List of Soccer Bowl broadcasters
The following is a list of the
North American Soccer League. The NASL was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984
.
1980s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Touchline reporter |
1984
|
Sportsvision TSN |
Howard Balson | Ken Stern | |
| 1983 | USA CTV |
Bob Carpenter | Gordon Bradley | Al Miller |
| 1982 | USA CTV |
Spencer Ross | Werner Roth[1]
|
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| 1981 | ABC CTV |
Verne Lundquist | Paul Gardner | |
| 1980 | ABC CTV |
Jim McKay | Paul Gardner | Verne Lundquist |
Notes
- 1984 - Sportsvision televised the series in the Chicago area; this coverage was simulcast on the then-new TSN (which had started up a month earlier) cable channel in Canada.
- 1981 - ABC aired the Soccer Bowl on tape delay.
1970s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Touchline reporter | |||
| 1979 | ABC CTV |
Jim McKay | Paul Gardner | Verne Lundquist | |||
| 1978 | TVS | Jon Miller | Paul Gardner[2] | ||||
| 1977 | TVS | Jon Miller | Paul Gardner | Walter Chyzowych | |||
| 1976 | CBS CBC |
Jon Miller[3][4] | |||||
| 1975 | CBS | Frank Glieber | Jack Whitaker[5] | ||||
| 1974 | CBS | Frank Glieber | Clive Toye and Kyle Rote Jr. | ||||
| 1973 | Not televised | ||||||
| 1972 | Not televised | ||||||
| 1971 | Not televised | ||||||
| 1970 | Not televised | ||||||
Notes
- 1978 - This would be the final NASL game broadcast TVS, as the league signed a deal with ABC Sports in the fall of 1978.[6] Gardner would continue as the color analyst for ABC's coverage, while Miller would move on to a long career announcing Major League Baseball.
- 1974 - Although the Aztecs had a league-best record and points total, and rightly should have hosted the championship final, EDT) local start. CBS had also stepped in the previous week and forced the Toros to play their semifinal match at the much-smaller Tamiami Stadium in Tamiami Park. This was done so that if Miami did win, CBS's production crews would have a full week for set-up in the Orange Bowl stadium.[7]
1960s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play
|
Color commentator(s) | Touchline reporter |
1969
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With only five teams in the league, no championship event was held that year. In a close finish, the NASL trophy was awarded to the Kansas City Spurs, the team with the most points at the end of the season. The season was completed on August 31, 1969.[8][9] | |||
| 1968 | CBS | Mario Machado[10] | Clive Toye | |
| 1967 | CBS | Jack Whitaker | Danny Blanchflower[11] | |
Notes
- In 1966, a group of sports entrepreneurs led by North American Soccer League.
See also
References
- ^ "Soccer Bowl 1982 New York Cosmos Seattle Sounders". April 27, 2021.
- ^ "NASL TV: A Short History". Kenn Tomasch. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ISBN 9780801863165.)
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- St. Petersburg Times. p. 1-C. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- ^ Kleiman, Carol (May 9, 1979). "Banking on American dollars, ABC to televise NASL soccer games". Boca Raton News. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19740814&id=UDw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yesFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4148,1615343&hl=en [dead link]
- ^ NASL. "NASLSoccerBowl - History - Past Winner". North American Soccer League.
- ^ NASL. "NASL 1968-1984 - Yearly Result". North American Soccer League. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013.
- ^ "MLS & NBC Sports have agreed on a 3-year deal". BigSoccer. August 11, 2011.
- ^ Maule, Tex. "Kickoff For A Babel Of Booters," Sports Illustrated, 24 April 1967.