Adrian Healey is an English football commentator, currently working for ESPN and most recently with MLS Season Pass broadcasts on Apple TV. He is a veteran football commentator in the U.S., working for networks such as ESPN; he was part of the ESPN commentary team in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. He has also been a fill-in host for Dan Thomas on ESPN's soccer show ESPN FC.
Adrian Healey | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Healey at an MLS event in 2018 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Association football commentator |
| Years active | 1992–present |
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Broadcasting career
editHealey started work in the US in 1992 as a mid day DJ for Boston's WFNX.[1] He then got a TV job commentating for the New England Revolution, replacing the departing Derek Rae. He left the Revolution to join ESPN/ABC, where he started with play-by-play commentary with Robbie Mustoe on ESPN2's alternate broadcast of UEFA Champions League play. The pair worked together for La Liga, the UEFA Euro 2008, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2012 coverage.[2][3]
Healey served as a play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports' coverage of soccer at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
He served as lead play-by-play announcer for ESPN's coverage of Major League Soccer until 2018, pairing with lead color commentator Taylor Twellman.[6][7] In the summer of 2011, he took a break from his MLS duties to work with Kate Markgraf (most games) and Tony DiCicco (select games) on the network's secondary broadcast team for the FIFA Women's World Cup telecasts.[8]
In 2019, Healey was replaced by Jon Champion on MLS Game of the Week telecasts,[9] and he now commentates on DFB-Pokal matches alongside Markgraf or Taylor Twellman and UEFA International qualifiers alongside Craig Burley. However, he still hosts MLS on ESPN broadcasts with Kasey Keller and Alejandro Moreno as analysts.
Beginning in 2021, Healey became the voice of Austin FC.[10] Also in 2021, Healey became one of the play-by-play announcers of La Liga on ESPN.
Healey announced via Twitter that he would work MLS matches on Apple TV during the 2023 season. In December of that year, he tweeted that he had left MLS and Apple TV.
TV credits
edit- FIFA World Cup: 2006 (ESPN/ABC), 2010 (ESPN/ABC), 2014 (ESPN/ABC)
- UEFA European Championship: 2008 (Including Final) (ESPN/ABC), 2012 (ESPN), 2016 (ESPN)
- FIFA Women's World Cup: 2007 (ESPN), 2011 (ESPN)
- UEFA Champions League: 2003–2018 (ESPN)
- MLS: 2011–2018 (ESPN) (Lead), 2019–2020, 2021–22 (ESPN/ABC) (#2 PxP/Presenter)
- UEFA European Qualifiers: 2005–2020, 2021–present (ESPN)
- UEFA Nations League: 2018–2020 (ESPN)
- DFB-Pokal: 2019–2020 (ESPN)
- Summer Olympics (Soccer): 2008 (NBC Sports)
- La Liga: 2003–2009, 2021–present (ESPN)
- New England Revolution: 1998–2003
- Austin FC: 2021–22
- MLS Season Pass: 2023
Personal life
editHealey is from Swindon in Wiltshire, England. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Eleanor, son Tyler, and daughter Zoe.[11]
References
edit- ^ Chozet, Tara (6 December 2013). "On Eve of MLS Cup, Adrian Healey Looks Back at Career Path, Commentating Influences". ESPN Front Row. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "ESPN Inc. at UEFA EURO 2012". Sports Media News. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ By (23 August 2009). "TELEVISION DEALS SHOULD RAISE LA LIGA'S PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup – A blog on sports media, news and networks". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 5 November 2008.
- ^ "Press Release-- NBC Announcers for Beijing". infobae (in European Spanish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Nwulu, Mac (9 March 2011). "Adrian Healey Named Lead Voice for ESPN's Major League Soccer Telecasts". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Taylor Twellman Replacing John Harkes In ESPN's Soccer Booth Next Year". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Nwulu, Mac (15 June 2011). "ESPN 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Commentators". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Hofheimer, Bill (10 December 2018). "Renowned British Broadcaster Jon Champion Will Move to the United States as ESPN's New Play-by-Play Voice for Major League Soccer". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Sigal, Johnathan (16 September 2020). "Adrian Healey departs ESPN to become Austin FC's executive director of broadcast and content". MLSSoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Haydon, John (9 March 2011). "Adrian Healey named voice of MLS on ESPN networks". Washington Times. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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| Preceded by | MLS Cup play-by-play announcer 2012–2017 (concurrent with Fox's John Strong in even numbered years) |
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