Watching European soccer in America used to be a lonely, frustrating pursuit. Die-hard fans had to search out the odd televised European match, often on an obscure channel or at an inconvenient time and broadcast with poor production values.

For veterans of those Dark Ages, the last few years have been transformational. Networks have sprung up, and as each one has scrambled to acquire more rights, more games have become available. The emergence of streaming services has opened windows to even more of the world: matches outside Europe’s big-five leagues, second-division games, domestic cup competitions. The good news is that when the new European season opens this weekend, nearly every important match — as well as dozens of unimportant ones — will be available with nothing more than a basic cable subscription.

But ubiquity has brought a new kind of frustration. While soccer is now firmly America’s fourth most popular sport to watch, a Balkanized landscape of channels and streaming services can make keeping an eye on your favorite team harder than ever. Being an American fan of European soccer now means paying for cable with a higher-tier sports package and subscribing to at least two or three streaming services.

And then, after all the fees are paid, all the apps are downloaded and all the logins are created, can these fans be sure they’re not missing anything? Using a hypothetical Premier League supporter, let’s try to sort out what being a dedicated viewer of a European soccer team looks like in 2018.