The Telemundo Mexican-Spanish broadcasts on a dozen-or-so marquee matches per season are carriage simulcasts in the same way.
The MLS Next Pro (the league’s developmental tier) is on the MLS Season Pass package as well. So is the women’s NWSL — wait, no. NWSL has its own broadcast deal across CBS, Amazon Prime, and ION. Apple holds men’s MLS only.
Pricing math
$99 a season for every match is the value pitch. Compared to MLB.tv at $149.99 for 162 matches a side, MLS Season Pass at $99 for 38 matches a side is a different spend per match (worse value per match) but a far simpler product (no blackouts ever).
The blackout-free model is the big deal. MLB.tv blackouts your local team’s games. NBA League Pass blackouts national TV games. NFL Sunday Ticket blackouts the games your local CBS or FOX affiliate is carrying. Apple’s MLS deal has zero blackouts. Every match is on Season Pass, every market.
Frequently asked questions
Does Apple TV+ carry every MLS match? Yes. All 30+ matches per team across the 38-week season, plus playoffs, MLS Cup, Leagues Cup, and CONCACAF Champions Cup matches involving MLS teams. No blackouts.
How much does MLS Season Pass cost? $14.99 a month or $99 for the full season as a standalone. Apple TV+ subscribers get $12.99 monthly or $79 for the season.
Is Inter Miami coverage different from other MLS teams? Apple gives Miami’s matches the marquee production treatment — extra cameras, longer pre-match shows, post-match interviews. The Messi factor has shaped the entire package’s editorial focus.
What happens after the 2032 deal expires? Open question seven years out. Apple has built the MLS Season Pass into the streamer’s identity; ESPN and Amazon are the speculated rivals if Apple walks. Cable distribution is dead for MLS — that’s not coming back.
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