On the new Planet Fútbol Podcast, we interview Shaw Brown, the lead producer for the Fox Sports broadcasts of U.S. Soccer and MLS games and one of the network’s producers for this summer’s World Cup in Russia.
One of the most interesting people in American soccer that you’ve probably never heard of, Brown discusses how he got into the soccer media business and tells some terrific stories from his career over the years.
Here are some highlights from the interview, which can be listened to in full in the podcast console below. (You can subscribe to and download the podcast on iTunes here):
On how he got an unpaid internship with ABC as a 20-year-old college student to work on its World Cup 1994 coverage:
“I remember pitching myself to ABC for the World Cup in New York.