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

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)