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Glenn Davis is an American sports journalist and broadcaster who is the lead play-by-play announcer for local TV broadcasts of Major League Soccer's Houston Dynamo and a rotation national announcer for ESPN. Davis also hosts the Dynamo's weekly radio show "Dynamo All-Access", a post-game show after home games titled "Dynamo All-Access Postgame Show" and his independently-run show titled "Soccer Matters with Glenn Davis". Davis, who started his journalism career in 1994, is considered one of America's top soccer broadcasters. He has called World Cup matches for ESPN, the Olympics for NBC, and MLS matches on several national and local channels. Additionally, he has called professional women's soccer matches and men and women's collegiate soccer. A professional soccer player in the 1980s, Davis has also coached youth soccer and works as a consultant and spokesperson. His charitable work includes a youth soccer camp titled "Kick Cancer" that features former and current soccer players as coaches to raise money for pediatric cancer research. ==Soccer career== Davis grew up playing youth soccer in New Jersey under the tutelage of Scottish coach Tom MacDonald, whom he credits for instilling the passion and excitement of the sport of soccer into his blood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.glenndavissoccer.com/about/ )〕 Another influence was Davis' older brother Conn who was an All-American goalkeeper at Davis' alma-mater, Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia. Davis played collegiate soccer at Boston University and later at Davis & Elkins College,〔 where he was a two-time All-WVIAC selection〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://de.dev.longsight.com/alumni-giving/alumni/alumni-groups/friends-senators-soccer-foss/awards-spotlight )〕 and a NAIA All-American. Davis began his professional career as a central defender for the Pennsylvania Stoners of the American Soccer League, with whom he reached the 1983 American Soccer League Final in his rookie season. The Stoners finished runner-up to the Jacksonville Tea Men, coached at the time by former Manchester United F.C. striker Dennis Viollet, after falling 1-0 in a decisive game three. Davis scored and was named 'Defensive Player of the Game' in game 1.〔 The following year Davis played with the United Soccer League's Houston Dynamos. The Dynamos advanced to the 1984 league championship game but fell in the penalty shootout to the Fort Lauderdale Sun, whose squad featured former England captain Dave Watson, Scottish international Asa Hartford, and former Leicester City star Keith Weller. Davis earned All-League honors for the 1984 season. The following season Davis captained the team and played against well-known international clubs like Sheffield United F.C., Middlesbrough F.C., Linfield F.C. , Glentoran F.C., C.D. FAS, Olympiakos F.C., and the U.S. national team, whom the Dynamos defeated 1-nil.〔 Davis would go on to play for the Columbus Capitals indoor soccer team and then returned to outdoor soccer with the Albany Capitals. He also played for the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers against UNAM Pumas and Alianza of El Salvador in the Marlboro Cup where his team finished third.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glenn Davis (sports broadcaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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