Soccer on CBS Sports is a number of television programs that have aired

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matches in the

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on CBS,

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(formerly CBS All Access) and CBS Sports Golazo Network. These matches are from International, European, and American competitions.

Current programming

UEFA club competitions

In November 2019, CBS acquired rights to

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club competitions, including the

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, Europa League, and

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for three seasons beginning in the 2021–22 season, replacing

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. The package would center around the CBS All Access (now

) subscription service, which carries all matches live, with selected matches to be carried by the main CBS network. CBS Sports Network largely carries ''The Golazo Show'' on matchdays, a "whiparound" show that airs goals and important moments from all matches in a broadcast window. Its name is a reference to "CBS Sports Golazo", the branding used by the network on social media to promote their men's soccer programming. CBS's studio coverage for the Champions League is produced from IMG's studio in Stockley Park,

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in association with network-owned Channel 5. During the suspension of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, Turner Sports dropped out of its contract with UEFA. CBS would pick up the remainder of the contract and begin its coverage early, beginning from the remaining round of 16 matches in August 2020. On August 19, 2022, UEFA extended the deal with CBS until 2030.

National Women's Soccer League

On March 11, 2020, the NWSL announced that it has entered into a three-year media agreement with

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and the video game-oriented streaming service Twitch. For the 2020 NWSL season, CBS Sports will broadcast 87 matches (including the playoffs) split between CBS,

, and CBS All Access in Canada and the United States, with the exact distribution among the channels subject to change, while Twitch will stream an additional 24 matches for free. Twitch will also become the NWSL's international media rights holder and stream all matches outside Canada and the United States for free. On November 9, 2023, the NWSL announced a new multi-year deal with CBS Sports. On CBS and streaming on Paramount+, CBS Sports will air at least 10 regular season matches, one quarterfinal, one semifinal, and the championship. Eight matches will air exclusively on CBS Sports Network.

CONCACAF

Paramount+ will offer more than 200 matches from the

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region, airing English-language rights of Nations League Finals in June 2021 including

matches, and CONCACAF Men's and Women's World Cup qualifiers, except U.S. and Mexico home matches.

Brasileirāo and Argentine Primera División

CBS will stream more than 360 matches a year from Brazil's top-tier

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and more than 300 matches a year from Argentina's Primera División Argentina in English-language on

AFC

CBS reached an agreement with

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to acquire the exclusive U.S. rights for several competitions, including Men's World Cup qualifying, Men's Champions League, Men's Asian Cup, Women's Club Championship and Women's Asian Cup (which is also becoming their Women's World Cup qualification). These coverage are expected to begin in the fall of 2021 on Paramount+.

Serie A

CBS acquired rights of

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, replacing

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, for three seasons beginning in 2021-22 until 2023–24. More than 400 club matches will be on

, featuring 380 Serie A matches, 25 Coppa Italia matches—including selected knockout rounds, and the

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match each year. Select matches will airing on other CBS Sports platforms, including

. For the first two weeks, CBS' studio coverage will be based from

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studio in Stamford, Conn. Additional coverage details will be announced in later date with full studio coverage from

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beginning on Sunday, Sept. 12.

Scottish Professional Football League

CBS replaced ESPN as the U.S. rights holder of the

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after reaching a multi-year deal beginning from 2021–22 until 2024-25 season. The majority of the matches, including the

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and the

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, will air on

with select matches, including Old Firm derby are shown on

FA Women's Super League

CBS was awarded a multi-year contract to broadcast the FA Women's Super League beginning in 2022–23 seasons. A total of 57 matches are scheduled to be aired selectively on the

and the majority can be accessed via

English Football League

CBS Sports holds the rights to the

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, including 135

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matches, 38 League One matches, 38 League Two matches, 30 Carabao Cup matches and 3 Bristol Street Motors Trophy matches per season, through the 2027–28 season.

Other rights

CBS Sports also holds the rights to the

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, the CONCACAF W Champions Cup, the

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, and USL League 1.

