by Steve Birrer | Oct 11, 2022 | Soccer
The 2022 MLS regular season came to a close this past Sunday with some top notch soccer and has set up a great playoff season. And the storyline of this playoff season is what I am calling the playoffs of firsts. Some of the firsts are surprising and some are down...
by Steve Birrer | Jul 19, 2022 | Soccer
There has been a ton of interesting soccer the last several months. The USMNT finished up a successful campaign to qualify for the WC in Qatar. Then had two terrific friendlies against Morocco and Uruguay and finished up winning their two CONCACAF Nations League...
by Steve Birrer | Feb 23, 2022 | Soccer
How far soccer has come as a major sport in this country. MLS started play clear back in 1996 with 10 teams. Here we are 26 years later and the season is about to kick off with 28 teams including the expansion Charlotte FC. Look at that locker room! What you’d...
by Ian Quillen | Apr 19, 2021 | Soccer
If you live in Baltimore and were flipping around between commercial breaks of the Oriole game on Saturday night, you may have come across something you haven’t seen on your TV in a while: A locally produced D.C. United broadcast. With Major League Soccer opening its...
by Scott Lewis | Apr 16, 2021 | Soccer, Sports Business, Sports Media
Dave Johnson and D.C. United’s TV home are back where it all started – NBC Sports Washington (NBCSWA). Johnson, the only play-by-play voice that the club has ever known during its 25-year history, began his tenure with the team’s coverage on NBCSWA’s predecessor, Home...