English Announcers

Glenn Crooks - @GlennCrooks / @crooks.glenn

Glenn Crooks is beginning his 11th season as the radio voice of New York City FC.

Glenn is host of The Coaching Academy on SiriusXM FC and is co-host of the weekly “NYCFC Views Live” podcast while also the producer/host of the On Frame podcast.

He is a commentator for men’s and women’s soccer on the Big Ten Network and also writes about the game on www.glenncrookssoccer.com.

Glenn coached on the Division I collegiate level for 23 years, spending the final 14 years as the head women’s soccer coach at Rutgers University, where he coached World Cup and Olympic champion and two-time FIFA World Player of the Year, Carli Lloyd.

He currently coaches club soccer at the Players Development Academy and is a member of the New Jersey Youth Soccer Hall of Fame after winning three ODP National Championships.

Matt Lawrence - @mattyjlawrence

Matt Lawrence starts his ninth season with NYCFC having moved to Manhattan from England in December 2016. Matt worked in the UK as a color commentator for Sky Sports on the 2016 MLS season. He also worked for BT Sports, BBC London and Talksport as an analyst and color commentator on all four professional English soccer leagues, as well as La Liga, Bundesliga and Champions League and Europa League games.

Matt attended Hartwick College in upstate NY on a soccer scholarship and gained a degree in American literature. Matt has since been inducted into the Hartwick College Hall of Fame.

After college, Matt returned to England to pursue an 18-year professional soccer career. He played over 650 professional games for Millwall, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Gillingham and Wycombe Wanderers and also captained Millwall against Manchester United in the 2004 FA Cup final.

Here in the USA, Matt works freelance and combines his work with NYCFC with commentary work on broadcast mediums such as Apple, DAZN, ESPN, CBS Sports and SiriusXM FC.

Spanish Announcers

Roberto Abramowitz - @RobAbramowitz

Roberto continues his role as NYCFC’s Spanish language play-by-play broadcaster since the inaugural season of the franchise in 2015. He’s been covering sports, especially soccer, for almost 40 years in New York City and abroad, either on TV, radio, the web or print. He started his love affair with the “beautiful sport” while growing up in Mexico City in the mid sixties.

Ariel Judas - @ArielJudas

This is Ariel’s fourth season with NYCFC’s Radio in Spanish. He is an editor and reporter for FutbolMLS.com and MLS Español, Major League Soccer's Spanish content website. Judas has been covering soccer for almost 15 years in Argentina, Spain and the United States. He spent six years in Barcelona -where he worked for Radio Marca- and E:60 Deportes investigative team at ESPN Deportes.