NEW YORK – August 8, 2012 – NBC Sports Network will broadcast this week’s MLS coverage in primetime on Friday immediately following all-day live coverage of the 2012 London Olympics. An Eastern Conference match between the #3 New York Red Bulls and the #1 Houston Dynamos will air Friday live from Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J., at 8 p.m. ET. Additionally, the LA Galaxy will travel to meet the Columbus Crew on Wednesday, August 15, at 7 p.m. ET.
COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports Network’s MLS coverage will feature John Strong (play-by-play), the play-by-play announcer for the Portland Timbers, alongside former MLS player and Olympian Brian Dunseth (“Between the Benches” analyst). Brent Harris will serve as studio host on site in New York and Columbus on Friday and Wednesday, respectfully.
Strong and Dunseth will call all MLS games on NBC Sports Network while the network’s lead soccer commentary team of Arlo White and Kyle Martino while they are in London for the 2012 Olympic Games.
RATINGS: The MLS game on Sunday, August 5 featuring FC Dallas against the Portland Timbers,was the network’s most-watched MLS game to date, with 405,000 average viewers. The game on Sunday is up 241 percent from the 2011 regular-season average on Fox Soccer (232,000)
UPCOMING MLS GAMES ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK: (All Times ET, Home Team Listed First)
Sun., August 19, D.C. vs. Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
