MLS Game of the Week

MLS Game of the Week was the weekly presentation of Major League Soccer games on ESPN2.

MLS Game of the Week
Starring	Adrian Healey Taylor Twellman Max Bretos Alexi Lalas Kasey Keller
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	2 hours (2.5 hours select games)
Original release
Network	ESPN2 (2009–2022)
Release	2009 (2009) – 2022 (2022)

History

Following the 2008 season, ESPN discontinued MLS Primetime Thursday, citing lagging ratings^[1] and hoping to find better lead-in programming. It was replaced by the MLS Game of the Week, which rotates among a variety of nights and time slots.^[2]

ESPN left all MLS televising duties after the 2022 MLS season, of which games are mainly shown via streaming on MLS Season Pass.^[3]

Ratings

Ratings have largely remained steady if stagnant despite the move from the regular time slot. Viewership averaged 299,000 per broadcast in 2009, up from 253,000 in 2008;^[4] however, it dipped to 253,000 in 2010 before rebounding to 291,000 in 2011^[5] with some matches (having been moved to ESPN as opposed to ESPN2) drawing over 600,000 viewers.

Personalities

Play-by-play announcers

• JP Dellacamera – lead play-by-play (2009–2010)
• Ian Darke – secondary play-by-play (2010–2011)
• Adrian Healey – lead play-by-play (2011–2018), alternate play-by-play (2018–2022)
• Glenn Davis – secondary play-by-play (2009–2022)
• Jon Champion – lead play-by-play (2019–2022)

Analysts

• John Harkes – lead color commentator (2009–2011)
• Kyle Martino – secondary color commentator (2009–2010)
• Taylor Twellman – secondary color commentator (2011), lead color commentator (2012–2022)
• Brian Dunseth – secondary color commentator (2013–2022)

Sideline reporter

• Allen Hopkins (2009)
• Rob Stone (2009–2011)
• Mónica González (2012–2016)
• Katie Witham (2016)
• Julie Stewart-Binks (2017)
• Sebastian Salazar (2018–2022)
• Sam Borden (2021)
• Jillian Sakovits (2022)

Studio team

• Max Bretos – lead studio host (2010–2022)
• Julie Foudy – studio analyst (2007–2022)
• Alexi Lalas – lead studio analyst (2009–2014)
• Kasey Keller – lead studio analyst (2012–2022)
• Alejandro Moreno – lead studio analyst (2012–2022)
• Adrian Healey – secondary studio host (2019–2022)
• Sebastian Salazar – lead studio host (2021–2022)
• Robin Fraser – studio analyst (2021)
• Ben Olsen – studio analyst (2022)

See also

• MLS on ESPN
• MLS Primetime Thursday
• MLS Soccer Saturday