The COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2020 hit the sports industry hard. Many professional leagues across the globe suspended their seasons, while Major League Soccer postponed the start of its new season for 30 days in light of the pandemic. This jeopardized the league's media rights deal, which brings in annual revenues of an estimated 90 million U.S. dollars. Teams in the USL Championship, the league below the MLS, are also set to be hit hard by the postponement, with the top teams in the league missing out on potential revenue of over 200 thousand U.S. dollars per home game.
Potential loss of revenue for US soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020
(in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Revenue loss in thousand U.S. dollars
MLS media rights
9,000
Top independent USL Championship clubs per game revenue
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Sportscasting. (March 12, 2020). Potential loss of revenue for US soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104183/coronavirus-revenue-loss-soccer/
Sportscasting. "Potential loss of revenue for US soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104183/coronavirus-revenue-loss-soccer/
Sportscasting. (2020). Potential loss of revenue for US soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104183/coronavirus-revenue-loss-soccer/
Sportscasting. "Potential Loss of Revenue for Us Soccer Leagues Due to The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic as of March 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104183/coronavirus-revenue-loss-soccer/
Sportscasting, Potential loss of revenue for US soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104183/coronavirus-revenue-loss-soccer/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Potential loss of revenue for US soccer leagues due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of March 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Sportscasting, March 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104183/coronavirus-revenue-loss-soccer/
