Sporting Kansas City's home game against the LA Galaxy on Sept. 18 will kick off at 1 p.m. CT on FOX, Major League Soccer and FOX Sports announced Thursday.
The MLS regular season match at Children's Mercy Park was originally scheduled for noon CT on ESPN.
Sporting KC vs. LA Galaxy will be followed by Toronto FC vs. New York Red Bulls at 4 p.m. CT, also on FOX. The two matches will air live adjacent to regional National Football League broadcasts as part of a joint MLS and NFL lineup on Sunday, Sept. 18. The lineup of simultaneous MLS and NFL games marks the first time in the league’s 21 seasons that a network partner has televised games from the two leagues on the same network at the same time.