''Soccer Night in America'' (also known as ''MLS Saturday/MLS on Fox Soccer'') was a weekly presentation of

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games on

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that began in

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. From

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to 2011, FOX Soccer showed 25 to 30 live games each season, plus 2 to 3 playoff games. In

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, ''MLS Saturday'' started showing a 30-minute pregame and a 30-minute postgame show for each game. In 2011, ''MLS on Fox Soccer'' was rebranded as ''Soccer Night in America'', with its production revamped to provide a viewing experience similar to ''

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''. However, Fox was outbid by

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for its MLS package for the 2012–2014 seasons. In 2015, ''Soccer Night in America'' was again rebranded as ''

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'' due to a new deal between

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and

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, with games on

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airing from 7-9pm ET.

References

{{MLS on Fox Major League Soccer on television 2003 American television series debuts 2011 American television series endings Fox Soccer original programming

See also

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