A NEW TYPE OF BROADCASTING TEAM: Announcers Dellacamera, Messing to operate UWS expansion team

Jan 19, 2018 | UWS |

Shep Messing (above) and JP Dellacamera will serve as managing directors of a United Women’s Soccer expansion team. (Andy Mead/YCJ Photo)

Veteran soccer commentators JP Dellacamera and Shep Messing have come up with a new, modern definition of a broadcasting team.

They will serve as managing directors of a United Women’s Soccer expansion team at the Farmington Sports Arena in Farmington, Conn., it was announced Friday night.

Messing is a color announcer with the Red Bulls, while Dellacamera is the Philadelphia Union’s play-by-play man and an announcer with FS1.

The team will play a 10-game league schedule with primary home games and training sessions at FSA. Additional friendlies may also take place this summer. The new team will play in the East Conference alongside clubs from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Future announcements will include a new team name and colors, logo, a coach, player signings and tryout information.

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Michael Lewis

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com at https://tinyurl.com/nfhdk4e5.