I know that Pro Soccer on American Television has been discussed on this board before but I thought I would bring up a different aspect of it. I know that the defunct North American Soccer League aired games on ABC Sports, CBS Sports, ESPN I believe and also the TVS Network. I also know that the old Major Inddor Soccer League(no relation to the current MISL) had games carried on CBS Sports, USA Network and ESPN. If someone could provide some more information in addition to what I have, that would be greatly appreciated. Also, if someone could provide schedules for NASL games on ABC Sports and possibly ESPN and also if someone could provide schedule for MISL games on USA Network and ESPN that would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks everybody
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MISL and NASL on National Televison
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scoobyfan
not exactly what you're after, but this is my list for those who have called the mls cup on abc since the first one in 1996:
2005: j.p. dellacamera, eric wynalda
2004: j.p. dellacamera, eric wynalda
2003: j.p. dellacamera, ty keough
2002: j.p. dellacamera, ty keough
2001: jack edwards, ty keough
2000: jack edwards, ty keough
1999: jack edwards, ty keough
1998: phil schoen, ty keough
1997: phil schoen, ty keough
1996: phil schoen, ty keough
i think i remember jim mckay and paul gardner on the call for an nasl soccer bowl for abc (vanocuver whitecaps??), and i THINK verne lundquist did a soccer bowl for tvs when pele, beckenbauer & co and the cosmos beat the seattle sounders.
cbs did one in 1976 - i think when toronto metros-croatia beat was it the minnesota kicks?? again, i could be way off on this, but i think gary bender worked that one.
hth a wee bit.
tb
> I know that Pro Soccer on American Television has been
> discussed on this board before but I thought I would bring
> up a different aspect of it. I know that the defunct North
> American Soccer League aired games on ABC Sports, CBS
> Sports, ESPN I believe and also the TVS Network. I also know
> that the old Major Inddor Soccer League(no relation to the
> current MISL) had games carried on CBS Sports, USA Network
> and ESPN. If someone could provide some more information in
> addition to what I have, that would be greatly appreciated.
> Also, if someone could provide schedules for NASL games on
> ABC Sports and possibly ESPN and also if someone could
> provide schedule for MISL games on USA Network and ESPN that
> would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks everybody
>
not exactly what you're after, but this is my list for those who have called the mls cup on abc since the first one in 1996:
2005: j.p. dellacamera, eric wynalda
2004: j.p. dellacamera, eric wynalda
2003: j.p. dellacamera, ty keough
2002: j.p. dellacamera, ty keough
2001: jack edwards, ty keough
2000: jack edwards, ty keough
1999: jack edwards, ty keough
1998: phil schoen, ty keough
1997: phil schoen, ty keough
1996: phil schoen, ty keough
i think i remember jim mckay and paul gardner on the call for an nasl soccer bowl for abc (vanocuver whitecaps??), and i THINK verne lundquist did a soccer bowl for tvs when pele, beckenbauer & co and the cosmos beat the seattle sounders.
cbs did one in 1976 - i think when toronto metros-croatia beat was it the minnesota kicks?? again, i could be way off on this, but i think gary bender worked that one.
hth a wee bit.
tb
> I know that Pro Soccer on American Television has been
> discussed on this board before but I thought I would bring
> up a different aspect of it. I know that the defunct North
> American Soccer League aired games on ABC Sports, CBS
> Sports, ESPN I believe and also the TVS Network. I also know
> that the old Major Inddor Soccer League(no relation to the
> current MISL) had games carried on CBS Sports, USA Network
> and ESPN. If someone could provide some more information in
> addition to what I have, that would be greatly appreciated.
> Also, if someone could provide schedules for NASL games on
> ABC Sports and possibly ESPN and also if someone could
> provide schedule for MISL games on USA Network and ESPN that
> would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks everybody
>
J
Joseph_Gallant
Guest
Didn't CBS broadcast games of the predesescor of the NASL from 1967 until 1969??
