eSport: PlayStation (video game console) becomes the official "presenting sponsor" of the eMLS Cup

PlayStation, video game console of the Japanese group Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony Corporation group), has become the official "presenting sponsor" of the eMLS Cup, the eSport competition of the North American football league, announced MLS on 04/04/2018. The competition was held at the PAX East gaming festival, at the Boston (USA) Convention and Exhibition Center, from 04/04 to 08/04/2018.

The eMLS Cup is played on the Playstation 4 console and is contested on FIFA 18, a football video game from the American publisher EA Sports. MLS, in partnership with EA Sports, launched the eMLS on 12/01/2018. EA Sports extended as an official partner of the MLS for five years on 17/10/2016.

The eMLS Cup is a qualifying phase for the "EA Sports FIFA 18 Global Series" which began on 03/11/2017, and is a route to the "Global Series Playoffs" to be held in June 2018, which offers a place for the "FIFA eWorld Cup" (FiFA eSport World Cup) that will be contested in August 2018.

eMLS Cup: the competition