MLS opening weekend on Apple TV points to an expensive future for sports streaming

 FEB 25 MLS - D.C. United vs Toronto FC Lorenzo Insigne during his brief appearance this weekend. | Photo: Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

On the field, things didn’t get off to the best start for the opening weekend of Major League Soccer, which kicked off a new 10-year-long streaming deal with Apple. The weekend’s marquee match between crosstown rivals Los Angeles FC and the Los Angeles Galaxy was postponed due to “inclement weather,” and later on, Italian superstar Lorenzo Insigne (the league’s most expensive player) was forced off early with an injury. The opening matches were thusly a little less star-studded — but the product off the field was surpr...

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