Fox Sports offers Italian fans MLS finale

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights in Italy to the finale of the 2014 Major League Soccer season.

In a deal agreed with the MP & Silva agency, Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports Plus will provide live coverage of the conclusion of the MLS Playoffs.

The New York Red Bulls take on the New England Revolution in the first leg of the Eastern Conference Championship on Sunday, with the game being followed by the Western Conference clash between Los Angeles Galaxy and Seattle Sounders.

The second legs will take place on November 29-30, before the MLS Cup final on December 7.

The IMG agency last month agreed a deal to market and distribute the global media rights to MLS and U.S. Soccer properties for the next eight years. The contract runs from 2015 to 2022.