Atlanta United, Major League Soccer’s 22nd franchise, begin their inaugural season in 2017. The team will have 34 league matches in their first season, all of which will be televised in some form or fashion. The club will appear on national television 15 times during the season, including their first four matches of the season.
The inaugural match against the New York Red Bulls at Bobby Dodd Stadium will be televised on Fox Sports 1, the first of four Atlanta United matches to be televised on the channel.
The following week, Atlanta will look to play spoiler in Minnesota United’s first ever MLS home match on ESPN2. This is the first of six matches on the ESPN english family of networks.
Atlanta will get to enjoy two home openers as Mercedes-Benz Stadium is scheduled to open on July 30th with a match against Orlando City SC. That match will be televised on over-the-air national FOX. It should be a huge occasion for the club. To round out the national TV schedule, the Univision family of networks will televise four matches.
On February 21st, Atlanta United and the FOX Sports Regional Networks announced a multi-year TV deal that will provide coverage of all non-nationally televised matches. All but three matches will be televised live on Fox Sports South or Fox Sports Southeast. The three matches that have scheduling conflicts will be aired live on CW69 and be available online through the FOX Sports Go app. Here’s the full TV schedule (all times Eastern)
Atlanta United 2017 Schedule
| DAY | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME / TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAY | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME / TV |
| Sunday | March 5 | vs. New York Red Bulls | 7:00 / FS1 |
| Sunday | March 12 | at Minnesota United | 4:00 / ESPN |
| Saturday | March 18 | vs. Chicago Fire | 4:00 / UniMas |
| Friday | March 31 | at Seattle Sounders | 10:00 / FS1 |
| Saturday | April 8 | at Toronto FC | 7:30 / FSS |
| Saturday | April 15 | at Montreal Impact | 1:00 / FSS |
| Saturday | April 22 | at Real Salt Lake | 9:30 / CW/FSSE |
| Sunday | April 30 | vs. DC United | 3:00 / FS1 |
| Sunday | May 7 | at New York City FC | 4:00 / Univision |
| Sunday | May 14 | at Portland Timbers | 4:00 / ESPN |
| Saturday | May 20 | vs. Houston Dynamo | 7:00 / FSSE |
| Sunday | May 28 | vs. New York City FC | 5:00 / ESPN |
| Saturday | June 3 | at Vancouver Whitecaps | 5:30 / FSSE |
| Saturday | June 10 | at Chicago Fire | 4:00 / UniMas |
| Saturday | June 17 | vs. Columbus Crew | 7:00 / FSSE |
| Wednesday | June 21 | at DC United | 7:30 / FSS |
| Saturday | June 24 | vs. Colorado Rapids | 7:00 / FSSE |
| Saturday | July 1 | at Columbus Crew | 7:30 / FSSE |
| Tuesday | July 4 | vs. San Jose Earthquakes | 7:00 / FSS |
| Friday | July 21 | at Orlando City | 7:00 / ESPN |
| Sunday | July 29 | vs. Orlando City | 5:00 / FOX |
| Sunday | August 6 | at Sporting Kansas City | 8:00 / FS1 |
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| Wednesday | August 23 | at DC United | 7:30 / FSS |
| Saturday | August 26 | at Philadelphia Union | 7:00 / FSSE |
| Saturday | September 9 | vs. FC Dallas | 7:00 / CW/FSSE |
| Wednesday | September 13 | vs. New England Revolution | 7:00 / FSS |
| Saturday | September 16 | vs. Orlando City | 4:00 / Univision |
| Saturday | September 23 | vs. Montreal Impact | 7:00 / CW/FSSE |
| Wednesday | September 27 | vs. Philadelphia Union | 7:00 / FSS |
| Saturday | September 30 | at New England Revolution | 7:30 / FSSE |
| Sunday | October 15 | at New York Red Bulls | 3:00 / FSSE |
| Sunday | October 22 | vs. Toronto FC | 4:00 / FSS |