Andrew Michael McNamara (born August 31, 1969 in

Camden, New Jersey Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area and is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 2020 ...

) is an American sportscaster, most known for his work as a soccer play-by-play announcer. He was the radio voice of the

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at P ...

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from 2001 to 2011, which also spanned the club's time as a member of the USL First Division. Additionally, he served as on-air talent for Fox Sports Net (FSN) and

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(ROOT) on Timbers' television broadcasts from 2008-2011. He worked as an international television commentator for the

2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough at Trinidad and Tobago between 13 and 30 September ...

in Trinidad and Tobago and has covered the CONCACAF Gold Cup and

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matches involving the United States Men's National Soccer Team. McNamara began his professional career as the radio voice of the Portland Pride (

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) in 1995. In addition to soccer, he has play-by-play experience in college baseball, college basketball,

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, college hockey and called games in the American Basketball League.

External links

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