With 10 games slated for an unprecedented #DecisionDay this Sunday, a number of outcomes hang in the balance for many of the teams in play. The day’s results affect everything from the final Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs berths to the Supporters’ Shield to Knockout Round byes and more. (Click here for a full breakdown of what’s at stake.)
Remember: The events during other games can affect your home team. But with multiple games scheduled at once, you’ll have to go multi-screen to follow it all and keep tabs on how that all goes down.
Here’s how we recommend monitoring the action:
BROADCAST, STREAMING ONLINE
National cable broadcasts
Columbus Crew SC vs. DC United will air at 5pm ET on FS1, while Sporting Kansas City vs. LA Galaxy will air on ESPN at 7pm ET (4pm PT). In Canada, Montreal Impact vs. Toronto FC will air at 5 pm ET on TSN2 and RDS. Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Houston Dynamo will air at 7pm ET (4pm PT) on TSN2.
Online streaming via ESPN3
ESPN3 will stream all of the 7pm matches online. Local blackout rules apply, and you’ll need an ESPN3 login to watch.
MLS LIVE
Subscribers can get all of the Decision Day games with the usual blackout exceptions. That means, as usual, you won’t be able to use the service to watch the nationally broadcast games or your home game if it’s being broadcast locally. (Visit mlssoccer.com/tv for full blackout details.)
MLS LIVE allows you to keep three games open at the same time on a computer, so you can keep tabs on how other games might affect your team.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
The official #DecisionDay experience is powered by Twitter. You should, of course, follow @MLS on Twitter and Vine for video and photos of the biggest moments, and follow the #DecisionDay hashtag on both platforms.
That's also the hashtag you should use to enter a chance to win tickets to MLS Cup--more details about that contest here.
Most individual team accounts will also offer up play-by-play for games. Note, however, that some teams use a separate game-day account for that, apart from their main account.
To separate these out from the rest of your Twitter feed, try organizing the accounts into a list within your Twitter app or third-party clients like Tweetdeck.
CLB vs. DC
Follow @DCUMatchday
PHI vs. ORL
MTL vs. TOR
NYC vs. NE
CHI vs. NY
POR vs. COL
SKC vs. LA
VAN vs. HOU
SEA vs. RSL
FCD vs. SJ
Finally, MLS itself will be broadcasting on other social platforms throughout the games. Check @MLS on Snapchat and on Periscope for snaps, video, and livestreams before, during and after the games.
MOBILE
If all of your other screens are in use, you can still keep up with an unlimited number of matches through the free MLS app. Here you can set up notifications and alerts for each match, scroll through the latest scores and standings, read the latest news and even access MLS LIVE.
To get push notifications for games, go to the “Schedules and Scores” section, select the desired match and touch the bell icon on the top right.
...AND AFTER DECISION DAY
Once Sunday's craziness winds down, though, you'll want to come back to MLSsoccer.com the next day -- after all, Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs start less than 72 hours after Decision Day!
