Overview
- The Athletic’s Paul Tenorio first reported, and ESPN corroborated, that MLS Season Pass will conclude after 2025 with all matches included for Apple TV subscribers beginning in 2026.
- Sources say the base subscription would carry every regular-season game plus the Leagues Cup, MLS All-Star Game, Campeones Cup, and the MLS Cup Playoffs.
- This follows 2025 trials that opened Sunday Night Soccer and the playoffs to Apple TV subscribers, which reporting says delivered higher audiences.
- Apple TV counts tens of millions of subscribers versus Season Pass in the low single-digit millions, while it remains unclear whether Apple’s roughly $250 million per year rights payments will be adjusted.
- The reported plan aligns MLS with Apple’s broader sports bundle that includes MLB Friday Night Baseball and upcoming Formula 1 coverage, and formal announcements from Apple or MLS had not been issued in the articles.