MLS Game of the Week

{{Infobox television

| image =

| runtime = 2 hours (2.5 hours select games)

| starring = Adrian Healey
Taylor Twellman
Max Bretos
Alexi Lalas
Kasey Keller

| country = United States

| network = ESPN2 (2009–2022)

| first_aired = {{Start date|2009}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2022}}

}}

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{{cite web | url=http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2009/01/espn-dumps-mls-primetime-thursday/ | title=ESPN dumps MLS Primetime Thursday | date=19 January 2009 }} 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.{{cite web | url=http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2009/01/espn-making-changes-to-mls-broadcasts.html | title=ESPN Making Changes to MLS Broadcasts }}

ESPN left all MLS televising duties after the 2022 MLS season, of which games are mainly shown via streaming on MLS Season Pass.{{cite web | url=https://www.inquirer.com/soccer/mls-apple-fox-univision-espn-20221212.html | title=Univision out of MLS regular-season and playoff TV broadcasts amid new Apple deal | date=12 December 2022 }}

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;{{cite web | url=http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2009/10/mls-viewership-up-15-on-espn2/ | title=MLS viewership up 15% on ESPN2 | date=29 October 2009 }} however, it dipped to 253,000 in 2010 before rebounding to 291,000 in 2011{{cite web | url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2011/10/26/Research-and-Ratings/MLS-TV.aspx | title=Sports Business Journal | date=26 October 2011 }} 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)