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The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that have broadcast the National Women's Soccer League championship. This will include the championship games for the NWSL's predecessors as the top-level major professional women's soccer league in the United States, the Women's United Soccer Association (2001-2003) and Women's Professional Soccer (2009-2011).

2010s edit

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Touchline reporter(s)
2019 ESPN2 Jenn Hildreth Aly Wagner[1] Marisa Pilla and Angela Hucles
2018 Lifetime Jenn Hildreth Aly Wagner Dalen Cuff and Kate Markgraf
2017 Lifetime Jenn Hildreth[2] Aly Wagner Dalen Cuff and Julie Foudy
2016 FS1 Jenn Hildreth[3] Kyndra de St. Aubin
2015 FS1 Jenn Hildreth Kyndra de St. Aubin Julie Stewart-Binks
2014 ESPN2 Glenn Davis Mónica González[4]
2013 FS2 Steve Cangialosi Kyndra de St. Aubin Kate Markgraf

Notes edit

  • On February 20, 2019, the NWSL announced that A&E Networks had pulled out of its broadcasting agreement[5] with the league one season early. A&E's stake in NWSL Media was given back to the league, but Lifetime would remain a kit sponsor.[6] NWSL president Amanda Duffy said the changes would give the league and its teams finer control over its media and sponsorship agreements, and expected to announce a new television rights deal soon. Verizon Media remained the U.S. digital rightsholder to the league, but the streams moved from go90 to the Yahoo! Sports website and apps.[7]
  • On February 2, 2017, the NWSL announced a three-year agreement with A&E Networks, in which the Lifetime network broadcast 22 regular-season matches as the NWSL Game of the Week at 4 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday afternoons, as well as three post-season matches. This marked the first time that the NWSL had a weekly broadcast window throughout the entire season. As part of the deal, A&E Networks purchased a 25% equity stake in the NWSL and were granted two seats on the league's board. The company also formed a joint venture with the league known as NWSL Media to oversee the league's marketing and broadcast rights, and Lifetime became a league-wide kit sponsor for all players. This deal marked the first time Lifetime had broadcast sports since the WNBA in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[8][9][10][11][12]
  • On June 30, 2015,[13] the NWSL announced a one-year agreement[14] with Fox Sports once more to cover ten matches.[15] Three regular season and three playoff matches were televised on FS1,[16][17] and four live-streamed on Fox Sports Go.[18] The agreement was extended into 2016 under another one-year contract, covering three regular season matches and the three playoff matches, once again on FS1.[19][20] Consequently, no game aired for more than a month after the end of the World Cup,[21] and just six matches, total, reached terrestrial TV.[22]
    • On April 14, 2016, NWSL and Fox Sports announced a one-year agreement to telecast six NWSL games for the second consecutive season. The agreement called for FS1 to air three regular-season matches (beginning on September 7, 2016 with a match-up between the Chicago Red Stars and FC Kansas City[23]) and all three games of the NWSL Playoffs, which includes the semifinals and final.[24] All six games would also stream live on FOX Soccer 2Go, FOX Sports GO, and FOXSportsGO.com. The Orlando Pride were not one of the three regular-season matches included in the deal,[25] and would have to be one of four playoff teams to make it on national television.

Predecessor championship games edit

WPS Championship (2009-2011) edit

Further information: Women's Professional Soccer on television
Year Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Touchline reporter
2011 Fox Sports Net Allen Hopkins Jenn Hildreth Karina LeBlanc
2010 Fox Sports Net Mark Rogondino Jenn Hildreth Leslie Osborne
2009 Fox Sports Net Mark Rogondino Jenn Hildreth

Notes edit

  • In 2011, Fox Soccer Channel added Allen Hopkins[41] to their commentator roster. Hopkins would eventually handle play-by-play duties for that year's WPS Final[42] alongside Jenn Hildreth. Fox Soccer Channel also enlisted the play-by-play services of Dean Linke[43][44][45].
  • The 2010 WPS Playoffs followed the same format[46] used during the 2009 season with the No. 3 seed hosting the No. in the WPS First Round featured nationally on Fox Sports Net. The No. 2 seed would host the winner of the WPS First Round in the WPS Super Semifinal on Fox Soccer Channel[47]. As the No. 1 seed, the winner of the regular season would play host to the winner of the Super Semifinal[48][49] in the 2010 WPS Championship[50], broadcast nationally on Fox Sports Net.
  • On March 18, 2009, Fox Soccer Channel announced that Mark Rogondino[51][52] would handling play-by-play responsibilities and Jenn Hildreth[53] providing color commentary for their 20-match[54] 2009 regular season[55] package on Sunday[56] evenings beginning at 6 p.m. ET. WPS All-Star Game[57][58][59] and playoff coverage[60] meanwhile, would be split between Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports Net's owned and affiliated regional sports networks[61][62].

