Adrian Healey


Adrian Healey is an English football commentator, currently working with ESPN on their broadcasts of the DFB-Pokal and UEFA European Qualifiers. He was part of the ESPN commentary team in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. He has also been a fill in host for Dan Thomas on ESPN's soccer show ESPN FC.

Broadcasting career

Healey started work in the US in 1992 as a mid day DJ for Boston's WFNX. He then got a TV job commentating for the New England Revolution, replacing the departing Derek Rae. He left the Revolution to join ESPN, where he started with play-by-play commentary with Robbie Mustoe on ESPN2's alternate broadcast of UEFA Champions League play.
Healey served as a play by play announcer for NBC Sports' coverage of soccer at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He served as lead announcer for ESPN's coverage of Major League Soccer until 2018. In the summer of 2011, he took a break from his MLS duties to work alongside Kate Markgraf on the network's secondary broadcast team for the FIFA Women's World Cup telecasts.
In 2019, Healey was replaced by Jon Champion on MLS Game of the Week telecasts and he now commentates on DFB-Pokal matches alongside Kate Markgraf and UEFA International qualifiers alongside Craig Burley. However, he still host MLS on ESPN broadcasts with Kasey Keller and Alejandro Moreno serving as analysts.

TV credits

Healey is from Swindon in Wiltshire, England. He currently lives in Connecticut with his wife, son, and daughter.