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Brad Feldman is an American

United States

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Television

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/radio announcer, radio personality

Radio personality

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, and broadcasting

Broadcasting

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executive

Senior management

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. He is currently the TV and radio play-by-play announcer for the New England Revolution

New England Revolution

The New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...

of Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

Commentary career

Feldman was born in Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....

on April 6, 1967. He attended Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

schools Shady Hill School

Shady Hill School

Shady Hill School is an independent, co-educational day school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1915, Shady Hill serves students in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The school has an enrollment of approximately 500 students.Current Shady Hill Head of School Mark Stanek became the...

, located in Cambridge

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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, and Belmont Hill School

Belmont Hill School

Belmont Hill School is a prestigious independent boys school located on a campus in Belmont, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. The school enrolls approximately 440 students in grades 7-12, separated into the Middle School and the Upper School , and refers to these grades as "Forms" with a Roman...

, situated in Belmont

Belmont, Massachusetts

Belmont is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census.- History :Belmont was founded on March 18, 1859 by former citizens of, and land from the bordering towns of Watertown, to the south; Waltham, to the west; and Arlington, then...

. After graduating from high school in 1985 he went on to earn his BA from the Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...

. He then earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

and in 2009 completed a Masters of Business Administration degree at Northeastern University. After college, he began his career working in television production in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, then worked as a print news and sports reporter before moving into sports television production in New York City

New York City

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. Feldman launched his sportscasting career at TV stations in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, and New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

.

A TV and radio announcer for the New England Revolution since 2001, Feldman is currently the play-by-play voice for the team’s broadcasts. He has also provided color analysis and sideline reporting on Revolution telecasts and was a broadcast-team member for the club’s U.S. Open Cup and SuperLiga championship-winning matches. Feldman was an announcer on Sports Radio 850 WEEI for all four Revolution MLS Cup appearances.

Feldman also works as the Supervising Producer for Kraft Sports Productions' Revolution telecasts on Comcast Sports Net New England and held the titles of Broadcast Executive and Director of Soccer Broadcasting. He also announced and produced non-MLS soccer telecasts for various international competitions and assists Revolution head coach Steve Nicol's

Steve Nicol

Stephen "Steve" Nicol is a Scottish former professional footballer. A utility player who played in the all-conquering Liverpool team of the 1980s, he was most recently coach of New England Revolution, and was the longest-tenured head coach in MLS to coach a single club.As a player, Nicol was a...

staff with video and computer scouting. He hosts the online programs “RevsWrap” and “In the Net” and hosts the program, "Inside the Revoltuion" on MyTV New England

WZMY-TV

WBIN-TV is an independent station licensed to Derry, New Hampshire and serving the Boston market. Its transmitter is located on Merrill Hill in Hudson, New Hampshire. Owned by Carlisle One Media, the station has studios on A Street in Derry...

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Feldman’s experience as an announcer includes four seasons as a play-by-play commentator on ESPN International

ESPN International

ESPN International is a family of networks around the world. It was begun in 1989 and is operated by ESPN. It consists of:Asia: *ESPN SEA*ESPN SEA 2*ESPN China*ESPN Hong Kong*ESPN India*ESPN Malaysia...

during which time he announced matches for several top European soccer leagues. These included Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

, the Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

, La Liga

La Liga

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, and the UEFA Champions League. He also announced MLS, USL and college soccer games on Fox Soccer Channel

Fox Soccer Channel

Fox Soccer is an American television specialty channel, owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group, that specializes in soccer. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australian rules football, but is now dedicated strictly to soccer...

and UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

games for Setanta Sports. He began his soccer announcing career as a sideline reporter for the Kansas City Wizards

Kansas City Wizards

Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...

and on telecasts for the Boston Breakers

Boston Breakers (WUSA)

The Boston Breakers were a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. The team held a "name the team" contest that Laura DeDonato of Easton Massachusetts won with the...

and New York Power

New York Power

The New York Power was a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, New York. The team began play in 2001...

of the WUSA

Women's United Soccer Association

The Women's United Soccer Association, often abbreviated to the WUSA, was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States...

. Feldman is a regular guest soccer expert on WEEI on "The Planet Mikey Show"

Planet Mikey

Planet Mikey is a sports talk radio program on Boston's WEEI 850 kHz AM. The show was officially announced on December 15, 2005 and runs from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays. The host is Mike Adams, an experienced Boston sports talk show host...

and "The D.A. Show" 98.5 The Sports Hub

WBZ-FM

WBZ-FM is a sports radio station known as "98.5 The Sports Hub" and broadcasting on 98.5 MHz in Boston, Massachusetts. Owned by CBS Radio, the current WBZ-FM began on August 13, 2009 and competes with AM sports talk stations WEEI and competed with the ESPN Radio pair of WAMG and WLLH before their...

. He also wrote and hosted video blogs for ESPNBoston.com on the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Feldman lives in Massachusetts, is married, and has one daughter. He has served on the advisory boards for Grassroot Soccer and the Kicking & Screening soccer film festival.

External links

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