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Major League Soccer

MLS has seen a surge in its social media following as it engages with fans and shares more content from their teams on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The sports league live-streamed matches on Twitter this year, doubling its audience from its Facebook Live live streams the year before. MLS also posts video highlights on social media, partnering with WSC Sports to use AI to identify highlights from games and post them, often under a minute after they occur. MLS has also engaged with fans of their esports league, eMLS: Their all-star game delivered record-breaking numbers for FIFA on Twitch thanks to its engaging format.

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2019: Social Media

Major League Soccer On The Web

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Stories about Major League Soccer

This Major League Soccer team will be the first to have a zero-landfill stadium

Subaru Park in Philadelphia has a plan to divert all its waste—the cans, food, and chip bags that total 357,000 pounds of trash a year—from landfills.

This Major League Soccer team will be the first to have a zero-landfill stadium

Major League Soccer teams with R/GA on new start-up tech search

New venture studio is recruiting companies and entrepreneurs for emerging tech to help fan engagement, on-field data, stadium infrastructure, and more.

Major League Soccer teams with R/GA on new start-up tech search

Twitter is for soccer. Facebook is for baseball

Twitter has scored a mini-coup over its social media competitor by nabbing the rights to stream Major League Soccer games for three years, reports Variety. The deal will allow Twitter to live stream at least 24 MLS games and other content throughout the year. That’s surely a gut punch to Facebook, who had MLS streaming … Continue reading “Twitter is for soccer. Facebook is for baseball”

Twitter is for soccer. Facebook is for baseball

Major League Soccer Is Perfecting The “Beautiful Game” For The Social Age

Copa90 head James Kirkham on why the MLS All-Star Game’s fresh approach is an example for the rest of the soccer world.

Major League Soccer Is Perfecting The “Beautiful Game” For The Social Age

Innovation By Design

Soccer Gets Smart: MLS Launches League-Wide Data Viz System

A real-time data visualization system will leverage the power of Big Data to help coaches make better decisions.

Soccer Gets Smart: MLS Launches League-Wide Data Viz System

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