I honestly watched the Italy game on RAI in non HD because ESPN sux, why do they have a girl in the halftime show, There are no girls playing (Beside Cristiano Ronaldo. The Worlds greatest sport deserves better
ESPN needs to pay Tommy Smyth enough money to commute between Europe and the US. Soccer. Stone and Wynalda gush a little too much over CA players and Taylor Twellman.
BRENT MUSBURGER SHOULD BE SHOT. NO THAT WOULD BE TOO QUICK. LET HIM FACE MUSLIM LAW. SINCE HIS ANNOUNCING IS WORSE THAN LISTENING TO A PIG SLAUGHTER WE SHOULD HAVE IS VOCAL CORDS RIPPED OUT USING A BARBED PROBE. THANK YOU THAT IS ALL. AND BECAUSE OF THAT TOOL I HAD TO WATCH MOST GAMES ON TELEMUNDO AND UNIVISION TO AVOID HIS AWFUL 'INSIGHTS' AND PHONY DRAMATIC SOLOLILOQY.
because they have no idea of soccer. They show the lineup in one row, they say soccer is a sissy sports and I give you one great example. As Germany played in Stuttgart against Portugal there was one player who actually play fo r the home team of Stuttgart VFB Stuttgart in that stadium. That was Fernando Meira, they didn't mention that once because they didn't know. Someone should get them a soccer manager computergame so they'd learn at least a little bit of soccer. At least know the rules.
The announcers during the World Cup made Americans appear ignorant about the sport. Shame on ESPN. I will watch FSC until you find decent announcers that have knowledge about the game and respect for the fans.
it is difficult for the layman to understand the intricacies and nuances of The Beautiful Game without an announcer who can adequately convey them. In addition, baseball is a slow, boring game which ill prepares its announcers for the constant flow and movement of a FOOTBALL match.
Having Dave "The Baseball Guy" O'Brian as the lead WC announcer for ESPN was hilarious if it wasn't so sad. I much preferred the former national team players as announcers and commentators (Harkes, Balboa, Wynalda and Foudy) and would cringe whenever I had to hear "The Baseball Guy" speak.
because I'm tired of my friends who only watch soccer once every 4 years (along with every american columnist/sportswriter/an chor) to feel like they know what they are talking about because they repeat verbatem the crap these announcers spit out! ahhh, thank god for spanish and greek broadcasts via satellite!
If the commentators would model themselves on radio (XM satellite was brilliant), refrain from repetitive, inane chatter (we can read the scree, too), learn the game (there is no such thing as a Referee's Assistant! There's extra time, divided into two halves, not two overtimes), and the players they get learn English (they speak with kindergarten grammar!), it would be much better.
Stop treating the audience as though we were stupid! JP is awful; so is Tommy Smyth (glad he wasn't around)
