Kevin Egan, Rising-Star Soccer (And WrestleMania!) Broadcaster

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Grant interviews Kevin Egan, the rising-star soccer broadcaster who serves as the TV play-by-play voice for Atlanta United, co-hosts a SiriusXM show with Ray Hudson, does soccer work for CNN International and recently started broadcasting for the WWE, including this weekend's WrestleMania 37. Egan explains how he got the wrestling gig, his career story from Ireland to the U.S., how he views the season ahead for Atlanta United, and tips for students who want to do what he does someday. This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. Frustrated that you can't get games from Spain's La Liga on your cable or satellite system? Sign up to stream Fanatiz. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in La Liga and other international leagues and tournaments live and on-demand from your mobile phone, tablet or directly on your TV with the Fanatiz app. Fanatiz features channels you know, like BeIN Sports in English and Spanish, GolTV and many more. And it costs only $7.99 a month. If you’d like to try Fanatiz for yourself, you can get a free week-long trial by going to fntz.co/Grant-FZ. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Football with Grand Wall.
0:09.8	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.7	Today's interview guest is Kevin Egan, the rising star soccer and now pro wrestling
0:17.2	broadcaster.
0:18.8	We've had some great guests lately, including Courtney Stith and Andre Carlisle, John Arnold,
0:25.1	and Santiago Solari.
0:27.0	I also encourage you to check out my podcast series, American Prodigy, The Freddy
0:31.4	Adieu Story.
0:33.0	All eight episodes are out and you can binge all of them to your heart's content.
0:38.7	Now here's my interview with Kevin Egan.
0:43.3	Our guest now is one of the rising stars of American soccer broadcast media.
0:49.1	Kevin Egan wears a bunch of hats he broadcasts at Lanta United Games for Valley Sports.
0:55.4	He's on CNN International Talking Soccer.
0:58.4	He hosts a serious XM radio show with Ray Hudson and with Russell Madeon taking place this
1:05.6	weekend.
1:06.6	He's front and center on broadcast these days for the WWE, playing the character Kevin Patrick.
1:14.2	Kevin congrats on everything you're doing these days and thanks so much for coming on
1:18.7	the show.
1:19.7	And thank you so much.
1:20.7	I'm blushing.
1:21.7	What an honor to be on the show.
1:22.7	I listen every week.
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