Episode 58: SEBASTIAN SALAZAR, NWSL on ION, Duel Nats podcast with Herc Gomez, former ESPN soccer

SEBASTIAN SALAZAR is the Saturday night host of NWSL soccer on ION. He spent about a decade at ESPN, hosting soccer programs, doing Play-by-Play and covering major tournaments around the world. Sebastian hosts a podcast with Herculez Gomez, “Duel Nats,” part of the Men in Blazers Network.  In this conversation we talk about the value of bilingual presentation in soccer and the phenomenon of English speakers watching Spanish-language television. Recorded August 10, 2026THE SHOW:American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by EmmyAward-winning John Shrader. It includes insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running soccer 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 broadcastingincluded MLS, NBA, NFL and NHL. He is professor of Broadcasting and Sports Media & Communication at the University of Nebraska.