NEW YORK (Sunday, April 26, 2020) – Week Two of eMLS Tournament Special presented by Coca-Cola® and PlayStation® will air tonight on Sunday, April 26 on FS1 and FOX Deportes at 7 p.m. ET. The Tournament will also air on TSN2 in Canada.
The five-episode series pits 16 MLS clubs against each other in EA SPORTS™ FIFA 20 competition. Four clubs compete each episode with the winning club from each of the first four weeks advancing to a Champions Bracket set to take place on Sunday, May 17. Clubs are represented by both an MLS player and eMLS professional FIFA player. After each episode, MLS WORKS, the league’s social responsibility platform, and FOX Sports will make a donation on behalf of the winning club to Feeding America®, with MLS also supporting Food Banks Canada. eMLS Tournament Special will be hosted by FOX Sports Stu Holden, Rachel Bonnetta and Rodolfo Landeros, with color commentary from Mike LaBelle.
Week Two will feature Sporting Kansas City, Minnesota United FC, D.C. United, and New England Revolution. Week One was won by LAFC’s Adama Diomande and Martin “RemiMartinn” Oregel.
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100.0%;" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:107px;"><p><strong>WHAT</strong><br></p></td><td style="width:507px;"><p>eMLS Tournament Special Week Two presented by Coca-Cola<sup>® </sup>and PlayStation<sup>® </sup></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:107px;"><p><strong>WHEN</strong><br><br></p></td><td style="width:507px;"><p>Sunday, April 26<br>
7:00 p.m. ET<br></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:107px;"><strong>WHERE</strong></td><td style="width:507px;"><p>FS1, FOX Deportes and FOX Sports App.</p><p>TSN2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>WHO</strong><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:69px;"></td><td style="width:544px;"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:529px;" width="530"><tbody><tr><td style="width:176px;height:13px;"><strong>Team</strong></td><td style="width:153px;height:13px;"><strong>MLS Player</strong></td><td style="width:199px;height:13px;"><strong>eMLS Player</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="width:176px;height:29px;"><p>Sporting Kansas City</p></td><td style="width:153px;height:29px;"><p>Wan Kuzain</p></td><td style="width:199px;height:29px;"><p>Alexander ‘ALEKZANDUR’ Betancourt</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:176px;height:29px;"><p>Minnesota United FC</p></td><td style="width:153px;height:29px;"><p>Tyler Miller</p></td><td style="width:199px;height:29px;"><p>Jay Adams</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:176px;height:15px;"><p>D.C. United</p></td><td style="width:153px;height:15px;"><p>Paul Arriola</p></td><td style="width:199px;height:15px;"><p>Mohamed ‘KingCJ0’ Diop</p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:176px;height:13px;"><p>New England Revolution</p></td><td style="width:153px;height:13px;"><p>Diego Fagundez</p></td><td style="width:199px;height:13px;"><p>John ‘JKO’ Oliveira</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li>Week Two pits Sporting Kansas City against Minnesota United FC before D.C. United and the New England Revolution take the stage.</li><li>The first leg of the opening match will feature Sporting Kansas City homegrown midfielder Wan Kuzain against Minnesota United FC goalkeeper Tyler Miller.</li><li>The second leg of the opening match sees Sporting KC’s ALEKZANDUR, a 2018 FIFA eWorld Cup finalist, matchup against Minnesota’s Jay Adams.</li><li>Meanwhile, the second matchup features D.C. United and U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder Paul Arriola against New England Revolution’s homegrown midfielder Diego Fagundez in leg one. Arriola is currently recovering from an ACL tear, but is able to participate in the digital tournament.</li><li>Leg two highlights D.C. United’s eMLS competitor KingCJ0 against the Revolution’s JKO.<br></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> |
