Challenge

Create seamless connections between MLS digital products and the Apple ecosystem for year one of the Apple x MLS partnership.

Strategy

  • Make it clear how to watch games and provide one-click access to every live match stream

  • Visually connect the experience between MLS digital products and MLS Season Pass on Apple TV

  • Leverage the Apple News ecosystem to attract new fans to MLS

  • Deliver a broadcast experience differentiated in global soccer, with a focus on “stats-powered storytelling”

Results

  • Launched the world’s first “Watch on Apple TV” button, with live stream links to over 900 matches from MLS products

  • Drove massive referral traffic from MLS products to Apple TV, resulting in numbers that “over-delivered on all of our expectations,” according to Apple CEO Tim Cook

  • Delivered a 157-piece Day One broadcast graphics package, including 6 next-gen stats to power in-game storytelling

  • Live Activity feature in the MLS Mobile App featured by Apple in major announcements

Role: Product Strategy, UX Direction, Creative Direction (Broadcast Graphics)

Check out MLS Season Pass on Apple TV here.