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In the second half of Chelsea’s eventual 1-0 win Sunday over Manchester United, Fernando Torres prepared to enter the match.
Calling the game for the American audience on Fox Soccer, Gus Johnson informed the viewers that Torres won the Golden Boot at Euro 2012 after scoring three goals for Spain.
It was a fairly innocuous comment, the standard throwaway play-by-play factoids that we’ve all come to expect on American sports broadcasts.
Therein lies the crux of what doesn’t exactly sit right only a few steps into FOX’s grand experiment to turn the bombastic Johnson into its lead voice for soccer heading toward the 2018 World Cup. Right now, he’s doing “Soccer Broadcasting for Dummies,” reciting facts devoid of context, rattling off player’s biographies and other things that are unnecessary and show a glaring ignorance toward the audience.
More at http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/...k-in-progress/
Calling the game for the American audience on Fox Soccer, Gus Johnson informed the viewers that Torres won the Golden Boot at Euro 2012 after scoring three goals for Spain.
It was a fairly innocuous comment, the standard throwaway play-by-play factoids that we’ve all come to expect on American sports broadcasts.
Therein lies the crux of what doesn’t exactly sit right only a few steps into FOX’s grand experiment to turn the bombastic Johnson into its lead voice for soccer heading toward the 2018 World Cup. Right now, he’s doing “Soccer Broadcasting for Dummies,” reciting facts devoid of context, rattling off player’s biographies and other things that are unnecessary and show a glaring ignorance toward the audience.
More at http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/...k-in-progress/