FOX made another splash in the American soccer media landscape by locking up the rights to the UEFA Women’s Euro in 2025. The top international women’s soccer competition in Europe previously aired on ESPN. However, in 2025, it joins an impressive array of international soccer competitions airing in the United States on FOX.
With the addition of the 2025 Women’s Euro, FOX is broadcasting the men’s European Championship, Copa America, Gold Cup and select games in Major League Soccer. The biggest properties for FOX remain the FIFA World Cup and Women’s World Cup. Yet, many of the teams having success in the Women’s World Cup play their other major competition in the Women’s Euro. For example, five of the eight quarterfinalists from the Women’s World Cup in 2023 hailed from Europe. That included the eventual champion, Spain, and the winner of the Women’s Euro in 2022, England.
With the acquisition of the Women’s Euro in 2025, FOX has reasserted itself as the home of international soccer in the United States. Looking across the next summers, FOX will be a constant presence for American soccer fans. This summer, FOX is providing sunrise-to-sunset coverage of both the European Championship and Copa America. Now, in 2025, the Women’s Euro switches from ESPN to FOX. In 2026, the men’s World Cup plays out its biggest tournament ever with 48 teams playing in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Then, the Women’s World Cup is airing on FOX in 2027. Finally, the summers of soccer on FOX continue into 2028.
Women’s Euro in 2025 gives FOX monopoly on international soccer
What this shows is that FOX has made a nook in the American soccer scene. While ESPN, CBS and NBC squabble with various club soccer rights, FOX is the home of the vast majority of top-level competitive soccer games. In doing so, FOX moved away from club soccer. There remains a weekly Major League Soccer game available on FOX’s channels, but international soccer is…
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Author : Kyle Fansler
Publish date : 2024-06-24 16:56:42
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