I suspect most of the telecasts of the old NASL were local, rather than network. I believe the league's original Boston franchise (the late 1960's Boston Beacons) had a handful of games televised on WSBK-38, while the later Boston franchise(1978-early 1980's), the New England Tea Men (partly owned by Lipton; hence the name) were televised first by WBZ-4, and later WLVI-56 (ironically, WLVI was in 2005 the broadcast-TV home of Boston's current pro soccer team, the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer).
And in 1977, Pele's last game (an exhibition in which his New York Cosmos played a Brazilian club team or the Brazilian national team, in either case, a team Pele had played for in the past) was televised by ABC, which expanded "Wide World Of Sports" to two hours to carry it live. And I do remember Jim McKay called that game.
While soccer as a spectator sport stuggled in the United States for the next decade and a half, thanks to the professional leagues that existed here during the 1960's and 1970's, many young people started playing the game. That would in the 1990's turn the United States into the dominant powerhouse in women's soccer, and more recently, improve the men's national teams as well. It has also helped MLS, for more people have "grown up" with the game and are likely to see an MLS game either in person or on television.
Slightly off-topic: Don't get me started about how the Revolution made it to the MLS finals twice out of the last four seasons only to lose both times to the Los Angeles Galaxy by a single goal in overtime!
I suspect most of the telecasts of the old NASL were local, rather than network. I believe the league's original Boston franchise (the late 1960's Boston Beacons) had a handful of games televised on WSBK-38, while the later Boston franchise(1978-early 1980's), the New England Tea Men (partly owned by Lipton; hence the name) were televised first by WBZ-4, and later WLVI-56 (ironically, WLVI was in 2005 the broadcast-TV home of Boston's current pro soccer team, the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer).
And in 1977, Pele's last game (an exhibition in which his New York Cosmos played a Brazilian club team or the Brazilian national team, in either case, a team Pele had played for in the past) was televised by ABC, which expanded "Wide World Of Sports" to two hours to carry it live. And I do remember Jim McKay called that game.
While soccer as a spectator sport stuggled in the United States for the next decade and a half, thanks to the professional leagues that existed here during the 1960's and 1970's, many young people started playing the game. That would in the 1990's turn the United States into the dominant powerhouse in women's soccer, and more recently, improve the men's national teams as well. It has also helped MLS, for more people have "grown up" with the game and are likely to see an MLS game either in person or on television.
Slightly off-topic: Don't get me started about how the Revolution made it to the MLS finals twice out of the last four seasons only to lose both times to the Los Angeles Galaxy by a single goal in overtime!
> Didn't CBS broadcast games of the predesescor of the NASL
> from 1967 until 1969??
>
There were two leagues in 1967. The USA (United Soccer Association) merged with the NPSL (National Professional Soccer League) to form the NASL in 1968. In '68 Jack Whitaker and English soccer great Danny Blanchflower did the broadcasts.
Whitaker did the play-by-play when CBS did the NASL again in 1975 as Pele arrived to bring soccer to the USA. I think TVS picked up the league for the next three years with Jon Miller (the same guy who does baseball on ESPN) doing play-by-play in '78 and I don't remember who did it the other two years.
ABC did the NASL starting in '79 with Jim McKay and Paul Gardner calling the action. I think they did it through the '81 season and Verne Lundquist also was involved with the play-by-play in that period.
I am a soccer broadcaster myself and have done play-by-play at all levels short of the national team, although I am not doing the game at present.
> from 1967 until 1969??
>
There were two leagues in 1967. The USA (United Soccer Association) merged with the NPSL (National Professional Soccer League) to form the NASL in 1968. In '68 Jack Whitaker and English soccer great Danny Blanchflower did the broadcasts.
Whitaker did the play-by-play when CBS did the NASL again in 1975 as Pele arrived to bring soccer to the USA. I think TVS picked up the league for the next three years with Jon Miller (the same guy who does baseball on ESPN) doing play-by-play in '78 and I don't remember who did it the other two years.