On-air personalities

Play-by-play

* '' UEFA club competitions'' **

and the

– Clive Tyldesley (lead), Andres Cordero, Chris Wyttingham, Pien Meulensteen **

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and

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– Andres Cordero, Chris Wittyngham ** UEFA world feed (Gravity Media): Tony Jones,

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(UEFA Champions League only), Guy Mowbray, Dan Mason, Jonathan Pearce, Simon Brotherton, Sam Matterface, Kevin Keatings, Jim Proudfoot, Sam Wilson * ''

'' – Andrés Cordero, Chris Wittyngham, Eric Krakauer * ''

'' – Andrés Cordero, Adrian Garcia Marquez, Lisa Byington * ''

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'' – Jacqui Oatley, Jenn Hildreth, JP Dellacamera, Kate Scott, Mike Watts, Aly Trost, Josh Eastern, Matt Pedersen, Maura Sheridan, Lisa Carlin, Joe Malfa, Chris Wittyngham, Eric Krakauer, Andres Cordero

Color commentators

* '' UEFA club competitions'' **

and the

– Robert Green (lead), Ray Hudson, Jim Beglin, Matteo Bonetti, Mike Grella, Karen Carney **

and

– Matteo Bonetti ** UEFA world feed (Gravity Media): Don Goodman (lead), Alan Smith, Andy Townsend, Leon Osman, Matt Holland, Clive Allen, Efan Ekoku, Stewart Robson, Sue Smith, Laura Bassett * ''

'' – Matteo Bonetti, Mike Grella, Ray Hudson * ''

'' – Maurice Edu, Marcelo Balboa, Aly Wagner, Janelly Farías * ''

'' – Lori Lindsey, Aly Wagner, Heather O'Reilly, Anna Witte, Jill Loyden, Jordan Angeli, Lianne Sanderson, Tony Meola, Gary Bailey, Saskia Webber, Kacey White, Renee Washington, Freya Coombe, Merritt Mathias

Reporters

* ''

'' – Guillem Balagué, Jules Breach, Nico Cantor * ''

'' – Ana Quiles, Marco Messina * ''

'' – Nico Cantor, Jenny Chiu * ''

'' – Marisa Pilla

Studio hosts

* '' UEFA club competitions'' – Kate Scott, Jules Breach ** ''Golazo Show'' – Nico Cantor, Manish Bhasin, Ayo Akinwolere, Pien Meulensteen * ''

'' – Poppy Miller * ''

'' – Kate Scott, Poppy Miller * ''

'' – Poppy Miller

Studio analysts

* '' UEFA club competitions'' **

and the

– Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, Micah Richards, Alessandro Del Piero, Peter Schmeichel, Alex Scott, Freddie Ljungberg ** UEFA Europa and the Europa Conference Leagues – Lianne Sanderson, Jermaine Jones, Maurice Edu, Julien Laurens * ''

'' – Matteo Bonetti, Marco Messina, Fabrizio Romano, Giuseppe Rossi, Mike Grella, Charlie Davies, Antonio Cincotta, Christine Cupo, Aaron West * ''

'' – Clint Dempsey, Oguchi Onyewu, Charlie Davies, Briana Scurry, Kaylyn Kyle, Jenny Ruiz-Williams, Janelly Farías * ''

'' – Ian Joy, Luis García, Jimmy Conrad, Heath Pearce, Thomas Rongen, Nigel Reo-Coker, Fabrizio Romano, James Benge, Jonathan Johnson * ''Rules analyst'' – Christina Unkel

Former programming

North American Soccer League

In 1967, two professional soccer leagues started in the United States: the

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-sanctioned

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, which consisted of entire European and South American teams brought to the U.S. and given local names, and the unsanctioned National Professional Soccer League. The National Professional Soccer League had a national television contract in the U.S. with the CBS

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(which signed a two-year contract to broadcast a game every Sunday afternoon live and in color). The NPSL kicked off on Sunday, April 16 with a full slate of five matches. However, the ratings for matches were unacceptable even by weekend daytime standards and the arrangement was terminated. Bill MacPhail, head of

, attributed NASL's lack of TV appeal to empty stadiums with few fans, and to undistinguished foreign players who were unfamiliar to American soccer fans.Sports Illustrated, Soccer Is Getting A Toehold, August 30, 1976
/ref> The leagues merged in 1968 to form the North American Soccer League (NASL). It has been suggested that the timing of the merge was related to the huge amount of attention given throughout the English-speaking world to the victory by

