Last updated: September 2026.
If you want to watch Mexican soccer from the United States, this is the page to bookmark. FutnSoccer has covered this beat since 2012, and the TV landscape has changed completely since our original watch guide went up. Below is the current home of every competition that matters to fans of Liga MX, El Tri, and South American club soccer, verified for the 2026 season.
The short version: most Liga MX matches air in Spanish on Univision, TUDN, and ViX, with select games in English on CBS Sports Network and the free CBS Sports Golazo Network. El Tri’s friendlies air in Spanish on Univision’s networks and in English on Fox Deportes. The Concacaf Champions Cup moves to Paramount+ in English starting in 2027. Everything else has its own home, and we break it all down below.
Quick guide
| Competition | English | Spanish | Streaming |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liga MX | CBS Sports Network, CBS Sports Golazo Network (free) | Univision, UniMas, TUDN, ViX; Telemundo, Universo (Chivas) | ViX; Peacock (Chivas) |
| El Tri friendlies | Fox Deportes | Univision, TUDN, ViX | FOX One, Fox Sports App, ViX |
| Gold Cup, Nations League | FOX, FS1, FS2 | Univision, TUDN | FOX One, Fox Sports App, ViX |
| World Cup 2026 | FOX Sports | Telemundo, Universo | Peacock |
| Leagues Cup | Apple TV; select on FOX, FS1 | Apple TV; select on Univision, TUDN | Apple TV |
| Champions Cup 2026 | FOX, FS1, FS2 | TUDN, UniMas | FOX One, Fox Sports App, Tubi, ViX |
| Champions Cup 2027-2030 | Paramount+; select on CBS Sports Network, Golazo Network | Not yet announced | Paramount+ |
| Copa Libertadores | beIN Sports | beIN Sports en Español | beIN Sports Connect, beIN Sports XTRA (free) |
| Copa Sudamericana | beIN Sports | beIN Sports en Español | beIN Sports Connect, beIN Sports XTRA (free) |
| Campeones Cup | Apple TV | Apple TV | Apple TV |
Liga MX
Liga MX rights in the United States are split by home club, so there is no single channel that carries every match. Here is how it breaks down in 2026.
In Spanish, TelevisaUnivision carries the largest package: more than 220 regular season and playoff matches across Univision, UniMas, TUDN, and ViX, covering the home games of 13 of the league’s 18 clubs. Select matches stream free on ViX, with the rest on ViX Premium.
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Chivas are the big exception. Telemundo is the exclusive US home of Chivas in Spanish and English under a multi-year agreement, with all home matches and key friendlies airing across Telemundo, Universo and Peacock, plus Telemundo’s digital platforms. So the Superclasico and the Clasico Tapatio require flipping between networks depending on who is at home.
Fox Deportes carries select matches, mostly built around FC Juarez and Santos Laguna home games.
In English, CBS Sports carries select matches through a sublicense from TelevisaUnivision: at least 40 regular season matches plus liguilla playoff games on CBS Sports Network and the free CBS Sports Golazo Network, all with English commentary from announcers including Nico Cantor, Adrian García-Márquez, and Chris Wittyngham. No extension beyond the original arrangement had been publicly announced by CBS as of September 2026.
Because rights follow the home team, always check the weekly TV schedule before matchday. Our match previews list the exact channel for every game.
Mexico national team (El Tri)
El Tri’s broadcast home depends on the competition.
International friendlies played on United States soil, the annual MexTour, air in Spanish on Univision, TUDN, and ViX. In a quirk only soccer TV rights could produce, the English-language broadcasts air on Fox Deportes: the Spanish-language Fox channel acquired the English rights to El Tri’s friendlies through the 2026 World Cup. Matches also stream on FOX One and the Fox Sports App. That split held for the 2026 prep friendlies against Iceland in February and Portugal in March.
