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After a profitable first season earlier this 12 months, the United Soccer League shall be again for one more marketing campaign.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who is a component proprietor of the UFL, introduced in a hype video on Wednesday that the league will start its second season on March 28, 2025:
Dwayne Johnson @TheRock
New season.
New alternatives.
03.28.25 @TheUFL #BallOut pic.twitter.com/B9UflGYW2v
The UFL was established following a merger between the XFL and the USFL in late 2023. It started its inaugural season on March 30 and concluded with its championship sport between the Birmingham Stallions and San Antonio Brahmas on June 16. Birmingham earned a 25-0 win to turn out to be the league’s first champion.
Following the season, Fox Sports activities CEO Eric Shanks touted the success of the UFL and declared that the league has already exceeded expectations.
“When video games matter, [viewership] pops,” Shanks informed Mollie Cahillane and Ben Fischer of Sports activities Enterprise Journal in June, referencing convention championship numbers that jumped almost 60 p.c over the 2023 USFL playoffs. “It is a prime instance of broadcast tv and being strategic together with your scheduling, and that is going to get higher as time goes on.”
The 2025 season will characteristic a brand new wrinkle, because the UFL shall be including Friday night time soccer to its spring schedule.
“Including Friday nights to our spring soccer schedule speaks to how robust our league has turn out to be,” President and CEO Russ Brandon said in a release. “Our groups have been working diligently this offseason to organize for 2025, and look ahead to bringing that work to life and sharing it with our followers in season two.”
The 2025 marketing campaign can have a 10-week regular-season schedule and conclude with the UFL championship sport on June 14. ESPN, ABC and Fox will stay the published companions for the league in its second 12 months, with the Friday night time video games broadcasted on Fox.
