List of ESPN Major League Soccer personalities
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This is a list of the primary assignments that was used for MLS matches, U.S national team matches, and select international club friendly broadcasts.


Former


Play-by-play announcers

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Jon Champion Jonathan Martin Champion (born 23 May 1965) is a British sports commentator currently working as the lead association football commentator for ESPN (US). Champion is a well-established and experienced commentator who has also worked for the BBC ...
(2019–2022) # Adrian Healey (2011–2022) #
Steve Cangialosi Steven Donato Cangialosi (born October 28, 1963) is a television play-by-play announcer for MLS on Apple TV. He was the New York Red Bulls announcer on the MSG Network, and also worked on MLS, Serie A, La Liga, DFB Pokal, Bundesliga and internation ...
(2016–2022) # Glenn Davis (2002–2022) # Andres Cordero (2021–2022) # Jonathan Yardley (2021–2022) # Kevin Egan (2021–2022) # Tyler Terens (2022) # Jake Zivin (2022) #
Bob Ley Robert A. Ley ( ; born March 16, 1955) is an American sports anchor and reporter, best known for his work at ESPN. A multiple Emmy Award-winner, he was the longest-tenured on-air employee of the network, having joined ESPN just three days after ...
(1996–1997) # Phil Schoen (1996–1999) # Jack Edwards (2000–2002) # Rob Stone (2002–2011) # Dave O'Brien (2006–2007) #
JP Dellacamera John Paul "JP" Dellacamera (born January 11, 1952) is an American play-by-play sportscaster primarily for Major League Soccer with the Philadelphia Union, as well as major soccer tournaments and ice hockey. Commentary career Soccer In the 1980 ...
(1996–2010) # Ian Darke (2010–2011)


Color commentators

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Ty Keough William “Ty” Keough (born December 19, 1956 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former U.S. soccer player and coach who has served as a soccer broadcaster for several networks. He earned eight caps with the U.S. national team in 1979 and 1980. He w ...
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Eric Wynalda Eric Boswell Wynalda (born June 9, 1969) is an American soccer coach, television commentator, and retired player. He was formerly an analyst and color commentator for soccer coverage on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN. Previously, he served as head coach ...
(2004–2007) # Bruce Arena (2006) # Tommy Smyth (2007) #
Kyle Martino Kyle Hunter Martino (born February 19, 1981) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player who spent seven seasons with the Columbus Crew and Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer as a midfielder and is currently a tel ...
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John Harkes John Andrew Harkes (born March 8, 1967) is an American soccer coach and former professional player who is the head coach of Greenville Triumph SC. A member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Harkes was the first American ever to play in the ...
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Julie Foudy Julie Maurine Foudy ( ; born January 23, 1971) is an American retired soccer midfielder, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1988 to 2004 ...
(2007–2009) # Alexi Lalas (1996–2014) # Taylor Twellman (2010–2022) # Alejandro Moreno (2014–2022) # Brian Dunseth (2014–2022) # Kasey Keller (2014–2022) #
Herculez Gomez Herculez Gomez (born April 6, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. He currently works as a commentator in both English and Spanish for ESPN. Early life Gomez, the oldest of five children, was born in ...
(2017-2022) # Shep Messing (2020–2022) # Danny Higginbotham (2021–2022) #
Lori Lindsey Lori Ann Lindsey (born March 19, 1980) is a retired American soccer midfielder who last played for Canberra United in the Australian W-League and was also a member of the United States women's national soccer team player pool. She played one ...
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Kyndra de St. Aubin Kyndra de St. Aubin (née Hesse) is an American sports broadcaster who is the color commentary announcer for broadcasts of Major League Soccer on Apple TV. Previously she worked as a color commentator for Minnesota United, where she was the firs ...
(2021–2022) # Ben Olsen (2022)


Sideline reporters

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Roger Twibell Roger Claude Twibell is an American sportscaster, who most recently calling Arkansas State Red Wolves football broadcasts on ESPN+ in 2018. In 2019 he served as a commentator for the international broadcast of the Masters Tournament. He has work ...
(1996) *
Bill McDermott William R. McDermott (born August 18, 1961) is an American businessman and is currently CEO of ServiceNow. Before ServiceNow, he was the CEO of the technology company SAP SE. During his tenure as co-CEO and CEO, SAP's market value increased from ...
(1996–1997) * Veronica Paysse (2002–2003) * Lorrie Fair (2004) *
Brandi Chastain Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, and sports broadcaster. She played for the United States national team from 1988 ...
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Heather Mitts Heather Mitts Feeley (born Heather Blaine Mitts; June 9, 1978) is an American former professional soccer defender. Mitts played college soccer for the University of Florida, and thereafter, she played professionally in the Women's Professional ...
(2005–2006) * Allen Hopkins (2007–2009) * Rob Stone (1997–2011) * Monica Gonzalez (2012–2016) * Katie Witham (2016) *
Julie Stewart-Binks Julie Stewart-Binks (born April 30, 1987) is a Canadian journalist who has worked for Barstool Sports, ESPN, and Fox Sports. Early years Stewart-Binks was born in Toronto, Ontario, where she attended Havergal College. Stewart-Binks graduated fro ...
(2017) *Sebastian Salazar (2018–2022) * Jillian Sakovits (2022) * Cristina Alexander (2022)


Studio team

* Sebastian Salazar – substitute studio host (2017–2020); lead studio host (2021–2022) * Alejandro Moreno – lead studio analyst (2014–2022) *
Herculez Gomez Herculez Gomez (born April 6, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. He currently works as a commentator in both English and Spanish for ESPN. Early life Gomez, the oldest of five children, was born in ...
– studio analyst (2017–2022) * Kasey Keller – lead studio analyst (2012–2022) * Brian Dunseth – studio analyst (2014–2022) *
Max Bretos Maximiliano Bretos is an American sports reporter and sports announcer, who is currently the play-by-play announcer for MLS broadcasts on Apple TV. He formerly hosted ESPN Major League Soccer and SportsCenter for ESPN as well as being the lead a ...
– lead studio host (2010–2018) * Adrian Healey – occasional studio host (2019–2020) * Rob Stone – lead studio host (1997–2011) *
Roger Twibell Roger Claude Twibell is an American sportscaster, who most recently calling Arkansas State Red Wolves football broadcasts on ESPN+ in 2018. In 2019 he served as a commentator for the international broadcast of the Masters Tournament. He has work ...
(1996) * Ben Olsen – studio analyst (2022) {{MLS on ESPN ESPN Major League Soccer personalities Major League Soccer personalities