The eMLS Tournament Special presented by Coca-Cola® and PlayStation® will debut today, Sunday, April 19 on FS1 and FOX Deportes at 7 p.m. ET. The series will be hosted by FOX Sports Stu Holden, Rachel Bonnetta and Rodolfo Landeros, with color commentary from Mike LaBelle. Each Sunday at 7 p.m. ET the five-episode series will team up MLS players and eMLS players from the same MLS clubs in single-elimination EA SPORTS™ FIFA 20 tournaments.
WHAT
eMLS Tournament Special presented by Coca-Cola® and PlayStation®
MLS players and eMLS players from the same MLS clubs will team up in a single-elimination EA SPORTS™ FIFA 20 tournament. The winning club will advance to the final set to take place on Sunday, May 17.
WHEN
Sunday, April 19
7:00 p.m. ET
WHERE
FS1, FOX Deportes and FOX Sports App.
WHO
Team
MLS Player
eMLS Player
Chicago Fire
Francisco Calvo
Enrique ‘BITW7’ Espinoza
FC Cincinnati
Kendall Waston
Gordon ‘Fiddle’ Thornsberry
LAFC
Adama Diomande
Martin ‘RemiMartinn’ Oregel
LA Galaxy
Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez
Giuseppe ‘GODFATHER’ Guastella
The Week One Tournament pits the Chicago Fire against FC Cincinnati before the digital version of ‘El Trafico’ between LA Galaxy and LAFC takes the stage.
The opening match will feature two Costa Rican National Team defenders on opposite ends of the digital pitch as Chicago Fire’s Francisco Calvo faces off against FC Cincinnati’s Kendall Waston in the first leg.
The second leg sees FC Cincinnati’s eMLS competitor Gordon Thornsberry, currently ranked 30th in the world on PS4 in the EA SPORTS™ FIFA 20 Global Series against Chicago Fire’s Enrique Espinoza. Espinoza truly blurs the digital and the physical pitch by representing Chicago Fire as their eMLS competitor while also coaching for the Chicago Fire Juniors City youth club.
Meanwhile ‘El Trafico’ focuses on the attacking side of the pitch with LA Galaxy’s newest striker and Mexican International Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez against crosstown rival and LAFC offensive force Adama Diomande in Leg One of Week One’s second matchup.
Leg Two features Galaxy’s Giuseppe Guastella, a 5-time finalist in the FIFA eWorld Cup, and LAFC’s eMLS player, Martin Oregel. Oregel is new to eMLS this season but already making statements as a top-100 ranked FIFA player in the EA SPORTS™ FIFA 20 Global Series.
