Good morning! In recent years, U.S. viewers have become quite familiar with Jacqui Oatley, who is doing play-by-play for Fox Sports at Euro 2024 and is also the lead voice for the NWSL at CBS Sports. She fell in love with soccer as a child in Wolverhampton, but there were no women working in soccer broadcasting in the UK when she started two decades ago. As advice for women seeking to break into the field, Oatley tells John Shrader: “[It’s for you] if you have that passion, that drive, that desire, the work ethic, and I do mean work ethic, because play-by-play commentary is not for the faint-hearted. It is a way of life.”

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