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Austin FC Will Play in Leagues Cup 2023

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Major League Soccer (MLS) and LIGA MX have announced the inaugural edition of the historic and highly-anticipated Leagues Cup 2023.

Leagues Cup 2023

Beginning in 2023, MLS and LIGA MX will pause their respective league seasons each summer, and all 47 first-division clubs in Canada, Mexico, and the United States will compete in the World Cup-style tournament.

This announcement sets the stage for the annual, month-long competition that will crown the winner between MLS and LIGA MX.

The champion, as well as the second and third-place finishers, will qualify for the Concacaf Champions League and have an opportunity to earn a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup.

Leagues Cup 2023 will begin on Friday, July 21 with the final taking place on Saturday, August 19. The tournament will be played across the U.S. and Canada.

The inaugural Leagues Cup will consist of 77 matches.

Austin FC Locks in Second Place in the MLS Western Conference

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With this past weekend’s results in Major League Soccer (MLS), Austin FC has officially placed second in the Western Conference for the MLS 2022 season.

Austin FC fans going wild

Austin FC clinched a spot in the playoffs a couple of weeks ago.

Last Friday, tickets went on sale publicly for the first Austin FC playoff game and it was sold out within six minutes.

Hopefully, we’ll see a big win in the first playoff match, because we can potentially host multiple playoff matches and have an edge with the amazing, passionate atmosphere.

If you are hoping to score tickets to the final match this weekend or the playoffs, you can get $20 off your first order with SeatGeek.

97% of Austin FC Season Ticket Holders Renew for 2023

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Austin FC President Andy Loughnane told the Sports Business Journal that 97% of the Austin FC 16,000 season-ticket holders renewed their accounts for the 2023 season.

True Love Will Find You in the End

Last year, 96% of Austin FC season-ticket holders renewed for the current season.

Austin FC holds the longest active sellout streak in MLS at 29 matches, which includes every match at Q2 Stadium since Austin FC made its home debut in June 2021.

The first season was a little rough with a 12th place finish in the Western Conference, but this year Austin FC is second in Major League Soccer through 25 matches.

Apple and MLS Forge a 10 Year Deal to Broadcast Matches

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Exciting news for Austin FC fans – in a landmark deal between Apple and Major League Soccer (MLS), fans will be able to stream every MLS match through the Apple TV app without any local blackouts or restrictions starting in the 2023 season.

Apple and MLS

Apple and Major League Soccer announced that the Apple TV app will be the exclusive destination to watch every single live MLS match beginning in 2023.

This partnership will allow fans around the world to watch all MLS, Leagues Cup, and select MLS NEXT Pro and MLS NEXT matches in one place without any local broadcast blackouts or the need for a traditional pay-TV bundle.

From 2023 through 2032, fans can get every live MLS match by subscribing to a new MLS streaming service, available exclusively through the Apple TV app.

In addition to all of the match content, the service will provide fans a new weekly live match whip-around show so they never miss a goal or save, and also game replays, highlights, analysis, and other original programming.

This live and on-demand MLS content will provide in-depth, behind-the-scenes views of the players and clubs. A broad selection of MLS and Leagues Cup matches, including some of the biggest matchups, will also be available at no additional cost to Apple TV+ subscribers, with a limited number of matches available for free.

As an added benefit to fans, access to the new MLS streaming service will be included as part of MLS full-season ticket packages.

The MLS live and on-demand content on the Apple TV app will be available to anyone with internet access across all devices where the app can be found, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV 4K, and Apple TV HD; Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sony, TCL, VIZIO, and other smart TVs; Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices; PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles; Chromecast with Google TV; and Comcast Xfinity. Fans can also watch on tv.apple.com.

All MLS and Leagues Cup matches will include announcers calling the action in English and Spanish, and all matches involving Canadian teams will be available in French.

Complete details for the new service will be announced in the coming months.

Head Coach Josh Wolff Gets a Multi-Year Extension from Austin FC

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Austin FC announced that Head Coach Josh Wolff has signed a three-year contract extension with Austin FC to continue as Head Coach through the end of the 2025 Major League Soccer (MLS) season.

Shawn Collins and Josh Wolff

Through the first 10 regular season matches for Austin FC, Wolff has the team currently positioned at second overall in the Western Conference and second overall in the Supporters’ Shield standings and a 6-2-2 record.

Meet & Greet with Andy Loughnane, Claudio Reyna, and Josh Wolff

Wolff, 45, became Austin FC’s first-ever Head Coach in November 2019. Austin FC hired him from the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) staff, where he was an assistant coach under Gregg Berhalter and played a role in the team’s run to the final of the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup.

Previously, Wolff was an assistant on Berhalter’s staff for five seasons with the Columbus Crew. Wolff’s first coaching role was with D.C. United as an assistant coach in 2013, helping the club win the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup that season.

Josh Wolff head coach of Austin FC

During his playing career, Wolff represented the United States at both the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, recording an assist in the USMNT’s famous 2-0 win over Mexico in the 2002 Round of 16.

He scored nine goals in 52 appearances during his international career, was named U.S. Soccer’s Young Male Athlete of the Year in 1998, and was a U.S. Olympic team athlete at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

At the club level, Wolff played 14 seasons with three teams in Major League Soccer in addition to one season in Germany with 1860 Munich.

In total, Wolff made 367 appearances for his club sides, scoring 106 goals and earning MLS All-Star selections in 2002 and 2006.

He won the 1998 MLS Cup with Chicago Fire FC and won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 1998, 2000, and 2004.

Congratulations on the extension, Coach Wolff.