And ticket holders can watch multiple matches in person in one day. The country’s capital, Doha, will become the hub for every participating nation’s legion of fans. Those realities, as well as the small size of the country, its location, and the winter kickoff time make this year’s tournament unlike any other previous edition. Qatar is a controversial World Cup host that has been accused of serious human rights violations, and whose laws persecute the LGBTQ community. I think the beauty of this is that we have assembled not only a star-studded World Cup team of broadcasters, but ones that fill every soccer roster position.” I just look forward to having him and all the others on. “He’s very outspoken,” Cantor said of Herrera. The latter, who coached Mexico at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, will no doubt bring a new attitude to Telemundo’s match day broadcasts. For this upcoming winter World Cup, Telemundo will feature a bevy of well-known names as in-game and studio analysts.įormer Real Madrid and Spain international defender Fernando Hierro joins other World Cup veterans, including Diego Forlán, Carlos Hermosillo, Tab Ramos, Sebastían Abreu, Óscar Pérez, Maxi Rodríguez and Miguel ‘El Piojo’ Herrera. “We anticipate a lot of people watching Telemundo regardless of language.”Ĭantor said that the bar “keeps getting higher and higher” for Telemundo after the network televised its first World Cup in 2018. “We do recognize that people like the way we call the games with as much passion and I think the game itself transcends languages and people switch over and watch our coverage,” said Cantor. Men’s National Team and Mexico national team matches are attracting Spanish and English-speaking viewers to both Telemundo and their competitor Univision. Now, Spanish-language broadcasts of MLS, Liga MX, U.S. Both Cantor and Longo were Argentines who quickly found a neutral tone, albeit with a touch of gravitas that connoisseurs of the game could embrace.
Latinos, particularly those from South America, Cantor and his longtime analyst, the late Norberto Longo, sounded familiar. in 1994, Americans with no connection to the game were mesmerized by Cantor’s rapid fire delivery, evidenced by his appearance on Letterman during that World Cup.īut for U.S. Mainstream audiences and media were being introduced to a sport that was brand new territory for American networks.Ĭantor was the ideal voice at the right time.ĭuring Italia ‘90, he popularized the exuberant and long-winded goal call that has long been a tradition in Latin America.
Access to hundreds of global leagues and on-demand viewing was unheard of. television were interrupted mid-game by commercial breaks. When Cantor began calling games for Univision in 1990, World Cup matches on U.S. to Cantor’s rise as one of the country’s premier broadcasters. One can trace the growth of soccer in the U.S. So I guess that’s why I thought it was just very, very funny.”
Like they say, if you make it on The Simpsons, you must be big. “But it’s just awesome to have had the chance to be there during that episode, and in doing all the non-soccer related things I’ve done throughout my career. “It’s amazing that anyone would consider me part of pop culture because of my cameo on The Simpsons,” said Cantor during an appearance on The Athletic’s podcast Copa with Felipe Cárdenas. He has appeared on numerous television programs and talk shows over the years, including The Simpsons, The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Pepsi and GEICO commercials, and the 2008 Hollywood remake of the Japanese franchise Speed Racer.
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It’ll be Cantor’s fifth World Cup on TV in front of an American audience.Īlong the way, he has managed to become a pop culture figure in a way almost no other soccer commentator has in the United States. Today, Cantor’s voice remains synonymous with the game.īeginning this November, Cantor will begin his 22nd year with NBC’s Spanish-language partner Telemundo Deportes as the lead commentator during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. audiences during the three World Cups of that decade. It was then that his now famous “Goooooool” call was first introduced to U.S. Andrés Cantor has been a household name in American soccer since the 1990s.
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