Ep 12: “John Strong Fox Soccer: From the Timbers to MLS to the FIFA World Cup”

JOHN STRONG has been doing soccer on Fox since 2012. From his days as a very young man announcing the Portland Timbers games to doing every World Cup since 2015 it has been quite a ride for the Lake Oswego, Oregon native.  He and his mates at Fox are preparing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.  Who knows what’s after that, FIFA has not yet awarded television rights to the 2030 tournament in Spain, Portugal and Morocco.In this conversation we look ahead at the World Cup, Fox’sphilosophy about presenting the games, Major League Soccer, and the different kinds of ways to present soccer on television around the world, particularly the UK and the US. Recorded December 11, 2025 THE SHOW:American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Award-winning John Shrader. Insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running soccer publication, founded in 1971.New episodes released weekly.Subscribe to SoccerAmericaDaily, Soccer on TV, SA Confidential: https://www.socceramerica.com/join/Free World Cup Watch Weekly Newsletter signup: https://mailchi.mp/socceramerica.com/worldcupwatchJohn Shrader's 30 years of TV and radio sports broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area included MLS, NBA, NFL and NHL. He is a professor of Broadcasting and Sports Media & Communication at the University of Nebraska.https://shradermedia.com/