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You can watch Lionel Messi’s historic MLS Cup Playoffs debut for free with Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass. This Friday marks the start of the Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs’ first round on TikTok, MLS Season Pass, apple.com, and Apple App Store locations worldwide.

This Friday, October 25, Lionel Messi makes his historic MLS Cup Playoffs debut. Free primetime playoffs on Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass.

Last season, Messi joined Inter Miami CF and helped the team win the Supporters’ Shield and set a single-season points record earlier this month. The aspires to earn a record 47th trophy to add to his outstanding career.

Live streaming choices are available on Apple TV, smart TVs, streaming devices, set-top boxes, gaming consoles, and tv.apple.com. They may check in on Apple TV to watch the full match.

Top-ranked teams are also competing for the 29th MLS Cup, including the Columbus Crew, the reigning MLS Cup and Leagues Cup champions, Los Angeles FC, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup winners, and others. Fans can only watch every playoff game without blackouts on Apple TV with MLS Season Pass, which ends on December 7 with the MLS Cup final.

To commemorate an incredible season and Messi’s first-ever appearance in the MLS Cup Playoffs, it providing Friday’s match to fans worldwide on MLS Season Pass at no cost, declared senior vice president of services at Apple. It is thrilled that viewers have so many different ways to watch this historic moment.

The collaboration with Apple has introduced MLS to audiences around the world in creative ways, and providing this first playoff game between Inter Miami and Atlanta United for free is Another example of the fan engagement. “The United States is thrilled to kick things off on Apple TV with this matchup of two great clubs featuring some of the sport’s biggest stars because the Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs will be heated throughout.”

The lead analyst for MLS Season Pass, “the history books could be rewritten with the MLS Cup Playoffs, when you consider Inter Miami winning the Supporters’ Shield, breaking the record for most points in a season, and ultimately vying for the MLS Cup.” Since Messi is becoming more and more of the best of all time with each championship he wins, the focus surrounding the playoffs will be unlike anything its’ve ever seen. The greatest thing is that everyone is trying to remove him from his position. Seeing it all come to life will be entertaining.

It approaching the most beautiful time of the season after 38 matchdays of incredible regular-season soccer, the Spanish-language play-by-play commentator for MLS Season Pass. Success will rely on Leo Messi’s skills, the world’s finest player, as well as their capacity to continue playing with the same level of consistency they have shown during the regular season.

Additional Viewing Options

The game will be streamed live on apple.com and in Apple Store locations worldwide, including Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City, Apple Union Square in San Francisco, and Apple The Grove in Los Angeles, in addition to being broadcast for free on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. Apple Store locations can also be found in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Korea, and Mexico.

A unique “Player Spotlight: Messi” presentation of Friday’s game, in which the camera will be focused on Messi as he lights up the field, is available to TikTok fans. Starting five minutes before to kickoff, the feed will be simulcast on the @InterMiamiCF TikTok profile and streamed live on the @MLS TikTok profile. The complete live soccer match will be aired by TikTok with a single-player emphasis for the first time. Fans who want to watch the event live may sign up on TikTok.

All DIRECTV residential satellite subscribers on channel 622 and all DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS customers on channel 9475 will get the match for free.

Round One Best-of-3 Series: Game One Schedule

Friday, October 25 Inter Miami CF vs. Atlanta United FC 8:30 p.m. EDT

Saturday, October 26 LA Galaxy vs. Colorado Rapids 11 p.m. EDT

Sunday, October 27 Orlando City SC vs. Charlotte FC 7:30 p.m. EDT

LAFC vs. TBD (winner of today’s Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Portland Timbers wild card match) 9:45 p.m. EDT

Monday, October 28 FC Cincinnati vs. New York City FC 6:45 p.m. EDT

Seattle Sounders FC vs. Houston Dynamo FC 9 p.m. EDT

Tuesday, October 29 Columbus Crew vs. New York Red Bulls 6:45 p.m. EDT

Real Salt Lake vs. Minnesota United FC 9 p.m. EDT

How to Use Apple TV to Watch MLS Season Pass

Every playoff game, including the Audi-sponsored MLS Cup final, will be televised on MLS Season Pass. MLS Season Pass may be accessed online at tv.apple.com and via the Apple TV app on Apple devices, smart TVs, streaming devices, set-top boxes, and game consoles. The Apple TV app on Apple Vision Pro allows fans to access MLS Season Pass. This allows them to watch games with other applications in their physical area, as well as in an environment that makes the screen seem 100 feet wide and in spatial audio for an even more immersive watching experience.

MLS Season Pass Cost

For the rest of the season, MLS Season Pass is available to fans in over 100 countries and territories for $9.99. For the rest of the 2024 season, current Apple TV+ customers may join up for a complimentary MLS Season Pass membership.