The Concacaf Gold Cup airs in English on FOX, FS1, and FS2. Fox renewed its Gold Cup rights in June 2026 and added the Concacaf Nations League to the same deal, making Fox Sports the English language home of both competitions through 2029. In Spanish, both tournaments air on Univision and TUDN. The new Nations League cycle kicked off in September 2026, with the finals set for March 2027 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, airs in English on FOX Sports and in Spanish on Telemundo and Peacock. Mexico qualified automatically as a co-host, so there was no qualifying campaign to follow this cycle.
Leagues Cup
Every Leagues Cup match streams on Apple TV. Starting in 2026, there is no separate MLS Season Pass to buy: all matches are included with a standard Apple TV subscription, with commentary in English and Spanish. The 2026 edition featured 36 clubs, 18 from MLS and 18 from Liga MX, playing 62 matches across one month.
Select matches also air on linear television through a deal running through 2026: Univision and TUDN in Spanish, and FOX, FS1, and Fox Deportes in English and Spanish. The final airs on Univision.
Concacaf Champions Cup
The 2026 season (completed). In English, the Concacaf Champions Cup aired on FOX, FS1, and FS2, with streaming on FOX One and the Fox Sports App. Early round matches that did not make television streamed free on Tubi. In Spanish, matches aired on TUDN and UniMas, with streaming on ViX. The 2026 final, Toluca vs Tigres on May 30, aired on FS1.
Starting in 2027. Paramount+ becomes the exclusive English-language home of the Concacaf Champions Cup in the United States, streaming all 51 matches live each season through 2030, along with the Central American Cup and Caribbean Cup. Select Champions Cup matches will also air on CBS Sports Network and the free CBS Sports Golazo Network. The Spanish-language home for the 2027-2030 cycle has not been publicly confirmed.
Copa Libertadores
In the United States, every Copa Libertadores match airs on beIN Sports in 2026. Coverage runs across beIN Sports and beIN Sports en Espanol, with additional matches on the free beIN Sports XTRA and XTRA en Espanol channels. Streaming is available through beIN Sports Connect for pay TV subscribers, with commentary in both English and Spanish.
One warning for next year: beIN’s four year deal with CONMEBOL, covering 2023 through 2026, expires after this edition. The US broadcast home for the 2027-2030 cycle has not been publicly confirmed.
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Sudamericana shares the same broadcast deal as the Libertadores: every match airs on beIN Sports, beIN Sports en Espanol, beIN Sports XTRA, and beIN Sports Connect through the 2026 edition. TUDN Radio also carries Spanish language audio of select matches through 2026 under a sublicense from beIN. As with the Libertadores, the US home for 2027 onward is unconfirmed.
Campeones Cup
The annual Campeones Cup, pitting the reigning MLS Cup champion against Liga MX’s Campeon de Campeones, streams exclusively on Apple TV worldwide, included with a standard Apple TV subscription. The 2026 edition saw Inter Miami host Cruz Azul on September 16.
Free options
You can watch a surprising amount of Mexican and South American soccer in the United States without paying for anything beyond an antenna and an internet connection:
- CBS Sports Golazo Network is free and carries select Liga MX matches in English.
- beIN Sports XTRA and XTRA en Espanol are free streaming channels with select Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana matches.
- ViX has a free tier with select Liga MX and Concacaf matches in Spanish.
- Tubi is free and streams select early round Concacaf Champions Cup matches in English.
- Univision, UniMas, and Telemundo are available free over the air with a digital antenna in most markets.
If you prefer a cable style bundle, live TV streaming services such as FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling, and DirecTV Stream carry many of the channels listed above. Lineups vary by plan, so confirm your must have channels before subscribing.
What changed
If you remember our original 2013 watch guide, almost everything on it is gone. Fox Soccer 2Go shut down, Univision Deportes became TUDN, and streaming replaced the old cable bundles. The good news: there are more ways to watch than ever, including free English language Liga MX on the Golazo Network and every Leagues Cup match bundled into a regular Apple TV subscription.
Two more changes are coming. The Concacaf Champions Cup is changing English-language homes, moving from Fox to Paramount+ starting in 2027. And beIN’s deal for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana ends after 2026, with the next US rights cycle still unannounced. We will keep this page updated as rights deals turn over.
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