ESPNsoccernet PressPass is a 30 minute show which airs Monday to Friday (Sunday to Thursday in the Caribbean) and is a soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 discussion show between presenters Adrian Healey

Adrian Healey

Adrian Healey is an English football commentator, currently working with ESPN with their broadcasts of the MLS, Barclays Premier League, Primera Liga and Serie A. He was part of the ESPN commentary team in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup...

, Dan Thomas

Dan Thomas

Danny Lee Thomas was a Major League Baseball player who played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1976 and 1977. During his brief major league career, he became known as the "Sundown Kid" because of his well-publicized refusal to play on seventh-day Sabbath.-Early years:Born in Birmingham, Alabama,...

, Andrew Orsatti

Andrew Orsatti

Andrew Orsatti in Sydney, Australia is a sports presenter and football commentator, based in the United States. After nearly 12 years on free-to-air television in Australia, Orsatti left the Special Broadcasting Service , to take up a position at the global headquarters of US sports giant ESPN...

 and analysts including Robbie Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

Robin "Robbie" Mustoe is a retired English footballer who now works as a commentator for ESPN. He made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League, playing as a midfielder for Oxford United, Middlesbrough, where he spent the majority of his career, Charlton Athletic and...

, Gabriele Marcotti

Gabriele Marcotti

Gabriele Marcotti is an England-based Italian sports journalist, sports author, and radio-television presenter.Born in Italy and now based in London, he was raised in Chicago, Poland, Germany, New York and Japan...

, Tommy Smyth

Tommy Smyth

Thomas Michael "Tommy" Smyth is one of the most recognized soccer commentators in the United States. He is a color commentator for ESPN, which he joined in February 1993 as a football analyst. He provides co-commentary or in-studio analysis for major soccer events...

, Janusz Michallik

Janusz Michallik

Janusz Michallik is a retired Polish-American football defender and current soccer coach and television sports commentator.-Youth:...

, Shaka Hislop

Shaka Hislop

Neil Shaka Hislop, CM is a former professional football goalkeeper. The majority of his career was spent in the top division in England where he was a part of the Newcastle United team which finished second in the Premier League for two successive seasons under Kevin Keegan's first tenure...

, Robbie Earle

Robbie Earle

Robert Fitzgerald "Robbie" Earle MBE is an English-born Jamaican former international footballer who played as a midfielder. He played 578 league games in senior club football, scoring 136 goals....

, Steve Nicol

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...

, Stewart Robson

Stewart Robson

Stewart Ian Robson is an English former football player. He now summarises for Arsenal TV and sometimes on TalkSPORT's evening Kick Off Show during the week...

, Craig Burley

Craig Burley

Craig William Burley is a Scottish former international association football player who played for clubs including Chelsea, Celtic and Derby County...

, Sid Lowe

Sid Lowe

Simon Lowe, better known as Sid Lowe, is a Madrid-based British columnist who has been covering Spanish football for The Guardian newspaper and Guardian Unlimited website since 2001...

, Raphael Honigstein

Raphael Honigstein

Raphael Honigstein, a native of Bavaria, is a German journalist and author. Before becoming a journalist he studied law. Honigstein is currently the English football correspondent for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, and German football correspondent for the British newspaper The Guardian...

, Martin Ainstein, Steve McManaman

Steve McManaman

Steven McManaman is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder, winger and playmaker. Having spent his playing career at two of European football's most successful clubs of the 20th century, Liverpool and Real Madrid, as well as a spell at Manchester City, McManaman is the most...

, and Frank Leboeuf

Frank Leboeuf

Franck Alain James Leboeuf or Lebœuf is a former French international footballer who played as a defender...

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Broadcasts

The show airs in Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, United Kingdom, Ireland, Africa, Israel and the Middle East.

Format

Adrian Healey

Adrian Healey

Adrian Healey is an English football commentator, currently working with ESPN with their broadcasts of the MLS, Barclays Premier League, Primera Liga and Serie A. He was part of the ESPN commentary team in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup...

, Andrew Orsatti

Andrew Orsatti

Andrew Orsatti in Sydney, Australia is a sports presenter and football commentator, based in the United States. After nearly 12 years on free-to-air television in Australia, Orsatti left the Special Broadcasting Service , to take up a position at the global headquarters of US sports giant ESPN...

, and Dan Thomas alternate as the main hosts. A feature of the show is the often heated arguments between Smyth and Michallik who analyze the topics. The hosts' job is really to keep order in the studio and to keep the show progressing. Roberts is a professional referee and often mentions his home town club Middlesbrough, the club Robbie Mustoe played at for 12 years.

Healey, Roberts, Smyth, Hislop and Michallik often commentate on soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 matches shown on ESPN. JP Dellacamera

JP Dellacamera

John Paul Dellacamera , known as JP , is an American sportscaster for Major League Soccer with the Philadelphia Union and the Fox Soccer Channel.-Soccer:...

, Eddie Mighten, and Mike Hill are all former hosts or analysts.

Former presenters of the programme include Derek Rae

Derek Rae

Derek Rae is a Scottish football announcer for ESPN, working as a sports commentator for its coverage of the UEFA Champions League and Scottish Premier League. He is also the host of ESPNsoccernet's PressPass.- Career :...

, Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts

David Ray Roberts is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Previously, he played with the Cleveland Indians , Los Angeles Dodgers , Boston Red Sox , San Diego Padres , and San Francisco Giants . Roberts bats and throws left-handed...

and Alison Bender.

Guest analysts

In October 2009, Freddie Ljungberg was announced as a regular guest on the show but soon disappeared. Other pundits have included former Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

 and Scotland

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...

 player Steve Nicol

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...

, ex-Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

 and England

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

 striker Paul Mariner

Paul Mariner

Paul Mariner is an English football coach, manager, and retired player, who is currently with Toronto FC.A striker during his playing days, Mariner began his career with Chorley. He became a professional player in 1973 with Plymouth Argyle, where he scored 61 goals in 155 appearances and is...

 and World Cup Winner Frank Leboeuf

Frank Leboeuf

Franck Alain James Leboeuf or Lebœuf is a former French international footballer who played as a defender...

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