Roger bennett lafayette11/24/2023 ![]() The franchise’s dominance in its field positions it perfectly to take advantage of what promises to be an explosion of stateside interest in soccer in the coming years. The network’s podcasts - many of which initially air live on Amp or Twitch - get between 1 million and 1.5 million downloads a month, with listeners predominantly in their 20s and early 30s and based in the U.S. At the same time, soccer has infiltrated popular culture, as evidenced by Emmy-winning phenom Ted Lasso and Hulu’s Welcome to Wrexham, the feel-good docuseries about Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s efforts to turn around the fortunes of a plucky, fifth-tier Welsh team.Īs soccer has grown, so has Men in Blazers, which has thus far covered primarily the English Premier League, the MLS, the NWLS, the Champions League and the U.S. Broadcast networks are now showing top games during primetime, while the streaming revolution has made it possible to watch pretty much every game from every significant league on the planet. Attendance for Major League Soccer and the National Women’s Soccer League are at an all-time high, and there are more American players than ever in the high-stakes European leagues. ![]() The future really is now.”įrom left: Men in Blazers managing director Scottĭebson, Bennett, producer Sophie Morrison, andĮxecutive producer and head of content Jonathan Williamson.Īfter decades of being tantalizingly on the cusp, soccer seems to finally be reaching a critical mass of popularity in the U.S. “You’re the only network I would consider doing this for,” he said, even as he explained that his training schedule might make it difficult to commit.īennett pressed on: “On this show, I’ve always joked that soccer is America’s sport of the future, as it has been since 1972,” he said. Men in Blazers, it was clear, had global aspirations and was well on its way to achieving them. Milan-based Fabrizio Romano, arguably the most influential soccer journalist in the world, known for his coverage of big-money player transfers, will be bringing his massively popular podcast to the network. Women’s National Team captain Becky Sauerbrunn will chronicle the run-up to this year’s Women’s World Cup, while her teammate Sam Mewis, who is recovering from injury, will co-host a show on Twitch during the tournament. Men’s National Team defenseman and current ESPN commentator Herculez Gomez would premiere his own podcast on the Men in Blazers network, Vamos!, targeted at Hispanic soccer fans. But his interest was visibly piqued when Bennett mentioned several other marquee partnerships Men in Blazers had just signed. Bennett laid his best lines on the player: “Tell me what you would like to do, and then we’ll talk about how we can pull this off, because we want to do it by sea, by land, by air.”įor the most part, the player appeared to let the flattery wash over him. His objective for the meeting was to persuade the player to join the growing roster of voices featured on Men in Blazers as it seeks to expand beyond “Rog and Davo,” as the two hosts call themselves. ![]() Spotify CFO Touts AI DJ, Podcasting "Evolution": "We Are Signing Deals Differently"
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