MLS full match replay on Apple TV

When we did this it only gives us the 7 minute recap in English or Spanish :(

Clearly no one at Apple is a real sports fan because no real fan would so badly bury and hide the full match replay. This really frustrated the heck out of me trying to figure it out until I read this post.

Never mind. I was trying to download a game I had already started and it looks like you can’t. You can only download a game BEFORE you start watching it. I went to a game I wasn’t going to watch and the download option was there. It disappears as soon as you start watching a game.

I watch AppleTV via my cable provider Comcast (i.e. press and speak into the remote "Apple TV") and the recommended method of pressing and holding the "How to Watch" for three seconds does not appear to work. No matter what I try, it only appears to play the 7 minute recap. Very frustrating in comparison to what I used to do when all I needed to do is press play for the game(s) I recorded.

This UI is even worse than when NBC first started streaming Premier League. Although it has many of the same problem like showing the scores EVERYWHERE before you try to replay. I would have expected better for an Apple release which is usually more tested. I unfortunately paid for the season upfront which was a mistake - going to see if I can get a refund. Not worth the money if you know the results before every game.

True, but I experienced the same issues with NBC & Premiere League subscription in the past. It really DOES appear that they barely even tried it out for usability. Or maybe it’s engineers with MLS handling it, and Apple is just the conduit? Either way, Apple ( and MLS) need to do / demand better user interface.

I clicked the full match replay after spending a half hour trying to find it and it still took me to the 7 minute recap. This is a disaster. Not sure I can continue to follow MLS with it being so difficult to watch matches.

I can watch entire replays of the local high school volleyball matches on-line easier than I can watch MLS.

This is the worst UI flow I've seen from a streaming app. Unfortunately I'm almost never able to catch Timbers games live, so I rely on watching VODs after the fact. All I want from this service is to be able to watch the full match after it has been played. It's very odd that this is hidden and not a front-and-center option. At this point I sure wish I could go back to watching on Root Sports via Fubo.

Also, Apple, I'm going to cancel my subscription if you continue showing scores in the banners even when sports scores are disabled. Please sort this out.

Some matches give me the option to long press and select one of two or three options (recap, full match replay, spanish version), but not the STL vs SJ match. It didn't even have the recap option last night and today you can only watch a recap, no option for full match replay. Not to mention it's on the bottom of a page filled with gameday highlights and scoring. What a horrendous rollout.

The miscalculation they made is that MLS fans are not like NFL fans. I only watch Atlanta United games. Am not interested in San Jose vs Seattle. If they offered a low cost package for each team only I bet their response would be better. Hope they come to their senses. I suspect there are many fans like myself that only follow their local team.

Thank you for bringing attention to this. I found it thx to replies to your post but OMG I would’ve died of old age before I figured that out on my own. It shouldn’t be an Easter egg hunt just to find this feature… which is/was the only reason I saw for purchasing the Pass.

I’ve read multiple threads/posts on how to watch a MLS match replay but I can’t figure it out on my Roku. How can it be this hard?? I don’t want to watch a 7 minute recap! I want to watch the whole game and preferably not know the outcome before hand. I’m paying a monthly subscription for AppleTV plus an MLS subscription, this is awful, please fix it!!

You get the feeling these Silicon Valley Apple people have no idea what they are doing and shouldn't be touching sports programming. Nothing intuitive and simple.

Spoiling the scores when I want to watch the replay is ridiculous.