will be the voice of another big American soccer occasion Friday night. He has ESPN2’s call of the crucial U.S. men’s national team’s World Cup qualifier against Panama, alongside analyst Taylor Twellman, reporters Julie Stewart-Binks and Sebastian Salazar, and a studio crew of host Max Bretos and analysts Kasey Keller and Hérculez Gómez. Pregame coverage starts at 7 p.m. Eastern. Kickoff is set for 7:35.
I chatted with Darke as he made his way through a packed schedule of practices, press conferences and production meetings in Orlando ahead of the game.