NBC using ESPN's Foudy, Rae, Hildreth for Olympics
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) â NBC is using some of ESPN's soccer broadcasters to supplement its Olympic coverage of the sport headed by Arlo White.
Julie Foudy, Derek Rae and Jenn Hildreth will be part of NBC's soccer coverage from July 21 to Aug. 7, the network said Wednesday.
Foudy, a two-time World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, will be paired with White at U.S. womenâs games against Sweden in Tokyo on July 21, New Zealand in Saitama three days later and Australia in Kashima on July 27. They also will work the womenâs gold medal match in Tokyo on Aug. 6.
White also will handle play-by-play for the menâs gold medal game in Yokohama on Aug. 7.
Marisa Pilla, a sideline reporter for Foxâs Major League Soccer coverage and CBSâs National Womenâs Soccer League coverage, will work as a sideline reporter for U.S. womenâs games and the gold medal match.
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Rae, ESPNâs lead announcer on Bundesliga coverage, will broadcast menâs and womenâs games from NBCâs studios in Stamford, Connecticut, along with Lisa Byington, Mark Followill and Hildreth. Byington worked 2019 Womenâs World Cup games for Fox, and Followill worked the 2016 Olympics for NBC and the 2018 World Cup for Fox. Hildreth broadcasts womenâs sports, including soccer, for ESPN and also NWSL games for CBS.
Other commentators include Robbie Earle, Robbie Mustoe and Tim Howard, NBCâs regular Premier League team, who will be based in Stamford along with Angela Hucles, Lori Lindsey and Danielle Slaton.
Rebecca Lowe, NBCâs Premier League host, anchors NBCâs daytime Olympic coverage.
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