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Hosted by John Shrader · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 58 episodes
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We talk with the biggest names in the soccer media business, to get the inside information on what's happening, the processes and the personalities.
John Shrader hosts The Soccer Media Podcast with John Shrader, a sports show with 58 episodes published.
SEBASTIAN SALAZAR is the Saturday night host of NWSL soccer on ION. He spent about a decade at ESPN, hosting soccer programs, doing Play-by-Play and covering major tournaments around the world. Sebastian hosts a podcast
DEREK RAE is a long time American and European soccer announcer. He’s a native of Scotland and now splits his time between the US and Europe as the voice of Bundesliga, whichcan be seen this year on USA and Fandango in t
RICHARD DEITSCH is the host a popular industry podcast on sports media, titled The Sports Media Podcast , heard where you get your podcasts. He spent nearly 20 years at Sports Illustrated , then nearly eight years at The
ALEX SILVERMAN is sports business reporter for soccer and hockey at Sports Business Journal (SBJ). He has been busy reporting news for SBJ from both Major League Soccer, which is about to choose a new commissioner to suc
JULES BOYKOFF is professor of Politics and Government at Pacific University Oregon. He is a journalist and author of several books, including the recently published RedCard: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIF
Veteran broadcaster JP Dellacamera worked his 18th and final FIFA World Cup in 2026. JP first broadcast the World Cup in 1986 and missed just one of the men’s or women’s tournaments since, the 2011 Women’s tournament. De
CHRISTIAN MILES calls soccer matches for MLS Apple TV and Fox Sports . He has been with John throughout the World Cup after the USA matches. In this episode they talk about the 4-1 loss to Belgium in the Round of 16 matc
MAX BRETOS is a veteran American soccer announcer. He is one of the voices of Major League Soccer’s Apple TV broadcasts. He is working with Sirius XM FC during the FIFA World Cup . He is still attached to LAFC and is a f
CHRISTIAN MILES of Apple TV and Fox Sports joins us again to talk about the US in the FIFA World Cup. The United States prevailed in its round-of-32 matchup with Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2-0. Along the way Folarin Balogun
CHRISTIAN MILES of Apple TV and Fox Sports joins John to talk about the USA after its 3-2 loss to Turkey in the final group stage game. They discuss the lineup changes, the impact of Christian Pulisic and look ahead to t
ERIC WYNALDA hosts a show on Sirius XM FC (Channel 157) with Jason Davis during which he talks everything soccer. The show is titled WTF, Wynalda Talks Football. In this conversation Wynalda talks about the quality and d
CHRISTIAN MILES joins John to talk about the USA’s 2-0 win over Australia in the second game of the FIFA World Cup. Two wins in two games for the US. They haven’t done that since the first tournament in Uruguay in 1930.
MIKE WOITALLA is the Executive Editor of SoccerAmerica. He and the publication’s Editor-in-Chief Paul Kennedy are covering the World Cup, including the US team up close. In this conversation Mike talks about the USA’s 4-
ROBERT ABRAMOWITZ has been the Spanish language voice of NYC Football Club since its founding in 2015. He is a commentator for the New York Jets, CBS television. He has worked at ESPN and for MSG. In this conversation we
CHRISTIAN MILES joins John to talk about the USA’s 4-1 win over Paraguay in its opening World Cup game Friday night in Los Angeles. Miles, who calls games for Apple TV and Fox Sports, analyzes the US effort, which includ
MICHAEL LEWIS has been covering soccer for most of the last four decades. His new book is titled Around the World Cup in 40 Years, An American sportswriter’s perspective. He is covering the 2026 FIFA World Cup for Forbes
SHARNI YERKE has been working as a producer of soccer television for about a decade now. She is the lead producer for the Friday night NWSL games on Amazon Prime and works ESPN games for the league on weekends, and has s
MIGUEL GURWITZ of Telemundo, the NBC Universal Spanish-Language network, is working his eighth World Cup in 2026. He will be pitch-side hosting all the games involving the Mexican National team and will have other duties
ALAN ROTHENBERG was asked to be a part of the team that put together the 1984 Olympics and that led to his role as president of U.S. Soccer, which put together the 1994 World Cup in the U.S., and created Major League Soc
KOREY DONAHOO co-founded the American Outlaws, the leading supporter’s group for the United States men’s and women’s national soccer teams. They founded the group in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2007, then quickly developed it i
Clyde Best
footballer
1 appearance on this show
Kevin Egan
sports broadcaster and host of MLS 360 · MLS Season Pass
1 appearance on this show
Alex Silverman
Sports Business Journal
1 appearance on this show
Dan Egan
documentary film maker
1 appearance on this show
Cindy Parlow Cone
President, US Soccer Federation · U.S. Soccer
1 appearance on this show
Christian Miles
MLS Apple TV
1 appearance on this show
Korey Donahoo
American Outlaws
1 appearance on this show
Sammy Sadovnik
Fútbol de Primera
1 appearance on this show
Steven Goff
Yahoo Sports
1 appearance on this show
Mike Woitalla
Soccer America
1 appearance on this show
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