ESPN Soccer Thread

Euro 2016 Schedule-Round Of 16/Commentators - ESPN/ESPN Deportes - Saturday, June 25.

9:00 am ET - Switzerland vs Poland -
Commentators - ESPN - Jon Champion (Play-By-Play) - Stewart Robson (Analyst).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes - Omar Orlando Salazar (Play-By-Play) - Ricardo Mayorga (Analyst).

12:00 pm ET - Wales vs Northern Ireland -
Commentators - ESPN - Ian Darke (Play-By-Play) - Taylor Twellman (Analyst) - Jeremy Schaap (Reporter).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes - Emilio Fernando Alonso (Play-By-Play) - Roberto Gomez Junco (Analyst).

3:00 pm ET - Croatia vs Portugal -
Commentators - ESPN - Derek Rae (Play-By-Play) - Alejandro Moreno (Analyst).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes - Fernando Palomo (Play-By-Play) - Tato Noriega (Analyst).

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/06/uefa-euro-2016-resumes-weekend-knockout-round/
Commentator Bios - http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/05/177157/

 

Euro 2016 Schedule-Round Of 16/Commentators - ESPN/ESPN Deportes - Sunday, June 26.

9:00 am ET - France vs Republic of Ireland -
Commentators - ESPN - Jon Champion (Play-By-Play) - Stuart Robson (Analyst).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes -
Omar Orlando Salazar (Play-By-Play) - Richard Mayorga (Analyst) - Martin Ainstein (Reporter).

12:00 pm ET - Germany vs Slovakia -
Commentators - ESPN - Derek Rae (Play-By-Play) - Alejandro Moreno (Analyst).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes - Fernando Palomo (Play-By-Play) - Tato Noriega (Analyst).

3:00 pm ET - Hungary vs Belgium -
Commentators - ESPN - Max Bretos (Play-By-Play) - Kate Markgraf (Analyst).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes - Emilio Fernando Alonso (Play-By-Play) - Roberto Gomez Junco (Analyst).

Euro 2016 Schedule-Round Of 16/Commentators - ESPN2/ESPN Deportes - Monday, June 27.

12:00 pm ET - Italy vs Spain -
Commentators - ESPN2- Jon Champion (Play-By-Play) - Stuart Robson (Analyst).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes - Fernando Palomo (Play-By-Play) - Tato Noriega (Analyst).

3:00 pm ET - England vs Iceland -
Commentators - ESPN2 - Ian Darke (Play-By-Play) - Steve McManaman (Analyst) - Jeremy Schaap (Reporter).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes - Emilio Fernando Alonso (Play-By-Play) - Roberto Gomez Junco (Analyst).

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/06/uefa-euro-2016-resumes-weekend-knockout-round/
Commentator Bios - http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/05/177157/

 

Major League Soccer Schedule/Commentators - ESPN/ESPN Deportes -
Saturday, June 25 - Sunday, June 26.

Saturday, June 25 - 5:00 pm ET - Seattle Sounders vs New York City FC.
Commentators - ESPN - Adrian Healey (Play-By-Play) - Brian Dunseth (Analyst).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes - Richard Mendez (Play-By-Play) - Giovanni Savarese (Analyst).

Sunday, June 26 - 6:00 pm ET - Portland Timbers vs Houston Dynamo.
Commentators - ESPN - Adrian Healey (Play-By-Play) - Brian Dunseth (Analyst).
Commentators - ESPN Deportes - Richard Mendez (Play-By-Play) - Giovanni Savarese (Analyst).

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2016/06/uefa-euro-2016-resumes-weekend-knockout-round/

 

Yeah the following tweet basically confirms this -

That was my last game at Euro 2016 for @espn. Greatly appreciate the communication with viewers in the USA. Thanks all.

— Derek Rae (@RaeComm) June 26, 2016

Heres where you will see Derek in less than two months -

Holiday time now and then back to Scotland in time for the new @spfl season, and of course Champions League, @Bundesliga_EN etc.

— Derek Rae (@RaeComm) June 26, 2016

My commentary work does pop up in the USA on the SPFL and Bundesliga so hope some of you manage to find it next season. Have enjoyed Euros.

— Derek Rae (@RaeComm) June 26, 2016

 

I'm suprised he hasn't ripped up his ESPN contract. They have nothing to offer him.

 

What is the reason Italy-Spain is on ESPN2?

