MLS, NWSL national TV broadcasts are at the same time many times in 2017 đş
On Sunday, ESPN televised the U.S. womenâs national teamâs game vs. Russia and the Orlando City-New York Red Bulls Major League Soccer game as a back-to-back twinbill.
Unfortunately, if you are a fan of both menâs and womenâs soccer, the rest of this year is not going to be quite as convenient.
For as many virtues as the National Womenâs Soccer Leagueâs new television deal with Lifetime brings, it also has a significant vice. Many of the NWSLâs Saturday afternoon national broadcasts are at the same hour as national broadcasts of MLS games.
This means that unless you have enough devices to watch multiple games at once (or a television with good picture-in-picture), youâre going to have to choose one game or the other.
As such, the potential audiences for each game will decrease to some degree. Just what degree that will be is a matter of opinion for now. But I think we can all agree that there is some number of viewers who would watch both games separately if given the opportunity.
Hereâs the list of simultaneous MLS and NWSL broadcasts this year. Iâve included not just national TV games, but also locally-broadcast MLS games and simultaneous NWSL broadcasts on the go90 streaming platform, U.S. national team games and CONCACAF Gold Cup games.
The simultaneous NWSL games have been scheduled in case the Lifetime crew has to switch to another game due to bad weather or other conditions.
April 15
2:00 p.m., go90: Houston Dash vs. Chicago Red Stars
3:00 p.m., Lifetime: Portland Thorns vs. Orlando Pride
3:00 p.m., Fox and Fox Deportes: Orlando City vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
3:00 p.m., go90: Washington Spirit vs. North Carolina Courage
April 22
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: Orlando Pride vs. Washington Spirit
4:00 p.m., UniMĂĄs, Univision Deportes and Facebook: Houston Dynamo vs. San Jose Earthquakes
4:00 p.m., go90: Chicago Red Stars vs. FC Kansas City
4:00 p.m., MLS Live and local TV: Portland Timbers vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
April 29
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: Portland Thorns vs. Chicago Red Stars
4:00 p.m., UniMĂĄs, Univision Deportes and Facebook: Orlando City vs. Colorado Rapids
4:00 p.m., go90: North Carolina Courage vs. Orlando Pride
May 6
3:00 p.m., ESPN and ESPN Deportes: Seattle Sounders vs. Toronto FC
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: Chicago Red Stars vs. Houston Dash
May 13
3:00 p.m., MLS Live and local TV: Toronto FC vs. Minnesota United
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: Houston Dash vs. Sky Blue FC
4:00 p.m., UniMĂĄs, Univision Deportes and Facebook: Colorado Rapids vs. San Jose Earthquakes
4:00 p.m., go90: FC Kansas City vs. Portland Thorns, Seattle Reign vs. Washington Spirit
May 20
3:00 p.m., MLS Live and local TV: Montreal Impact vs. Portland Timbers
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: Sky Blue FC vs. Houston Dash
4:00 p.m., UniMĂĄs, Univision Deportes, Facebook: D.C. United vs. Chicago Fire
May 27
3:00 p.m., Fox and Fox Deportes: Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: Houston Dash vs. Seattle Reign
4:00 p.m., go90: Chicago Red Stars vs. North Carolina Courage
June 3
2:45 p.m., Fox: Real Madrid vs. Juventus (UEFA Champions League final)
3:50 p.m., Lifetime: North Carolina Courage vs. FC Kansas City
5:00 p.m., ESPN and ESPN Deportes: Sporting Kansas City vs. Minnesota United
5:30 p.m., MLS Live and local TV: Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Atlanta United
(The NWSL is off June 10 for a FIFA international window.)
June 17
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: FC Kansas City vs. Seattle Reign
4:00 p.m., go90: Chicago Red Stars vs. Washington Spirit
June 24
3:50 p.m., Lifetime: Orlando Pride vs. Houston Dash
4:00 p.m., go90: Boston Breakers vs. North Carolina Courage
July 1
3:50 p.m., Lifetime: North Carolina Courage vs. Sky Blue FC
4:00 p.m., go90: Boston Breakers vs. Washington Spirit
5:00 p.m., ESPN, UniMĂĄs and Univision Deportes: United States men vs. Ghana
5:00 p.m., go90: Orlando Pride vs. Chicago Red Stars
July 8
3:50 p.m., Lifetime: Washington Spirit vs. Orlando Pride
4:30 p.m., TV TBD: United States vs. Panama (CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage)
(MLS is off this weekend for the Gold Cup.)
July 15
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: Portland Thorns vs. North Carolina Courage
4:30 p.m., TV TBD: Panama vs. Martinique (CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage)
(MLS is off this weekend for the Gold Cup.)
July 22
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: Chicago Red Stars vs. Orlando Pride
4:00 p.m., ESPN and ESPN Deportes: Minnesota United vs. New York Red Bulls
(The NWSL is off July 29 for a FIFA international window that includes the European Championship and a four-nation tournament involving the U.S., Australia, Brazil and Japan.)
August 12
4:00 p.m., Lifetime: Washington Spirit vs. Boston Breakers
4:00 p.m., MLS Live and local TV: Seattle Sounders vs. Sporting Kansas City
August 19
3:50 p.m., Lifetime: North Carolina Courage vs. Washington Spirit
4:00 p.m., ESPN and ESPN Deportes: Atlanta United vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
4:00 p.m., go90: Boston Breakers vs. Orlando Pride
August 26
3:50 p.m., Lifetime: FC Kansas City vs. Orlando Pride
4:00 p.m., go90: Seattle Reign vs. Portland Thorns
September 9
3:50 p.m., Lifetime: FC Kansas City vs. Chicago Red Stars
4:00 p.m., UniMĂĄs, Univision Deportes and Facebook: Chicago Fire vs. New York Red Bulls
5:00 p.m., MLS Live and local TV: Toronto FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes
5:30 p.m., MLS Live and local TV: New York City FC vs. Portland Timbers
(The NWSL is off September 16, presumably for a FIFA international window, though there havenât been any U.S. national team games scheduled for that time yet.)
September 23
3:00 p.m., UniMĂĄs, Univision Deportes, Facebook: New York City FC vs. Houston Dynamo
3:50 p.m., Lifetime or go90: Houston Dash vs. Chicago Red Stars
3:50 p.m., Lifetime or go90: Orlando Pride vs. Portland Thorns
5:00 p.m., MLS Live and local TV: New England Revolution vs. Toronto FC
September 30
3:50 p.m., Lifetime: Portland Thorns vs. Chicago Red Stars
4:00 p.m., Univision, Univision Deportes and Facebook: Orlando City vs. FC Dallas
