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MaizeCraize21
Lv 4
MaizeCraize21 asked in SportsFootball (Soccer)Other - Soccer · 10 years ago

What do you think of ESPN's soccer announcers?

I am watching United play New England and I am struck by how awful the announcers are. They discuss everything but the game going on. I honestly don't care what they had for breakfast yesterday, tell me what's going on on the pitch right now. I can't watch MLS because the commentators are just terrible. I will pick SkySports announcers any day. What do you think? Are the announcers bad? If so what could be improved?

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  • taxreff
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    The standard format for announcers (regardless of the sport) is to have 1 play-by-play announcer and 1 color commentator. ESPN seems to have gotten away from that for soccer, and there is a lack of play-by-play. Both want to be color analysts.

    Listening to the WWC ESPN TV feed on XM radio, its impossible to tell what is happening on the pitch unless there is a scoring chance.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Espn Soccer Announcers

    Source(s): https://shrinke.im/a9tHI
  • schupp
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Which one do I like?? None of them. Man, we get to listen to awful annoucers for a Wonderful occasion. Let's see, right here it the order of who I don't like: Eric Wynalda Marcelol Balboa Tommy Smyth John Harkes

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