Gus Johnson Quitting Role As Lead Commentator Is a Victory For Soccer Fans

Gus Johnson has decided to step down from his role as the lead soccer commentator for FOX Sports, and will return to announcing college football and college basketball, according to a report by SI.com. The news will come as a victory for soccer fans who rebelled against the decision made by FOX Sports to force an announcer […]

With the way that FOX Sports hyped Gus Johnson, you would expect by now after one year of announcing soccer games that Gus Johnson would be generating scorching hot viewing audience numbers that would help pay for the huge salary they're giving him. But based on recent viewing figures for the UEFA Champions League, the […]

Gus Johnson is the least of FOX Sports' issues with its soccer coverage. With just over one year to go before the network begins its broadcast of a worldwide soccer event — the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup — FOX Sports is more out of touch and disconnected from the average soccer fan in the […]

Last season, it was the Gus Johnson Experiment, with FOX Soccer throwing basketball announcer Gus Johnson into the deep end to announce several high-profile European soccer games for US television. The "car crash" was filled with numerous mistakes, with Johnson learning on the job as he fumbled his way through until the summer, where he […]

Gus Johnson, "one of the best soccer commentators in the world" according to a FOX Sports pundit, is scheduled to make his return to the soccer airwaves on April 1 to announce the UEFA Champions League game between Bayern Munich and Manchester United. And no, it's not an April Fools' Day joke. It's been over […]

FOX Sports soccer pundit Warren Barton says that Gus Johnson is one of the best soccer commentators in the world. Johnson, who has only been commentating soccer games on TV for one year, is "as good as anybody in the world," according to Barton who was interviewed by The Big Lead. Here's what Barton said: "I […]

Controversial announcer Gus Johnson will host a 30-minute show after today's FA Cup Final alongside Alan Shearer. "The Road to Wembley," a special UEFA Champions League Final preview that relives the journey of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund's path to the final, will be televised on the free-to-air FOX network at 2:30pm ET. Alan Shearer […]

If Gus Johnson and FOX Sports have paid any attention at all to the commentary on Gus’s play-by-play match calling on Twitter and EPL Talk, they should be deeply concerned. From initial outbursts of outrage, much of the commentary has shifted to mockery and humor. This is not a good sign. It is one thing […]

With NBC Sports Network announcing their Premier League coverage plans for next season, the end is near for FOX Soccer. Next season will see the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, CONCACAF Champion’s League and the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments shown on the new FOX Sports 1.  FOX Soccer will become FXX, a […]

How well did Gus Johnson commentate on the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg between Barcelona and Bayern Munich that was shown live on FX today? According to Tweetfeel, a sentiment analysis tool that measures positive and negative messages on Twitter, 69% of the tweets posted about Gus Johnson were negative. A real-time search of […]

UPDATED: Gus Johnson has returned from the wilderness. Controversial soccer announcer Gus Johnson will make his return to soccer commentating on Wednesday, May 1 for the return leg between Barcelona and Bayern Munich. The game will be shown live on FX beginning at 2:45pm ET. FOX Soccer 2Go will be offering two streams of the commentary […]