Sky Signs Exclusive Deal With MLS

Sky Sports has won the rights to broadcast exclusively live Major League Soccer (MLS) from the United States (US) for the first time.

The agreement follows the announcement of the new deal to show even more live Premier League matches.

The four-year MLS deal begins in March, bringing an even wider range of coverage to Sky Sports viewers.

Sky Sports secured 25 new rights agreements in 2014, and that has continued this year with recent deals for international and domestic cricket with the ECB and exclusively live coverage of the Open Championship from 2017, as well as even more Premier League football from 2016.

Sky Ambassadors Thierry Henry and David Beckham both played in MLS for a number of seasons, and many high profile players both from the Premier League and elsewhere in Europe have signed for clubs in the US in recent seasons including Robbie Keane who was the 2014 MLS MVP and MLS Cup Champion with the LA Galaxy.

Sky Sports Managing Director Barney Francis commented: "Football in the US and Canada has enormous potential for growth and we can’t wait to bring this competition to our viewers for the first time. Thierry Henry has joined us, he created fantastic memories in MLS, and we look forward to seeing more of those great stories from across the Atlantic.

"We offer an unrivalled range of sport across our seven channels and we are always looking to offer more choice. After recently adding football from Holland, Italy and UEFA European qualifiers, we are delighted to now add MLS to that list."

(CD)