CHARLOTTE — Soccer in the Queen City kicks off on Saturday when Charlotte FC takes the pitch for its debut match in the nation’s capital.
For its maiden voyage as a Major League Soccer (MLS) team, Charlotte FC will travel to play D.C. United in Washington D.C. at 6 p.m.
For fans who didn’t make the trip to the game, WSOC will have complete coverage of the inaugural match.
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Ways to watch:
Channel 9 is the official TV partner of the Charlotte FC. Pre-match coverage ahead of the game will begin at 5 p.m. on TV 64.
As for the match, D.C. United versus Charlotte FC will be televised on WSOC Channel 9, TV 64 and in Spanish on Telemundo Charlotte.
Channel 9 will also be streaming the match in both English and Spanish.
An English stream of the broadcast is available here.
A Spanish stream of the broadcast is available here.
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You can watch our pregame coverage on our air and anywhere you stream -- on your Roku, Amazon Fire or Apple TV.
Watch with others:
If you’d like to watch the match with other fans, one of the team’s official supporters group, Mint City Collective, is inviting people to watch the match at Salud Beer Shop in NoDa.
The game will be shown on the bar’s televisions, plus the projector upstairs.
Festivities begin at 5 p.m. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.
Click here for more information.
>> For the full Charlotte FC schedule, click here.
Matches in-person:
The club’s inaugural match at Bank of America Stadium is set for March 5 against the LA Galaxy.
Season tickets are on sale now. Click here for more information.
Tickets for the first home match are on sale here through Ticketmaster.
Single-match tickets are also on sale now. Click here for more information.
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Cox Media Group and Charlotte FC:
Cox Media Group, WSOC-TV (ABC Channel 9), WAXN (TV64) and Telemundo Charlotte is the official television partner of the Charlotte Football Club. WSOC-TV and TV64 will be the flagship English language television partners while Telemundo Charlotte will be the team’s local Spanish-speaking television partner.
All regional Charlotte FC regular season matches in 2022 will be available over-the-air to all television households within the Charlotte viewing area, in both English and Spanish.
Full details of Charlotte FC’s inaugural MLS broadcast schedule on WSOC-TV, TV64 and Telemundo Charlotte can be found here.
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