ABC did the NASL starting in '79 with Jim McKay and Paul Gardner calling the action. I think they did it through the '81 season and Verne Lundquist also was involved with the play-by-play in that period.
I am a soccer broadcaster myself and have done play-by-play at all levels short of the national team, although I am not doing the game at present.
J
Joseph_Gallant
Guest
B. Anthony wrote:
> I am a soccer broadcaster myself and have done play-by-play
> at all levels short of the national team, although I am not
> doing the game at present.
Hopefully, you'll get the chance to be hired to do TV or radio play-by-play of an MLS team for 2006, and I hope that work may lead you to working with NBC for the men's/women's soccer tournaments at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and for whoever will televise the 2010 men's World Cup.
Good luck in getting back to broadcasting soccer.
> I am a soccer broadcaster myself and have done play-by-play
> at all levels short of the national team, although I am not
> doing the game at present.
Hopefully, you'll get the chance to be hired to do TV or radio play-by-play of an MLS team for 2006, and I hope that work may lead you to working with NBC for the men's/women's soccer tournaments at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and for whoever will televise the 2010 men's World Cup.
Good luck in getting back to broadcasting soccer.
> Whitaker did the play-by-play when CBS did the NASL again in
> 1975 as Pele arrived to bring soccer to the USA. I think TVS
> picked up the league for the next three years with Jon
> Miller (the same guy who does baseball on ESPN) doing
> play-by-play in '78 and I don't remember who did it the
> other two years.
>
> ABC did the NASL starting in '79 with Jim McKay and Paul
> Gardner calling the action. I think they did it through the
> '81 season and Verne Lundquist also was involved with the
> play-by-play in that period.
Close. TVS, owned by future Chi. White Sox and Bulls owner Eddie Einhorn, carried NASL games in 1977 and '78, and yes, Jon Miller did play-by-play both seasons, along with the aforementioned Paul Gardner, who carried over to ABC in 1979-81 along with Jim McKay and [sideline reporter] Verne Lundquist.
Soccer telecasts in the US back then faced a problem, and that was finding a commercial break opportunity, such as when a ball is kicked high over the net. At that point, they'd go to commercial, during which, on rare occasions, a goal could be scored and viewers would have to wait for the replay.
When Spanish-language Univision, which started as SIN, started televising World Cup and other soccer games in the early 1980's, they [originally their co-owners, Mexico's Televisa] solved the commercial break problem by running visual animation for sponsors over the action. By the time the US hosted the World Cup in 1994, both Univision and ABC/ESPN would adopt changing billboards next to the scores.
> 1975 as Pele arrived to bring soccer to the USA. I think TVS
> picked up the league for the next three years with Jon
> Miller (the same guy who does baseball on ESPN) doing
> play-by-play in '78 and I don't remember who did it the
> other two years.
>
> ABC did the NASL starting in '79 with Jim McKay and Paul
> Gardner calling the action. I think they did it through the
> '81 season and Verne Lundquist also was involved with the
> play-by-play in that period.
Close. TVS, owned by future Chi. White Sox and Bulls owner Eddie Einhorn, carried NASL games in 1977 and '78, and yes, Jon Miller did play-by-play both seasons, along with the aforementioned Paul Gardner, who carried over to ABC in 1979-81 along with Jim McKay and [sideline reporter] Verne Lundquist.
Soccer telecasts in the US back then faced a problem, and that was finding a commercial break opportunity, such as when a ball is kicked high over the net. At that point, they'd go to commercial, during which, on rare occasions, a goal could be scored and viewers would have to wait for the replay.
When Spanish-language Univision, which started as SIN, started televising World Cup and other soccer games in the early 1980's, they [originally their co-owners, Mexico's Televisa] solved the commercial break problem by running visual animation for sponsors over the action. By the time the US hosted the World Cup in 1994, both Univision and ABC/ESPN would adopt changing billboards next to the scores.
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