Major League Soccer, whose 2020 season has been suspended for just three games in the program, will host a month-long esports tournament featuring a stadium of 32 players from both in real travel with EA Sports & # 39; FIFA 20 Global Series.
The eMLS Tournament Special will focus on the broadcast partners of the league, FS1 and Fox Deportes, which begins Sunday, April 19 at 7 p.m. EDT. Coca-Cola and PlayStation have also joined as launch partners. The tournament is being played to benefit Feeding America and Banks in Canada, with both donations made after each broadcast weekend.
These episodes will compete and be broadcast remotely, with competitors playing in their own homes. Sixteen MLS sides are represented. Their MLS and eMLS will face their partners in two tournaments, one with four team elimination contests, with a total of five games being broadcast every weekend.
Sunday's opening event hits Chicago Fire against FC Cincinnati, and LAFC vs. LA Galaxy in esports respond with their derby, "El Trafico." That means Chicago's Francisco Calvo and BITW7 will team up with Cincy & # 39; s Kendall Waston and Fiddle, respectively, while LAFC's Adam Diomande and RiMartinn clash with Chicharito's Gallery and Goden. Winning clubs (for combined purposes) will meet in one final match to decide who enters the final tournament at the end of the month.
Here is the rest of the drawing. On Sunday, May 17, the winning clubs from all three categories will meet in the finals following the same procedure as the first round.
The games will be hosted by Fox Sports commentators Stu Holden, Rachel Bonnetta, and Rodolfo Landeros, with analysis by Mike LaBelle.
Major League Soccer joins Major League baseball, the National Basketball Association, Formula One and NASCAR as a star-studded sport and online competition with the COVID-19 epidemic has blocked almost all social media.
MLB this week kicked off a player tournament featuring representatives from all 30 baseball teams playing for the Sony MLB The Show 20. On Saturday night, DeAndre Ayton of the Phoenix Suns defeated goalkeeper Devin Booker to win the NBA 2K Players Championship, broadcast live on ESPN.
F1 just held its third Virtual Grand Prix, featuring real-time drivers and esports proses in the wild, replacing events that have been canceled so far. And NASCAR, in conjunction with iRacing, is in the middle of the Pro Invitational Series where Fox Sports also broadcasts. The competition was so severe that one driver fainted after being injured – again lose his real sponsor.
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