List of MLS Cup broadcasters

The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that have broadcast the MLS Cup.

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Sideline reporters	Pregame host	Pregame analysts
2015	ESPN	Adrian Healey	Taylor Twellman	Monica Gonzalez	Max Bretos	Alejandro Moreno and Kasey Keller
	TSN1
2014	ESPN	Adrian Healey	Taylor Twellman	Monica Gonzalez	Max Bretos	Alexi Lalas and Kasey Keller
	TSN1
2013	ESPN	Adrian Healey	Taylor Twellman	Monica Gonzalez	Max Bretos	Alexi Lalas, Kasey Keller and Alejandro Moreno
	TSN2
2012	ESPN	Adrian Healey	Taylor Twellman	Monica Gonzalez	Max Bretos	Alexi Lalas, Kasey Keller and Alejandro Moreno
	TSN2
2011	ESPN	Ian Darke	John Harkes	Rob Stone and Monica Gonzalez	Max Bretos	Alexi Lalas, Taylor Twellman and Alejandro Moreno
	TSN2
2010	ESPN	Ian Darke	John Harkes	Rob Stone	Max Bretos	Alexi Lalas and Steve McManaman
	TSN2

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters	Pregame host	Pregame analysts
2009	ESPN	JP Dellacamera	John Harkes	Allen Hopkins and Rob Stone	Rob Stone	Julie Foudy and Alexi Lalas
	GolTV Canada
2008	ABC	JP Dellacamera	John Harkes	Allen Hopkins and Pedro Gomez	Rob Stone	Julie Foudy and Alexi Lalas
	CBC	Nigel Reed	Jason DeVos	Mitch Peacock	Brenda Irving	Jim Brennan
2007	ABC	Dave O'Brien	Eric Wynalda and Julie Foudy	Allen Hopkins	Rob Stone	Julie Foudy
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2006	ABC	Dave O'Brien	Eric Wynalda and Bruce Arena	Brandi Chastain	Rob Stone
2005	ABC	JP Dellacamera	Eric Wynalda	Brandi Chastain	Rob Stone
2004	ABC	JP Dellacamera	Eric Wynalda	Lorrie Fair	Rob Stone
2003	ABC	JP Dellacamera	Marcelo Balboa	Eric Wynalda	Rob Stone
2002	ABC	JP Dellacamera	Ty Keough	Rob Stone and Veronica Paysse	Rob Stone	Eric Wynalda
2001	ABC	Jack Edwards	Ty Keough		Rob Stone
2000	ABC	Jack Edwards	Ty Keough		Rob Stone	Alexi Lalas

• In August 2006, MLS and ESPN announced an eight-year contract spanning 2007–2014, giving the league its first rights-fee agreement worth $8 million annually.^[1] This deal gave league a regular primetime slot on Thursdays, televised coverage of the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, and an expanded presence on other ESPN properties such as ESPN360 (now ESPN3) and Mobile ESPN. The agreement also placed each season’s opening match, All-Star Game, and MLS Cup on ABC. However, after two years of low ratings, network executives decided to transfer all ABC games to ESPN. The MLS Cup had been broadcast on ABC each year from 1996 to 2008, but with ratings declining from 1.4 in 1996 and 1997 to 0.6 in 2008, the MLS Cup was moved to ESPN beginning in 2009.^[2]
  • bold simulcast ABC's coverage of MLS Cup 2007 in Canada.

1990s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters	Pregame host	Pregame analysts
1999	ABC	Phil Schoen	Ty Keough		Rob Stone	John Harkes and Alexi Lalas
1998	ABC	Phil Schoen	Ty Keough	Seamus Malin	Rob Stone
1997	ABC	Phil Schoen	Ty Keough		Rob Stone
1996	ABC	Phil Schoen	Ty Keough and Bill McDermott		Roger Twibell	Alexi Lalas

• On March 15, 1994, Major League Soccer with ESPN and ABC Sports announced the league's first television rights deal without any players, coaches, or teams in place.^[3] The three-year agreement committed 10 games on ESPN, 25 on ESPN2, and the MLS Cup on ABC. The deal gave MLS no rights fees but split advertising revenue between the league and networks.

References

1. "ESPN, MLS Reach Eight-Year TV Deal That Includes Rights Fees". SportsBusiness Daily. August 7, 2006. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
2. Sports Media Watch, Record Low Rating For 2010 MLS Cup, Nov 24, 2010, http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2010/11/record-low-rating-for-2010-mls-cup/
3. "U.S. Pro League Moves Along By Signing a Television Deal". The New York Times. March 16, 1994. Retrieved February 22, 2012.

External links

• Record Low Rating For 2010 MLS Cup