ONE World Sports Announce NASL Game of the Week for 2016 Season
The North American Soccer League will kick off in April and will be highlighted by its new multi-year partnership with ONE World Sports. The partnership will include an NASL Game of the Week along with viewership available to audiences across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico who will be able to watch unrestricted live streams of the matches.
Soccer News: ONE World Sports, America’s Network for Global Sports, announced the return of the North American Soccer League with the NASL Game of the Week beginning Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 PM ET as the Tampa Bay Rowdies host Indy Eleven. ONE World Sports kicked off its multi-year partnership with the NASL as its national television partner for the 2015 Fall season. ONE World Sports will also premiere its second season of its weekly highlights show, NASL This Week, on April 5 at 6:00 PM ET.
ONE World Sports’ stellar broadcasting team of play-callers JP Dellacamera and Ed Cohen and analysts Shep Messing and Janusz Michallik will call all the action this season. ONE World Sports will carry 11 matches, every Saturday evening, throughout the spring and a total of 23 matches for the 2016 season. The NASL Game of the Week moves to Wednesdays for the Fall season, beginning in July. A complete listing of the NASL Game of the Week for the spring can be found here.
Beginning this season, in addition to TV viewers having access to NASL action through their cable providers, fans across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico will be able to watch unrestricted, live streams of the NASL Game of the Week on here. All NASL Games of the Week will also be available to authenticated users via the Watch ONE World Sports mobile app.
“The NASL has become a formidable presence on the international soccer scene with domestic and imported talent cultivating new fans on a regular basis,” said Alexander “Sandy” Brown, President & CEO, ONE World Sports. “ONE World Sports is investing a significant amount of resources to help grow the NASL audience including access for every fan to view the NASL Game of the Week via the network’s website and the continuation of our league highlight show, NASL This Week.”
NASL This Week, hosted by Tina Cervasio and Ed Cohen, will air every Tuesday at 6:00 PM ET, bringing fans closer to the field with all-access features, highlights and more.
“We’re proud to continue our great partnership with ONE World Sports,” said NASL Commissioner Bill Peterson. “They were the first national broadcaster to partner with us and they have done a fine job of producing some very exciting television. We’re looking forward to the new streaming component that will allow anyone in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico to watch our ONE World Sports matches.”
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