WUSA Founders Cup (2001-2003) edit

Further information: Women's United Soccer Association on television
Year Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Touchline reporter
2003 ESPN2 Beth Mowins Anson Dorrance Tisha Venturini
2002 Pax Beth Mowins Anson Dorrance Eric Frede
2001 TNT JP Dellacamera Wendy Gebauer Beth Mowins

Notes edit

  • After the 2001 season, the WUSA opted out[72] of its four-year[73] agreement to go with a two year pact[74] with the Pax network[75][76][77][78]. The WUSA's reasoning that Pax's offer for a 4 p.m. Saturday timeslot was more desirable[79] than the noon[80] timeslot that TNT offered. Pax's coverage in itself, concerned the broadcast of the WUSA Game of the Week, on 19 consecutive Saturdays[81] beginning in April at 4:00 p.m.[82] (ET). In 2003, the league wouldn't decide on the opponents for the final Pax Game of the Week on August 9 in order to provide soccer fans with the best possible matchup with playoff implications. The decision on the two opponents for the August 9 game would be made in early August. In total[83], Pax was scheduled to televise 18[84] regular season games and one WUSA Playoff Semifinal in the second week of August.

See also edit

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The following is a list of current (entering the 2020 season) National Women's Soccer League broadcasters for each individual team.

Regional broadcasters edit

Team Summary
Chicago Red Stars On April 17, 2019, it was announced that NBC Sports Chicago would serve as the Red Stars' new regional broadcaster, televising all regular-season matches (beginning with their second match of the 2019 season). 7 matches in the 2019 season will be carried on its overflow channel NBC Sports Chicago Plus.[1]
Houston Dash As of the 2017 season, Dash games are streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[2] As part of a three-year agreement with A&E Networks, Lifetime broadcasts one NWSL Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons.[3][4] For the 2017 season, the Dash will be featured in five nationally broadcast Lifetime NWSL Game of the Week broadcasts on May 6, May 3, and September 23, 2017.[5] During the 2014 season, games were broadcast locally on CSN TV in Houston.[6]
North Carolina Courage In 2019, the NWSL broadcast partnership with A&E was terminated a year early, all games would be streamed on Yahoo! Sports in the United States and on the NWSL website for international viewers.[7] In 2018, Courage games continued to be streamed on Go90, the NWSL website and select games were broadcast on Lifetime. After Go90 was shut down by Verizon on July 30, all games were available for streaming on the NWSL website.[8] In 2017, Courage games were streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[9] As part of a three-year agreement with A&E Networks, Lifetime broadcasts one NWSL Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons.[10][11] In 2017 season, the Courage were featured in national Lifetime NWSL Game of the Week broadcasts on June 3, July 1, August 19, and July 15, 2017.[12]
OL Reign From 2013 to 2016, Seattle Reign games were streamed live by Bootstrapper Studios via YouTube. The broadcasts were called by KOMO News Radio Sports Director, Tom Glasgow, with color commentary provided by Lesle Gallimore, head coach of the Washington Huskies.[13] During the 2013 season, a select number of league games were broadcast on Fox Sports.[14] During the 2014 season, several league games were broadcast by ESPN.[15] In March 2015, the team became one of the first sports teams to use the newly released app Periscope to stream a preseason friendly against the Portland Pilots.[16] In 2015, six select regular season games and the playoff matches were broadcast by Fox Soccer.[17] The playoff final featuring Reign FC and FC Kansas City set what was then a league record, averaging 167,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1 – an increase of 7 percent compared to the 2014 final broadcast on ESPN2.[18] That record stood until the 2016 NWSL finals between Western New York and Washington, which averaged more than 180,000 viewers.[19] As of 2017, Reign games are streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[20] As part of a three-year agreement with A&E Networks, Lifetime broadcasts one NWSL Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons.[21][22] For the 2017 season, the Reign were featured in nationally televised Lifetime NWSL Game of the Week broadcasts on May 27, July 8, August 26, and September 9, 2017.[23] During the 2018 season, Lifetime match broadcasts featuring Seattle include May 5, July 21, and August 11, 2018.[24]
