Major League Soccer (MLS) began using the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) to review the following "high leverage" situations on Saturday, August 5: Goals, penalty kicks, straight red cards and mistaken identity. The VAR was put to the test for the first time in MLS history during the 79th minute of the Philadelphia Union vs FC […]

Nicolas "Nico" Cantor, the son of the most famous soccer television announcer in the United States regardless of language, was hired by Univision Deportes in January 2017 as as the English-language play-by-play voice of Liga MX matches on the Univision Deportes Facebook page and Major League Soccer (MLS) matches on the Second Audio Program (SAP) […]

Here at World Soccer Talk, we will continue to take the lead by identifying the new generation of candidates for soccer television commentary positions on major national television networks in the United States, with particular emphasis on English-language broadcasts. In March 2013, we identified John Strong as the best home-grown English-language soccer play-by-play commentator and […]

Here at World Soccer Talk, we have taken the lead in identifying the next generation of television broadcasters who will be "driving the bandwagon" by connecting with new viewers in their own unique ways to continue to grow the American soccer community. We first identified John Strong in March 2013 as the best homegrown play-by-play […]

While many English-language sportswriters and sports business reporters in the U.S. were caught by surprise by Turner Sports' $180 million winning bid for the U.S. English-language media rights for the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League for August 2018-May 2021, this seemingly bold move by Turner Sports appears to this long-time observer of […]

Ever since I started watching soccer on English-language U.S. television regularly in August 1994 (as a replacement for Major League Baseball, which had a player strike and had to cancel the World Series that year), I have always believed that the development of home-grown North American sportscasters is one small but essential element to the […]

A reliable industry source has informed me that former Canadian Women's National Team, Vancouver Whitecaps Women, and UCLA women's soccer player Kara Lang is under serious consideration by Rogers Sportsnet in Toronto for an anchor position on the new soccer newscast premiering September 1, 2012 at 10pm Eastern Time on FOX Soccer (U.S.) and Sportsnet […]

An industry source has informed me that Shaw Media issued layoff notices on Tuesday June 5 to the entire production staff associated with FOX Soccer Report based at 201 Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, effective August 31, 2012. The new nightly international soccer newscast to be produced by Rogers Media in Toronto, Ontario, Canada […]

EXCLUSIVE: A reliable industry source has told me that Rogers Media in Toronto has been selected by FOX Sports Media Group to produce a yet-to-be-named soccer newscast, presumably starting October 1, for airing on FOX Soccer in the U.S. and Sportsnet World in Canada. The new Toronto-based show will replace BOTH Fox Soccer Report and […]