Jason Kelce made his official ESPN debut as a soccer commentator with a contact of the 2024 Paris Olympics, adorning himself with a navy blue beret.
The 36-year-old retired heart for the Philadelphia Eagles made his first look on the televised present on Thursday, August 1, alongside his co-hosts Scott Van Pelt, Marcus Spears, and Ryan Clark. As they ready to cowl the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame sport – Houston Texans vs. Chicago Bears – 58-year-old Scott welcomed Jason instantly, noting his style assertion: “We welcome you to the group, man! I wasn’t certain in the event you’d put on a tie; I didn’t know you have been going to rock the beret contemporary off the aircraft from the Olympics,” he mentioned.
The eldest Kelce brother, who just lately arrived from the ‘Metropolis of Love,’ expressed, “I’m nonetheless on Paris time, so I felt I’d go together with the Paris headdress.”
Jason Kelce joins NFL Countdown rocking a memento from the Paris Video games 😅 pic.twitter.com/5gs5gnNpWY
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He had been rocking this beret since his attendance on the Paris video games. The woman dad was first noticed with it when assembly with the USA girls’s rugby workforce, which he constantly supported all through his time there. He even wearing a button-down shirt embellished with rugby participant Ilona Maher’s face on it.
Being a sports activities man, going to the 2024 Olympics was positively on his record. He expressed to the Related Press, “After we came upon that we have been going to have a chance to go to this, the extra we thought of it, we have been like, ‘Let’s reap the benefits of it now that we will really do it’… We love sports activities, we love competitors, we love world occasions. That is such a novel place the place the whole world will get to come back collectively and bond over competitors and sports activities.”
The brand new commentator didn’t final lengthy in retirement, as he returned to star in ESPN’s NFL Countdown, quickly to be Monday Evening Countdown as soon as the season begins. In an announcement launched by Walt Disney Firm, Jason mentioned, “ESPN was a constant presence in our family rising up, and the community helped form who I’m and my love of all sports activities. To now seem on that very same display is a full circle second. And, I imply it’s freaking Monday Evening Soccer! I’m prepared for some soccer.”
