English Announcers

Glenn Crooks - @GlennCrooks / @crooks.glenn

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

Glenn is the host of The Coaching Academy on SiriusXM FC and is also producer/host of the On Framepodcast and Glenn Crooks Soccer on his YouTube channel. He is also the co-host of the weeklySoccer in the City podcast.

He has been a commentator for men’s and women’s soccer on the Big Ten Network and is 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 two-time FIFA World Player of the Year, Carli Lloyd. Crooks 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 sixth season with NYCFC having moving to Manhattan from England in December 2016. Matt worked in the U.K. as a color commentator for Sky Sports on the 2016 MLS season. He also worked for BT, BBC and Talksport as an analyst and color commentator on all English soccer leagues, as well as La Liga, Bundesliga and Champions League and Europa League games. Matt is a frequent host on SiriusXM FC.

Matt attended Hartwick College in upstate NY on a soccer scholarship and studied American literature before returning to England to pursue an 18-year professional soccer career. He played over 650 games for Millwall, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Gillingham and Wycombe Wanderers.

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.