Anybody?

 

A simple check of the TV listings would show that the main channel is carrying Wimbledon.

 

And my question still stands.

 

I bet ESPN was planning on a hum-drum round of 16 match way in advance and kept Wimbledon Day 1 on ESPN. I'm surprised they didn't switch tennis to 2 when they knew it would be Spain-Italy.

 

I guess they were expecting Belgium-Croatia which still would have been a good match but not the same sizzle.

 

I did not know you took Wimbledon so seriously.

 

Wow! That's poor.

I spent part of this tournament in both US and Canada and I gotta say the coverage in the latter is vastly superior! My condolences to those who have had to deal with ESPN's coverage throughout.

I always felt there were two main advantages to having commentators: 1) receiving the insight that someone actually sitting in the stadium gets which can't necessarily be grasped from watching on TV, and 2) hearing the opinions of people that once played at this level.

Since smoking weed is being legalized in Canada I was a bit out-of-it when watching Belgium x Hungary live. Now rewatching it back in the US. What is the point of having commentators like Bretos and that women (Julie Foudy(?)). If they can't satisfy the only two criteria above, what's the point? Just the natural stadium noise will do.

 

ESPN announces commentators for Euro 2016 quarterfinals https://t.co/r90alH91Pn pic.twitter.com/jZ6tDCjjkc

— World Soccer Talk (@wsoccertalk) June 29, 2016

Euro 2016 Schedule-Quarterfinals/Commentators - ESPN/ESPN2 - Thursday, June 30-Sunday, July 3.

Thursday, June 30 - 3:00 pm ET - ESPN2 - Poland vs Portugal - Jon Champion (Play-By-Play) - Stewart Robson (Analyst).

Friday, July 1 - 3:00 pm ET - ESPN2 - Wales vs Belgium - Ian Darke (Play-By-Play) - Taylor Twellman (Analyst).

Saturday, July 2 - 3:00 pm ET - ESPN2 - Germany vs Italy - Jon Champion (Play-By-Play) - Stewart Robson (Analyst).

Sunday, July 3 - 3:00 pm ET - ESPN - France vs Iceland - Ian Darke (Play-By-Play) - Taylor Twellman (Analyst).

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2016/06/...tors-euro-2016-quarterfinals/#comment-1352862

 

Looks like they have Darke-Twellman as #1 instead of Darke-McManaman.

 

Macca is an England expert and embarrassed himself in that by insisting that Rooney retains his spot regardless of how bad he is and how much it hurt the team. Not surprised to see Tyler promoted he has done well and works well off of Darke

 

I always liked Derek Rae from the old days when he was one of ESPN's main UCL commentators, and he also did some MLS work. Clearly they put him out to pasture some time ago. Nice to hear him make a few cameos for USA viewers this month. And good to hear that he's been applying his talent somewhere else. I guess he's based out of Scotland now? Or England??

 

I remember back in the early days of MLS Rae called New England Revolution matches, and he suppressed his Scottish accent to sound more "American". That's where I first heard him so it was weird when he'd pop up on ESPN UCL matches with the brogue.

 

Sports TV Ratings ‏@SportsTVRatings -
Euro Championships 2016 - Quarterfinal - Poland-Portugal - ESPN2 - 1.158 M

Sports TV Ratings ‏@SportsTVRatings -
Probably won’t post viewership table for Thursday and Friday until Tuesday.
Hope everyone has a great July 4 weekend!

 

Opps posted in the wrong thread! If a mod could delete these two last posts - that would be great.

 

Julie Foudy would even be terrible on a USWNT commentary team...but she was part of the USWNT 90s teams, so ESPN has her as part of their D-list or E-list or whatever. If ESPN insists on having a female announcer...they can do better.

 

Agreed. If you scroll up, there's some tweets about how he'll go back to Scotland for SPL and UCL stuff. Derek Rae is an absolute gem.

And we absolutely need more Bob Ley. That guy is one of the best.

 

I remember Oliver writing about this. I think he even tried to suppress the accent a bit during some earlier UCL games. (That Derek-Tommy team on espn2 was fantastic.) I can't believe it's been 10-20 years ago.

 

Whatever happened to Oliver Tse. Is he still alive

 

He was banned.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivertse888

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2015/10/...up-on-fox-sports-not-univision-by-oliver-tse/ is something he wrote in October before the CONCACAF Cup.