ESPN Major League Soccer : Ask Biography

Television

Name

ESPN Major League Soccer

Format

Soccer

Starring

Various personalities (see below)

Country of origin

United States

Production

Running time

2 or 2.5 hours

Broadcast

Original channel

ESPN, ESPN2, & ESPN Deportes

First aired

1996

Last aired

Present

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'ESPN Major League Soccer' is a promotion of Major League Soccer on ESPN and ESPN2, with simulcasts on ESPNHD and ESPN2HD. Major League Soccer on ESPN2 debuted in 1996, the league's first season, and is guaranteed to stay on the network till at least 2014. From 1996 to 2006, the weekly soccer match on ESPN2 was called MLS Soccer Saturday, but in the new contract, that was replaced by MLS Primetime Thursday. For the 2009 season and beyond, the Thursday telecast was replaced by a variety of primtime games on Wednesdays through Saturdays. Beginning in 2009, as part of ESPN's far-reaching strategy of moving sports programming to ESPN, all matches - including MLS Cup - are now aired on either ESPN or ESPN2.