Episode 41: Sharni Yerke, producer of World Cup and NWSL television

SHARNI YERKE has been working as a producer of soccer television for about a decade now. She is the lead producer for the Friday night NWSL games on Amazon Prime and works ESPN games for the league on weekends, and has some other duties as well. She is a native of Manchester, England who moved with her family to Florida when she was a teen. The Florida State grad studied broadcasting in college and has coupled that with her lifelong love of football / soccer. She is working with J.P. Dellacamera and Lori Lindsey as the coordinating producer of their World Cup broadcasts.  After the conversation with Sharni, please listen to the remarks from the announcers she works with on Fridays, Lindsey and Mike Watts. Recorded MAY 27, 2026THE 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 professor of Broadcasting and Sports Media & Communication at the University of Nebraska.