Boston is largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States and the capital of the state.   As the largest city in New England, Boston is often considered “Capital of New England” for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. In 2009, Boston has an estimated population of 645,169, making it the twentieth largest in the country. Including the surrounding area known as Greater Boston is  home to 4.5 million people making it the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the Unite States.  Greater Boston as a commuting region includes six Massachusetts counties, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, and Worcester, all of Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire; it is home to 7.5 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.

Boston is a big sports town, and its professional teams are well supported. Among the teams are the Red Sox of Major League Baseball, the Celtics of the NBA, the Bruins of the NHL, and the New England Patriots of the NFL.  The New England Revolution are one of the founding clubs of Major League Soccer (MLS).  Another professional team, the Boston Breakers (women’s soccer), is less well established.  In July of 2010, the oldest professional stadium in America, Fenway Park, hosted Celtic F.C. of Glasgow and Sporting C.P. of Lisbon in a preseason friendly dubbed “Football at Fenway.”  Later that year John Henry, the owner of the Red Sox purchased Liverpool FC of the English Premier League.

Enjoying European Football in Boston Soccer Bars and Pubs

 If there was ever an American city well-suited for the neighborhood soccer pub, Boston would probably be it. With a rich Irish-American influence, the frenzy over soccer games is alive and well in Boston, which means there will be plenty of bars and pubs ready to show you your favorite soccer game via satellite. Does this mean that the English Premier League dominates? Far from it; you’ll be able to find La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, and even South American games on television if you know where to look in Boston. 

Showing you where to look, of course, is the job of this article. We’ll give you some tips on finding not only the best soccer pubs, but finding the specific soccer games you want wherever they’re being broadcast and shown in Boston. It might sound like a difficult ordeal when baseball and football dominate the landscape, but you’d be surprised just how many other people are like you – looking for a good soccer game in Boston. 

English Premier League in Boston: Easy to Find?

 Finding the English Premier League in a city like Boston is not nearly as hard as you might imagine – dare we call it easy? When you consider that John Henry, owner of the famed Boston Red Sox also owns Liverpool FC of the English Premier League, you see the connections happening already. There’s a strong English Premier League influence on the city, and the availability of games featuring Chelsea, Manchester United and other Premier League teams reflects that influence. What does this mean for finding English soccer games in Boston?

Easy: head to any sports bar that has a strong soccer influence – in fact, sports bars during the American sports “lulls” will probably default to broadcasting soccer on their television sets, because they’ve got to show something, after all. English Premier League will often get a high priority in these bars; if not, simply ask them to change the channel.

If in doubt, try to focus on the Irish-or-English-style pub, and you’ll probably have success in finding an English Premier League game in Boston.

Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, and South American Games in Boston

Boston might not always sound like the most international city in the world because it has such a strong American identity, but you’d be surprised at the kind of soccer games you can find at a good soccer bar in the city. Beacon Hill might have a good enough concentration of soccer bars that you can find the bars willing to broadcast these international leagues; the Cambridge area also has the concentration of bars and pubs that you’ll be looking for come soccer time. Whether you’re looking for Italian or German soccer games in Boston, any good soccer bar that has Fox Soccer channel and satellite TV will be a great bet for finding your game. Just ask around once you’ve found a good concentration of sports bars and you’ll find the game you’ve been hankering for.