List of MLS on ESPN personalities

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This is a list of the primary assignments that was used for MLS matches, U.S national team matches, and select international club friendly broadcasts.

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Former

Play-by-play announcers

  1. Jon Champion (2019–2022) [lower-alpha 1]
  2. Adrian Healey (2011–2022) [lower-alpha 2]
  3. Steve Cangialosi (2016–2022)
  4. Glenn Davis (2002–2022)
  5. Andres Cordero (2021–2022)
  6. Jonathan Yardley (2021–2022)
  7. Kevin Egan (2021–2022)
  8. Tyler Terens (2022)
  9. Jake Zivin (2022)
  10. Bob Ley (1996–1997)
  11. Phil Schoen (1996–1999)
  12. Jack Edwards (2000–2002)
  13. Rob Stone (2002–2011)
  14. Dave O'Brien (2006–2007)
  15. JP Dellacamera (1996–2010)
  16. Ian Darke (2010–2011)
  1. Champion has been commentating on MLS games since 2014 occasionally, but he has been the lead play-by-play announcer since 2019.
  2. From 2011–2018, Healey was the lead MLS play-by-play announcer. Since then, he has called occasional MLS games after he was replaced by Jon Champion and in 2021, due to his commitments with Austin FC.

Color commentators

  1. Ty Keough (1996–2003)
  2. Eric Wynalda (2004–2007)
  3. Bruce Arena (2006)
  4. Tommy Smyth (2007)
  5. Kyle Martino (2009–2010)
  6. John Harkes (2008–2011)
  7. Julie Foudy (2007–2009)
  8. Alexi Lalas (1996–2014)
  9. Taylor Twellman (2010–2022)
  10. Alejandro Moreno (2014–2022)
  11. Brian Dunseth (2014–2022)
  12. Kasey Keller (2014–2022)
  13. Herculez Gomez (2017-2022)
  14. Shep Messing (2020–2022)
  15. Danny Higginbotham (2021–2022)
  16. Lori Lindsey (2021–2022)
  17. Kyndra de St. Aubin (2021–2022)
  18. Ben Olsen (2022)

Sideline reporters

Studio team

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