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 trend assertion: “We welcome you to the group, man! I wasn’t positive in case you’d put on a tie; I didn’t know you had been going to rock the beret contemporary off the airplane 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 along 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 ladies’s rugby staff, which he repeatedly supported all through his time there. He even wearing a button-down shirt adorned 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, “Once we discovered that we had been going to have a possibility to go to this, the extra we considered it, we had been like, ‘Let’s reap the benefits of it now that we are able to really do it’… We love sports activities, we love competitors, we love world occasions. That is such a novel place the place the complete world will get to return 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 Night time 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 Night time Soccer! I’m prepared for some soccer.”