Glenn Davis (sports broadcaster)

Glenn Davis (sports broadcaster)

Glenn Davis is an American Sports Journalist & Broadcaster, College & Professional Soccer Player, Youth Soccer Coach.

Playing

In college, Davis was a NAIA All-American and an All-WVIAC selection. As a professional, Davis was a Central Defender with the Pennsylvania Stoners, Houston Dynamos, Columbus Capitals, Albany Capitals, and Albany Capitals

Davis' Stoners reached the 1983 American Soccer League finals. Davis was the Player of the match in Game 1. The Stoners would lose to the Jacksonville Tea Men in three games. Davis was a member of the USA team that finished third in the 1990 Marlboro Cup.

Broadcasting

At ABC and ESPN, Davis as served as a commentator for The 2002 and 2002s as well as the World Cup Qualifiers, NCCA soccer Division I and II finals, Copa America, CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF Champions Cup, Primera División de México, Serie A, UEFA Cup, UEFA Champions League, the Barcelona U.S.A. tour, and Major League Soccer. Davis also calls HDNet's MLS Game of The Week with Marcela Balboa and the host of the 'U.S. Youth Soccer Show' on the Fox Soccer Channel. In Houston, Davis has hosted The Soccer Hour with Glenn Davis on KPFT and KMBE as wll as contributing a twice weekly soccer column to the Houston Chronicle. He serves as an co-analyst for Houston Dynamo games on KTBU, working with with play by play announcer Charlie Pallilo and co-analyst Ty Keough.

Davis will serve as a play by play announcer for NBC Sports coverage of Soccer at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [ [http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/mediumwell/blog/2008/07/your_nbc_olympics_lineup.html Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup - A blog on sports media, news and networks - baltimoresun.com ] ]

Davis won the Friends of Senator Soccer Association Lifetime Achiement Award in 2006.

References

External links

*http://www.thesoccerhour.com/index.php/about/
*http://www.glenndavissoccer.com/
*http://www.espn790.com/pages/glenndavis.html
*http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=346125&root=mls&&cc=5901
*http://www.hd.net/pressrelease.html?2003-04-03-01.html
*http://blogs.chron.com/sportscast/archives/2007/01/podcast_glenn_d_2.html
*http://video.aol.com/video-detail/the-dynamo-report-w-glenn-davis-epic-dynamo-pachuca-pt-2/3750914112
*http://www.chron.com/sports/soccer/
*http://onthepitch.org/2006/09/20/us-youth-soccer-show-on-fsc/
*http://video.aol.com/video-detail/20070327-the-soccer-hour-with-glenn-davis-video-promo/871114244
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7mLnJyPM-4
*http://www.mnyouthsoccer.org/publications/corner/may07.pdf


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