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in the

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and the resulting

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, ''Goal''. While the USSF and

refused to recognize the NPSL, the television contract with CBS guaranteed some element of financial stability. In 1974, although the

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had a league-best record and points total, and rightly should have hosted the championship final, CBS intervened and strongly influenced the NASL's decision to play the match in

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. CBS was under contract to air the game live and was unwilling to black-out the large

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viewing audience. At the time it was the standard in many U.S.-based sports for the host market not to broadcast games locally unless they were sold out. At the time, the

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had a capacity of 94,500 and, even in a best-case scenario, an Aztecs sell-out was unlikely. Moreover, in an effort by CBS to capture more viewers during the peak East Coast time slot, a Los Angeles-hosted game would have begun at 12:30 ( PDT) local time. The league recognized that both these factors would be detrimental to ticket sales and agreed to move the game to the Miami Orange Bowl with a 3:30 ( EDT) local start. CBS had also stepped in the previous week and forced the Toros to play their semifinal match at the much-smaller Tamiami Stadium in Tamiami Park. This was done so that if Miami did win, CBS's production crews would have a full week for set-up in the Orange Bowl stadium.

1974 FIFA World Cup

By 1970, the NASL was struggling, and had lost its TV contract with CBS. As a result, they didn't provide any network TV coverage of the 1970 World Cup. 1974's coverage contained week-old filmed highlights on '' CBS Sports Spectacular''. For the Final, CBS used

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's feed with announcer David Coleman.

Major Indoor Soccer League

The MISL made inroads on national television in 1982–83. While the spring would see the end of the league's two-year deal with the

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, CBS would broadcast a playoff game live from Cleveland on May 7 that drew an estimated four million viewers. One game during the 1983–84 season was televised on CBS (Game 3 of the championship series on June 2) as well. 1984–85 would be the final year the MISL would have games aired on network television, CBS broadcast Game 4 of the championship series live on May 25. CBS used Gary Bender and Kyle Rote Jr. on commentary.

NCAA Men's Soccer Championship

By 1990, CBS would televise the final of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament between

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and Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Mike Joy and Seamus Malin provided commentary, with '' Jim Gray'' serving as the sideline reporter.

CBS Sports Golazo Network

The CBS Sports Golazo Network is a streaming

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operated by the

and Paramount Streaming divisions of

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focused on

. The channel is available on the CBS Sports app, Pluto TV and

along with

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's Freevee and Roku's Roku Channel. Featured programming includes three live studio shows, ''Morning Footy'' talk show on weekdays usually at 8AM ET, ''Box 2 Box'' news show on weekdays usually at 1PM ET, and the comprehensive highlights show ''Scoreline'' daily usually at 5pm ET with updated highlights (from MLS, NWSL, USL, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL competitions) throughout the evening as needed. CBS Sports Golazo Network also offers second-screen "tactical cam" or "isolation cam" (on a star player) coverage of major matches airing on CBS and select live matches from UEFA club competitions, MASL,

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, USL, EFL, Scottish Professional Football League and

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On-air talent

Presenters

*Susannah Fuller *Poppy Miller *Aly Trost Martin * Jenny Chiu * Jimmy Conrad *Lisa Carlin *Claudia Pagán *Michelle Gingras * Chris Wittyngham * Nate Bukaty * Callum Williams * Adrian Garcia Marquez * Julie Stewart-Binks * Semra Hunter * Sam Quek * Charlie Webster * Adam Hunt * Adriana Monsalve

Analysts and contributors

* Nico Cantor *Alexis Guerreros * Charlie Davies * Michael Lahoud *Aaron West * Ian Joy * Tony Meola * Brian McBride * Nigel Reo-Coker * Mike Grella *Marco Messina * Matteo Bonetti *Sandra Herrera * Darian Jenkins * Midge Purce * Kelley O'Hara * Jessica McDonald * Lianne Sanderson *Christine Cupo *Felipe Cárdenas *Luis "Lucho" Garcia *James Benge *Francesco Porzio *Mbizo Mzamane * Guillem Balagué *Anita Nneka Jones * Geoff Shreeves

References

External links

* {{Association football on television CBS Sports CBS Sports Spectacular CBS original programming CBS Sports Network original programming

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