IMHO only former professional players from world class leagues should be commentating on the world cup.
2006-06-21 11:33:28 · 12 answers · asked by nem0nem 3 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
I am not trying to say she has no right to be there - I just have no idea who she is.
2006-06-21 12:37:05 · update #1
Julie Foudy amazing women soccer player played on USA with Mia Hamm. Won 2 times!!
2006-06-21 11:39:04 · answer #1 · answered by Rice C 1 · 4⤊ 2⤋
They want to appeal to as many viewers as possible and not alienate any of their traditional audiences. In the US, so few people (at large) follow soccer that ESPN believes incorporating more recognizable reporters and commentators will encourage more people to watch the programming.
Most sports fans in the US know who Julie Foudy is because they are familiar with the US women's soccer team winning (with Mia Hamm, Brandy Chastain, etc.), so she is a logical choice. When Americans think of soccer, most would probably think of the women's team in the Olympics and their World Cup events.
2006-06-21 11:43:02 · answer #2 · answered by Aemilia753 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about the woman who talks after many of the games, she was a professional soccer/football/futbol player. I believe that she has played in the World Cup before, and her team won. If that is not good enough for you, then I don't know what is (if I am incorrect on this, please correct me).
2006-06-21 11:38:47 · answer #3 · answered by Riiken Ultima 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She played for the US in the woman world cup in the 90's and I think they won.
2006-06-21 11:37:50 · answer #4 · answered by Vlad J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi...It is interesting seeing a woman talking about "Football"...I do think she needs to read more books on the game and see more games played and not just in the USA...she is some what uninformed...
2006-06-21 16:47:12 · answer #5 · answered by DJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, dude, don't be so harsh. Everybody has a take on things. Plus, in America, you don't have to have ANY qualifications about ANYTHING to be on TV. If only people who knew what they were talking about appeared on American television, there would be so much less controversy...and we can't have that now, can we?
2006-06-21 11:37:15 · answer #6 · answered by Farly the Seer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you...
It takes a lot to know what you are talking about in such a sport like football.
There are hundreds of people that could do it better than her.
2006-06-21 11:38:39 · answer #7 · answered by Transgénico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans know everything about everything without ever leaving their own country.
2006-06-21 11:40:02 · answer #8 · answered by StromsDaughter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's a woman, by definition she knows everything.
2006-06-21 11:35:43 · answer #9 · answered by ic3d2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IN SOME COUNTRIES THEY HAVE SOME FEMALE COMMENTATORS REMEMBER HALF OF THE POPUL ATION ARE WOMEN
2006-06-21 11:52:55 · answer #10 · answered by opaalvarez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