Episode 37: Glenn Crooks, Sirius XM FC, NYCFC announcer, and author of "Put it on Frame" and "Put is on Frame 2"

Glenn Crooks is a former college soccer coach (14 years as the head coach of the Rutgers’ women’s program) and broadcaster, and now an author. His second “Put it on Frame”book is now out. It’s the second in a series of three that, according to the book cover, “shares some of his most interesting and illuminating conversations with soccer’s most important voices.”Glenn is the voice of the NYC Football Club and hosts a weekly show on Sirius XM FC and will be covering the World Cup for Sirius.  In this conversation we talk about the World Cup, its pre-tournament and on-the-field storylines. He was college-educated at the University of Georgia in broadcasting and communications, worked in the business, then got into coaching and back into broadcasting, rather serendipitously as he explains. NOTE:This conversation was recorded May 22, before the U.S. roster was named.  THE SHOW:American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Award-winning John Shrader. It includes insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-runningsoccer publication, founded in 1971. New episodes released weekly. You can get more information on the program, produced by the John Shrader Media Group, at https://shradermedia.com/John Shrader's 30 years of TV and radio sports broadcasting included MLS, NBA, NFL and NHL. He is professorof Broadcasting and Sports Media & Communication at the University of Nebraska.