February 19, 2026
UPDATE
Main League Soccer kicks off 2026 season on Apple TV
Main League Soccer kicks off its thirty first season this Saturday on Apple TV, with all 30 groups taking the pitch for MLS is Again weekend.
Towards the backdrop of a milestone 12 months for the game — because the FIFA World Cup involves North America — Apple TV subscribers in additional than 100 nations and areas can take pleasure in entry to each MLS match with no blackouts. They’ll additionally get in-depth protection and evaluation, unique content material, and matches past the common season — together with the annual Leagues Cup match, Michelob ULTRA Campeones Cup, MLS All-Star Sport, and the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs.
“All eyes are on North America this 12 months because the MLS season kicks off this week and the World Cup approaches,” stated Thomas Müller, Vancouver Whitecaps FC attacking midfielder and 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. “After becoming a member of Whitecaps FC final August, I’m excited to start my first full season in MLS, assist the staff construct on what we began, and provides followers all over the place the possibility to comply with our journey on Apple TV. It’s an important alternative for our membership and the league to shine in such an vital 12 months for the game.”
MLS is Again: 2026 Opening Weekend
All 30 golf equipment will take the pitch for MLS is Again weekend — February 21 and 22 — with 13 of the 15 season openers scheduled for Saturday. The day is highlighted by the debut of Walmart Saturday Showdown, that includes a marquee matchup of world soccer icons as MLS MVP Lionel Messi and the reigning MLS Cup champion Inter Miami CF face off towards Son Heung-Min and LAFC to kick off their seasons. The opening weekend will probably be rounded out with the primary Sunday Evening Soccer match of the season, introduced by Continental Tire and that includes the LA Galaxy and New York Metropolis FC. The entire regular-season schedule may be discovered at mlssoccer.com.
Introducing Walmart Saturday Showdown
New for this season, MLS on Apple TV will embrace Walmart Saturday Showdown, which spotlights a featured matchup throughout the Saturday slate of matches all through the common season, establishing one other appointment-viewing expertise for followers. Saturday Showdown will characteristic enhanced manufacturing that helps viewers really feel extra linked to the match, together with the addition of outstanding “Shot on iPhone” moments, captured by the world’s hottest digital camera utilizing dynamic angles that convey followers nearer to the motion and provide a real window into the velocity, ability, strain, and emotion of the match. Saturday Showdown will premiere on February 21 as LAFC hosts Inter Miami at 9:30 p.m. ET, stay from the historic LA Memorial Coliseum.
Sunday Evening Soccer Returns
Sunday Evening Soccer introduced by Continental Tire, the favored flagship recreation of the week on Sunday evenings, returns on February 22 at 7 p.m. ET with a bicoastal showdown between the LA Galaxy and New York Metropolis FC. That includes devoted in-stadium pre- and postgame exhibits, enhanced manufacturing, and bespoke graphics in English and Spanish, these primetime video games will air all through the common season and highlight a few of the league’s most compelling matchups.
Observe MLS on the Apple Sports activities App
Followers can keep updated on scores, stats, standings, and their favourite golf equipment all through the MLS season on the free Apple Sports activities app for iPhone. Customers can simply navigate between scores and upcoming matches; discover play-by-play data, staff stats, lineup particulars, and stay betting odds; and faucet to observe matches on the Apple TV app. Apple Sports activities additionally seamlessly syncs with favorites chosen throughout the My Sports activities expertise, together with within the Apple TV app and Apple Information.
With iOS 18 and watchOS 11, the Apple Sports activities app gives Stay Actions for all MLS matches, delivering stay scores and play-by-play information at a fast look to a person’s iPhone and Apple Watch Lock Screens. Sport Card Sharing lets followers share their pleasure across the newest outcomes and upcoming matches.
Extra Methods to Rejoice MLS
- On Apple Music, followers can take pleasure in unique club- and player-curated playlists, with extra music content material coming all through the season at apple.co/AM-MLS.
- Apple Maps customers can discover devoted Matchday Guides created by MLS golf equipment and metropolis guides created by gamers to seek out suggestions for native bars and eating places to catch a recreation, discover metropolis favorites, discover detailed details about their stadiums, and extra.
- On Apple Information, customers can simply comply with MLS and their favourite groups within the Sports activities tab and entry scores, schedules, standings, and prime tales from a whole bunch of prime publishers.
- On Apple Podcasts, customers can entry an MLS hub with curated podcast episodes and collections protecting MLS, its golf equipment and gamers, and soccer in North America.
Extra Methods to Watch
DIRECTV clients will now have entry to Apple TV’s stay sports activities programming — together with MLS matches, F1 within the U.S., and “Friday Evening Baseball” — all accessible instantly inside their properties, on the go, or at any of the 300,000-plus sports activities bars, eating places, inns, and different industrial venues served by DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS. Anybody who subscribes to Apple TV by way of DIRECTV will now be capable to uncover and watch Apple TV’s stay sports activities, together with all MLS matches, instantly inside their DIRECTV expertise.
New for 2026, EverPass will provide industrial institutions entry to stream Apple TV’s full stay sports activities portfolio — together with MLS, System 1 within the U.S., and “Friday Evening Baseball” — accessible to new and present EverPass clients by way of the EverPass Core package deal.
Apple will once more work with Comcast to supply Xfinity clients an built-in viewing expertise for Apple TV’s stay sports activities. Xfinity clients may have seamless entry to stay “Friday Evening Baseball” video games; all MLS matches in English and Spanish; and within the U.S., all F1 apply, qualifying, Dash periods, and Grands Prix. Apple TV’s protection will probably be instantly built-in into the Xfinity X1 and the Xfinity Stream app channel information so it’s simple to seek out and watch alongside all their different stay sports activities.
Comcast and Apple are additionally unlocking free entry to MLS 360 — the favored whip-around studio present that gives stay look-ins from each match — for all Xfinity clients. Prospects can discover MLS 360 within the channel information, Xfinity Fan View, and Xfinity Multiview all through the season.
Subscribe to Watch MLS on Apple TV
Apple TV gives premium, compelling drama and comedy sequence, characteristic movies, groundbreaking documentaries, stay sports activities, and youngsters and household leisure, and is accessible to observe throughout all of a person’s favourite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV turned the primary all-original streaming service to launch around the globe, and has premiered extra authentic hits and acquired extra award recognitions sooner than every other streaming service in its debut. So far, Apple Authentic movies, documentaries, and sequence have been honored with 698 wins and three,258 award nominations and counting, together with multi-Emmy Award-winning, history-making comedies The Studio and Ted Lasso, and Oscar Finest Image winner CODA.
Apple TV is accessible on the Apple TV app in over 100 nations and areas, on over 1 billion screens, together with iPhone; iPad; Apple TV 4K; Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional; Mac; well-liked good TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL, and others; Roku and Amazon Hearth TV gadgets; Chromecast with Google TV; PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles; and at television.apple.com, for $12.99 per 30 days with a seven-day free trial for brand new subscribers. For a restricted time, clients who buy and activate a brand new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Mac can take pleasure in three months of Apple TV without spending a dime.1 For extra data, go to apple.com/tvpr and see the total listing of supported gadgets.
A subscription to Apple TV for this season will probably be included with every full-season MLS membership ticket account.
- Particular provide is sweet for 3 months after the primary activation of the eligible system. One provide per Household Sharing group. Plans robotically renew till cancelled. Different restrictions and phrases apply; go to apple.com/promo for extra data.
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