Kevin Egan: MLS 360's 'traffic cop' on his dream show, global play-by-play, and his Irish roots - Soccer America
Kevin Egan's MLS 360 Role
Kevin Egan hosts the five-and-a-half-hour MLS 360 show on Apple TV's MLS Season Pass, covering multiple live games on Saturday nights. He describes his role as the 'traffic cop,' guiding viewers through the various matches. The show also includes a Sunday night wrap-up with former MLS players.
Career Transition and Show Enthusiasm
Egan transitioned from play-by-play commentary to hosting MLS 360. He expresses immense enjoyment and enthusiasm for the show, highlighting its light-hearted nature and the opportunity to tell engaging stories about the 15 games covered.
Background and Influences
Egan's father is a former Irish Gaelic football star, and his mother is from Chicago. He was raised in Ireland and moved to the US at age 23 to pursue a career in sports broadcasting.
Kevin Egan is in his second full season as host of MLS 360 on Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass. It’s a five-and-a-half hour show on Saturday nights that drops in on each of the games being shown live at the time.
Egan and his co-hosts start with the first game in the Eastern time zone and end it at 1:00 a.m. ET when the final West Coast games have been completed.
On Sunday nights he spends an hour with former MLS players Sasha Kljestan, Bradley Wright-Phillips and Dax McCarty, wrapping up the full weekend of MLS action. That show fittingly is titled MLS Wrap-Up.
Kevin’s father Liam is a former Irish Gaelic football star, his mother Kathy is a Chicago native. He was raised in Ireland. He came to the U.S. at age 23 to try his hand at the sports broadcast business. He has worked here since.
We talked with Kevin on the eve of a very busy summer of soccer.
SOCCER AMERICA: What is the approach to the Saturday night show on MLS Season Pass?
KEVIN EGAN: MLS 360 is light-hearted. I'm the traffic cop. We're bouncing from game to game. We bring real high-octane energy to the show. It's been so much fun.
Honestly, John, I go to work itching to get on the air with this show. I haven't felt the same way about any other show or broadcast that I’ve been part of in my life. 360 has just been a dream show for me because it is so much fun. You're on air for such a long period of time and we get to tell stories, we get to ensure that everybody watching has a really good sense of the stories in the 15 games.
SA: You gave up play-by-play to do this show. Why?
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