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All access: Fury, FC Edmonton road games to be streamed on TSN GO in 2015

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FC Edmonton and Ottawa Fury supporters will be able to access the majority of their teams away-game broadcasts this year via TSN GO.

The North American Soccer League announced its broadcast plans for this season and, as expected, the pay-per-view NASLLive platform is gone. ESPN3 is now the base for all U.S. broadcasts save for the New York Cosmos, whose rights are held by ONE World Sports. Canadians can’t legally access ESPN3 streams, but there is a plan in place to ensure the fans on the northern side of the border can see the away games.

When the Eddies or Fury visit eight of the nine U.S. teams (minus the Cosmos), the games will be streamed on TSN GO. Cosmos games can be accessed through ONE World.

For home games, Fury matches will be available on the team’s website, so Canadians from coast-to-coast can see those games. FC Edmonton is back with Citytv/Rogers in 2015 — and I can confirm that Gareth Hampshire and me will be back in the booth. The games will also be available on through the Citytv Edmonton website; so, like the Fury, they can be accessed by a national Canadian audience.

For the supporters south of the border; when U.S. teams visit FCE or Ottawa, those games will be available outside Canada on the ESPN platforms, including ESPN3 in America.

SOME ADDED NOTES: Ottawa Fury has confirmed its home leg of the Amway Canadian Championship first-round series against FC Edmonton will be available on Rogers TV. FC Edmonton has not yet announced any plans for its home leg of that series.

As well, the Fury have confirmed that all NASL, matches, home and away, will be streamed on its website. That differs from the information that came from NASL: “Matches played in Edmonton and Ottawa will be available to U.S. viewers via ESPN3 and Canadian viewers via City TV and OttawaFuryFC.com respectively. Matches played in the U.S. (except New York) will be available to American viewers via ESPN3 and Canadian viewers via TSN GO.”

No matter; the key for viewers is that matches will be available for streaming without surcharges.

MORE ADDED NOTES: As well, I have been told that games between two American teams will be available to Canadian fans on TSN GO. So, if Minnesota is playing Tampa Bay, fans in Edmonton or Ottawa or St. John’s or Victoria can watch that stream via TSN GO.

 

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9 Comments

  1. italk2u

    March 27, 2015 at 2:54 am

    Google “TSNGO on SHAW” and you will see that SHAW customers will not be able to get FCE away games

    • Steven Sandor

      March 27, 2015 at 2:56 pm

      I just logged onto TSN GO with my Shaw account. No issues.

  2. D Po

    March 26, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    Wait… So is NASL Live subscription service gone? I really liked NASL live last season, as I don’t have a television package and I like being able to see all the games through one service/app. How can those like me who don’t have a TV service provider watch the games?

    • Steven Sandor

      March 26, 2015 at 10:06 pm

      You’ll be able to access Fury games on the team’s website and FC Edmonton’s home games on the Citytv site. For TSN GO, you need proof of a subscription to cable or satellite…

      • D Po

        March 26, 2015 at 10:15 pm

        Ahh, that’s a shame… I suppose it’s good for the NASL that it’s spreading games over larger networks and good for those who already have TV and don’t need to pay an extra subscription… It just seems like a bit of an unruly mess right now, with three clubs providing home games on three different platforms, and the rest being on either TSN or ESPN. Not having all the games in one place is a bit of a pity in my view, (especially since I’d need to buy TV service now).

        Makes me envious of the Europeans who can subscribe to ESPN Player

  3. Jamie Montgomery

    March 26, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    how about us outside continental North America? Will we be able to view ESPN3, TSNgo and City?

    • Steven Sandor

      March 26, 2015 at 6:05 pm

      Straight from the NASL release: “NASL matches will be delivered on ESPN Play in Latin America and ESPN Player in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. ESPN Player viewers will need to purchase a subscription to view matches. Full details on the international availability will be announced in the coming days.”

  4. Steven Sandor

    March 26, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    I can say this: Nothing has been confirmed in regards to VC.

  5. Matthew

    March 26, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    That’s fantastic news, the only thing that remains Steven is how is the public going to be able to watch the two FCE vs. Ottawa games in the Voyageurs Cup? I’m sure most who read this comment that it was “fun” finding a stream for those games, particularly the one in Ottawa.

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