MLS: The Official App

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Last verified 4 Sep 2026

4.5 10677 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Recommendations, Accessibility

   As a blind user of sports apps, this is not my favorite. It is workable but the access could be better. It appears many of the things you click on are more image based and it is not clear if there is an accessible button or link there or not without just blindly trying and hoping it works. I would also ask that the cap on alerts be lifted. You cannot select updates about the start and end of all games for all teams, because when you choose a team as a topic, the app immediately assigns game start/finish, team news and team goals scored as a package of 3 alerts. So you have to go in and remove two of those three alerts to get down to one, so you can then add more teams. At minimum, I'd like to be able to get a game start/end status for each team and team news alerts. As currently designed, I have game start/'finish for each team, then news, lineups and goals scored at the league wide level.

   R Deal · 4 Sep 2026

2. 2/5At least get the basics right

   As an MLS fan, I’m very happy this app exists. Really wanted to like the new interface, but there are basic app functions that either work poorly or don’t work at all. First, the “Feedback” icon under user profile currently does nothing. Like, if you touch the image, it “clicks” from a haptics perspective, but that’s all. No new screen, no drop down menu, not even an “oops” error message. Just straight up nothing. Second, the “follow players” function is organized alphabetically by player FIRST NAME. While on the surface this might not seem problematic, I quickly discovered that it is seriously unhelpful. As a relatively engaged MLS consumer with a team that I watch and support weekly, I can confidently say I don’t know that I could even tell you the first names of the players on my own favorite team beyond maybe the starting eleven. The list also does not take diacritical marks into account, listing the same player twice because of this and listing other players out of alphabetical order entirely since their names start with letters that include diacritical marks. Given the amount of resources—financial and otherwise—being invested into MLS, I am disappointed and, frankly, embarrassed at the MLS app’s current quality. DO BETTER.

   DapperCat2218 · 4 Sep 2026

3. 3/5Ok, but needs some work

   The content is great, but the app itself has some issues. My first complaint is that the navigation is less intuitive than past designs. I’d prefer to open into a feed of headlines and then navigate to highlights or team headlines. Instead all three feeds are crammed into the home page. My second complaint is worse although it doesn’t sound like many other people experience this: the audio doesn’t play through my phone’s speakers. Headphones or external speakers are fine. All of my other apps are fine. I’ve racked my brain trying to figure out why this app misbehaves but I can’t figure it out. I’d give it four stars if the audio bug was fixed and the design was tweaked a bit. I’d give it five if there was some search capability on the news feed.

   MLS Fan 123 · 4 Sep 2026

4. 2/5Disappointing Redesign

   I have been using the app since it first came out, and I loved all of it. Information was easy to find, game lineups posted as soon as they were given (before announced in stadium). The new design is fancier and prettier but far, far less useful. Some areas are far too touch sensitive - you accidentally open stories when you just try to scroll thru - or not nearly sensitive enough. Some areas are very difficult to open at times. For design, the redesign gets an A, for utility and ease of use, a D+. For those lamenting about blackouts, it’s the broadcast rules. The games are controlled by the broadcasters (and that includes your local affiliate) for a period (usually 48 hours). That gives them the right to replay if they want. The reason local games are blacked out is because someone has paid for the right to broadcast and they deserve to get their money’s worth. With MLS Live (I can’t speak to ESPN+ because I haven’t tried it yet) I have never found a game I couldn’t watch or rewatch after the 48 hour window, even with my local team.

   Hamish56 · 4 Sep 2026

5. 1/5Blackouts, freezing and completely being dropped

   This is my second +? Review. I can not open the MLS app because it states a update is required but I can not find a update when I look for the update?! So what does one do when your locked out because a update is needed but there is no update waiting at the App Store? My rating of one star is there for a reason. Terrible upgrade! If a video is played and I try to go anywhere else on the app I receive a black screen I have to close the app and restart to see any content. I am often confronted with freezes and have to restart also when I try to access a module within a article I will get dropped completely from the app!? Old system of organization was much better as well. This app continues to be the worst sports app I use. I can not start to watch a video without the app closing completely?! I can not begin to read an article walk away for minute return to continue as soon as I open the page the app restarts and takes me back to the home site?! Terrible app.

   RidgefieldBob · 4 Sep 2026

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