Fox Announces Teams for Euro 2024, Copa America Coverage
Ian Darke and Landon Donovan will headline Fox's coverage of the European Championship this year, while John Strong and Stu Holden will handle the Copa America broadcasts, the network announced Thursday.
With the two tournaments overlapping, Fox will deploy seven announcing teams. Darke, a veteran broadcaster known for his work with ESPN, teamed up with Donovan at the 2022 World Cup, marking his initial foray with Fox. He will be one of seven British broadcasters across four Euro 2024 commentary teams.
Jacqui Oatley will reunite with Warren Barton, mirroring their partnership from the 2022 World Cup. Derek Rae will join forces with former England goalkeeper Robert Green, and Darren Fletcher will pair with former England midfielder Owen Hargreaves. Fletcher, a seasoned British commentator, previously covered the 2019 Yankees-Red Sox games in London for Fox, although he did not play alongside Hargreaves at Manchester United.
These four broadcasting teams will be stationed in Germany, the host country for Euro 2024, running from June 14 to July 14.
Strong and Holden, who led Fox's coverage during the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, will be on-site for all U.S. national team matches at the Copa America. This tournament, featuring 16 teams from South America, will take place in the U.S. from June 20 to July 14, with the U.S. participating as an invited guest.
JP Dellacamera will collaborate with Cobi Jones, continuing their partnership from the 2022 World Cup. Meanwhile, Luis Omar Tapia will team up with former American midfielder Maurice Edu. Tapia, who joined Fox this year after a decade with Univision, and Edu will operate from Fox's Los Angeles studio, whereas Dellacamera and Jones will call matches both from stadiums and the Los Angeles studio.
Additionally, former referees Mark Clattenburg and Joe Machnik will serve as rules analysts for the coverage.
The finals of both tournaments will be broadcast as a doubleheader on July 14. The Euro 2024 championship match will take place in Berlin at 3 p.m. EDT, followed by the Copa America final in Miami Gardens, Florida, at 8 p.m. EDT.
