A-League TV Schedule and Streaming Links

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1. 

   MICHAEL

   December 18, 2021 at 3:43 am

   Thanks Jared it worked and you don’t have to pay for it

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   Jared Martin

   December 7, 2021 at 4:55 pm

   UPDATE- If you search “Keep Up A League” on You Tube, you can apparently watch the A League there, while the FFA Cup I’d on the “My Football” channel & ESPN+.

   Don’t know if Paramount takes over later this season. KEEP Up runs the A League You Tube channel & website, so it’s official.

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3. 

   Turfit

   November 30, 2021 at 9:54 pm

   ruby and cricket matter more in Australia,

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4. 

   greg

   November 30, 2021 at 1:22 pm

   @Turfit – In Australia, soccer doesn’t have to go up against Aussie Rules footy for most of the season. In Texas it’s pretty much always (American) football season and baseball matters more.

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5. 

   Turfit

   November 30, 2021 at 9:28 am

   Australia, a country of 25 million people, has a league with 10 teams (Australian) in the 18-19 season with an average attendance of 10,411 per match.
   Texas, a state of 29 million people, had 2 MLS teams and 4 USL Championship teams in 2019 that had an average attendance of 8,345 per match.
   With fewer people, A-League has more teams and higher attendance.

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6. 

   JP

   November 29, 2021 at 11:27 am

   @Edwin, understood. Just thought it was interesting the same reasoning for subpar interest (compared to other leagues) in domestic soccer applies there as well. All our major sports are the best in the world, as is the case apparently with the more popular sports in Australia (Rugby, etc).

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   Edwin

   November 28, 2021 at 1:41 pm

   @JP in fairness comparing MLS to A-League is night and day. A League is like MLS a decade or so ago. If fans in Australia had a league like MLS there’d be alot more interest in their home market and vice versa. MLS isn’t the best but its damn good soccer far worse leagues that people are out there watching and enjoying.

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   JP

   November 28, 2021 at 6:48 am

   This part belongs with the article, got messed up in the copy/paste
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   “Australia, in short, only likes sports that it is good at, and on a global scale, it isn’t that good at football.”

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9. 

   JP

   November 28, 2021 at 6:44 am

   Australia, in short, only likes sports that it is good at, and on a global scale, it isn’t that good at football.
   I haven’t found anything on US rights, Paramount+ does have rights in Australia though. But while looking quick I came across an article from Forbes a couple weeks ago. This part could apply to MLS here!
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   “Even the most uninterested Australian sports fan knows that the A-League is nowhere near the elite of men’s professional football, and with every European league available on streaming for the same price as Aussie soccer, it’s easy to consume exclusively foreign football (albeit at awkward times of the day).”

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10. 

    MICHAEL CICCHINI

    November 28, 2021 at 3:31 am

    Yea like the rest of you guys I was looking to and found Paramount plus has to rights but I don’t see any games carried in the United States .I see that they had issues with the first week or two don’t know if that had anything to do with it .Hopefully someone can find out what’s going on

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11. 

    Jared Martin

    November 28, 2021 at 1:24 am

    Same here man. There really was a post on the A League’s Instagram on Wednesday or Thursday saying Paramount+ US has the rights. But if you go onto the A League’s website, it says ESPN+ has the rights.

    At this point, I’m assuming no US network either has the rights or are getting them anytime soon.

    When people try responding to the post on Instagram, the league just ignores people. Apparently someone told me under the Instagram post that they got banned from the A League’s Twitter for asking about all of this on the Twitter page.

    In fairness, Idk how that person asked about some of this on Twitter – i.e. vulgar maybe? – but ultimately, the League’s not doing a good job of being transparent with the fans in this market.

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12. 

    Matthew Rapoza

    November 26, 2021 at 1:50 pm

    I have been reading comments and when I check out Paramount Plus and ESPN + in USA, I don’t see the A-League so I’m confused on this….

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13. 

    Alec

    November 26, 2021 at 10:52 am

    I saw on the A league instagram page that paramount+ has the rights now in USA for the A league. It was posted in their international broadcasters post. When will paramount start broadcasting them?

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14. 

    Jared Martin

    November 22, 2021 at 4:48 pm

    Hey Chris,

    Love the site. Quick question regarding the A League being viewed in the US – I’ve seen on the A League’s site that markets where they couldn’t sell the rights; that viewers in those markets could watch on YouTube.

    I like I’m sure many others have checked this weekend, & no games could be found.

    Why on Earth is the US being blacked out from watching on YouTube when clearly no other company holds the rights?

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      Christopher Harris

      November 22, 2021 at 5:10 pm

      The games being blacked out on YouTube is a sign that they must be close to a deal but haven’t finalized it yet.

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15. 

    cheryl

    November 22, 2021 at 11:13 am

    Since Paramount is the provider now in Australia (with apparently a rocky start), shouldn’t they just add it to the package here in the US? I am one of the pathetic Man City fans (according to Kartik ) who follows other City Football Group teams, so disappointed about the loss of the Indian league. LOL

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16. 

    Cole Stark

    November 21, 2021 at 12:38 am

    Haven’t gotten any answer on why they are not airing any a league games. Also not airing any Indian super league games which they have previously

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      Christopher Harris

      November 21, 2021 at 8:44 am

      ESPN+ no longer has the rights to the Indian Super League at this time. The same with the Australian A-League. Hopefully they or someone else will acquire the rights soon.

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17. 

    David

    November 20, 2021 at 6:18 pm

    I resubscribed to ESPN only to find no A league games ????

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18. 

    Martin Byatt

    November 17, 2021 at 11:24 pm

    I’d like an answer also. I see nothing g about ESPN or Paramount carrying the A league this up coming season.

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19. 

    Cole Stark

    November 14, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    Is espn plus going to carry the Australian a league this season? It’s t minus a week and it’s not on the schedule yet.

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