Apple and Major League Soccer Add Eight Talented Announcers to MLS Season Pass Broadcast Team

NEW YORK – Apple and Major League Soccer have announced the addition of eight talented broadcasters to its already formidable roster of MLS Season Pass on-air personalities. With the start of the 2023 MLS season just three days away, MLS Season Pass, the unprecedented subscription service on the Apple TV app, now features a total of 92 announcers representing 22 different countries and nationalities — one of the largest lineups of on-air talent covering a major sports league.

The new additions will bring experience, energy, and passion for the game to audiences in more than 100 countries and regions.

– Play-by-play: Nate Bukaty, Jorge Calvo, Sammy Sadovnik, Oscar Salazar

– Match analysts: Warren Barton, Luis Gerardo Buci

– Studio Host & Analyst: Andrew Wiebe

– Studio analyst: Matt Doyle

MLS Season Pass, will feature every match of the regular season, Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, and Leagues Cup1 all in one place, with consistent match times and no blackouts. The service will also feature MLS Countdown, the live pre-game show before every match, live halftime reports, MLS 360 — a fast-moving whip-around show that will provide live look-ins and analysis from all the key moments from every match , and MLS Wrap-up, the live post-game show.

All matches will feature commentary in English or Spanish, while matches involving
Canadian teams will also have French commentary. Pregame shows and the postgame
wrap-up will be available in English and Spanish. Fans in the U.S. and Canada will also
have the option to select their home team’s radio for broadcast audio on the Apple TV
app where available.

Play-by-Play

Nate Bukaty is an accomplished play-by-play announcer, who has established himself as one of the top soccer commentators in the United States. He has been the lead commentator for Sporting Kansas City in MLS since 2015 and has performed play-by-play duties for Fox Sports since 2018, covering international competitions such as the Gold Cup, as well as MLS matches.

Jorge Calvo, a native of Mexico City, joins MLS Season Pass as a Spanish language play-by-play announcer. He has spent the last eight years as a play-by-play announcer for Univision, beIN Sports, DAZN and Telemundo, where he covered major soccer events, including the FIFA World Cup and English Premier League.

A native of Lima, Perú, Sammy Sadovnik is a Spanish language play-by-play announcer for MLS Season Pass. With a broadcasting career that…