Short and to the Point: Jake Zivin on Lionel Messi, MLS, Taylor Twellman, and more

Host Jessica Kleinschmidt talks with Apple TV MLS broadcaster Jake Zivin. Kleinschmidt and Zivin discuss Lionel Messi’s MLS debut, working MLS games for Apple TV, developing chemistry with Taylor Twellman, and more.

Here’s the full breakdown.

• 1:47: Welcome Jake Zivin to Short and to the Point/Growing up an MLS fan
• 3:57: Living a dream broadcasting MLS games
• 5:26: Taylor Twellman
• 7:35: Finding a balance between being informative and entertaining on a broadcast
• 9:22: Making play-by-play look effortless
• 11:12: Soccer benefiting from advanced analytics on broadcasts
• 13:20: Staying true to the game even with incorporating analytics
• 15:14: Encountering fan comments on social media
• 17:42: Lionel Messi in MLS, working his Inter Miami debut
• 20:54: Creating history with Messi being on commentary
• 23:30: Goal calls
• 25:33: Doing play-by-play as a kid
• 28:18: Will the love of soccer fade?
• 29:48: Point where soccer “made it” in the United States
• 34:29: Younger players making MLS a “league of choice” because of Messi

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