Orlando Pride In 2016, games were broadcast locally on the Bright House Sports Network.[25] In April of the same year, a livestream of a Pride match simulcast on the Facebook page of Alex Morgan had a live audience of 489,999 during the first half.[26] It was the first professional sports broadcast on the social networking website.[27] For the 2017 season, Orlando Pride games were streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[28] As part of a three-year agreement with A&E Networks, Lifetime broadcasts one NWSL Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons.[29][30] The Pride were featured in the nationally televised Game of the Week on seven occasions.[31] The deal was mutually terminated a year early at the end of the 2018 season.[32] In 2019, NWSL regular season matches were streamed on Yahoo! Sports for the domestic audience while international fans continued to have access to games for free via the NWSL app and at NWSLsoccer.com.[33] However, on July 4, 2019, NWSL announced it had signed a deal through the second half of the 2019 season with ESPN on the back of the USWNT's World Cup victory. The new deal meant ESPN would televise 11 regular season matches including two Pride games (July 14 and September 11) as well as every playoff game.[34] The sudden switch and lack of information surrounding the international broadcasts led to widespread confusion as ESPN's subscription service ESPN Player took control in Europe, Africa and parts of Asia while Canada's rights were acquired by TSN.[35] For the 2020 season, the NWSL announced a three-year broadcast deal with CBS Sports and streaming service Twitch. In total, 87 NWSL matches will be shown across the main CBS network, CBS Sports Network, and CBS All Access live-streaming service with 14 of those games televised while Twitch will offer free coverage of 24 selected matches during the 2020 NWSL regular season. Twitch will also serve as the NWSL's exclusive international media rights partner outside the United States in 2020 with all 108 regular-season matches, the playoffs, and Championship available to global viewers.[36][37]
Portland Thorns FC As of April 2017, Thorns games are streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[38] For the 2017 season, the Thorns were featured in six nationally televised Lifetime NWSL Game of the Week broadcasts on April 15, April 29, July 15, August 5, August 26, and September 30, 2017.[39] During the 2013 season, games were streamed online and broadcast on the radio on Freedom 970 AM.[40] Long-time Portland-area sports reporter and broadcaster Ann Schatz was announced as the play-by-play broadcaster, while Angela Harrison, an All-American goalkeeper with the Portland Pilots, was the color analyst.[41] In 2014, Schatz returned, with former Thorns defender Marian Dougherty, who retired after the 2013 season, joining for color commentary.[42]
Sky Blue FC As of April 2017, Sky Blue FC games are streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[43] For the 2017 season, the team will be featured in the nationally televised Lifetime NWSL Game of the Week broadcasts on May 13, May 20, July 1, and August 12, 2017.[44] Previous seasons' matches were streamed live on YouTube, available around the world. The announcers were Corey Cohen on play-by-play and Dan Lauletta on color commentary with Evan Davis hosting the halftime show and NJ Discover handling production.[45]
Utah Royals FC The Utah Royals announced that all matches in 2018, except for their six NWSL Game of the Week appearances on Lifetime, would be broadcast locally on KMYU My Utah TV and streamed on the KSL app, as an extension of the broadcast rights agreements with Sinclair Broadcast Group and KSL with Real Salt Lake.[46] KALL ESPN 700 would carry the majority of Royals games on local radio – as it does for Real Salt Lake and Real Monarchs. On August 17, 2018, KSL announced that Utah Royals games would no longer be broadcast on television or radio, but they would continue to be streamed on the KSL website and app.[47]
Washington Spirit At the beginning of the 2019 season the Spirit announced a broadcast partnership with NBC Sports Washington and Monumental Sports Network.[48] As of April 2017, Washington Spirit games are streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[49] For the 2017 season, the Spirit will be featured in three nationally-televised Lifetime NWSL Game of the Week broadcasts on April 22,[50] June 17, and August 19, 2017.[51] In 2016, the Spirit's NWSL Playoff game against the Chicago Red Stars was broadcast on Fox Sports 1 and was available for streaming on the company's online streaming platform, Fox Sports Go.[52]

Former teams edit

Team Summary
Boston Breakers As of 2017, Boston Breakers games were streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[53] As part of a three-year agreement with A&E Networks, Lifetime broadcasts one NWSL Game of the Week on Saturday afternoons.[54][55] The Breakers were featured in the nationally televised Game of the Week on September 2, 2017.[56] Previous seasons' games were broadcast on YouTube,[57] MediaBoss Television,[58] ESPN,[59] and Fox Sports.[60]
FC Kansas City As of April 2017, FC Kansas City games were streamed exclusively by Go90 for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.[61] For the 2017 season, the Blues will be featured in three nationally-televised Lifetime NWSL Game of the Week broadcasts on June 3, August 16 and September 9.[62][63] Ahead of the 2013 season, it was announced that games would be broadcast on the team's website and YouTube.[64] Eight games were broadcast locally on Time Warner Cable’s Metro Sports.[65] During the 2014 season, nine games were broadcast on the same channel.[66]

See also edit

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