FC Dallas and Entercom, a leading media and entertainment company and the unrivaled leader in sports radio, have teamed up to produce soccer programming for the 2021 season. As part of the agreement, 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM) in Dallas will host the The Luchi Gonzalez Show presented by Toyota on Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. during the 2021 MLS regular season which will offer exclusive insight from the FC Dallas head coach.
FC Dallas will stream all 2021 MLS matches right here on FCDallas.com/Radio in English. For locally televised matches, the call will be simulcast online. For nationally televised matches, Mark Followill and Steve Davis will have full coverage on the English radio side.
TUDN Radio 1270AM Amore Celestial returns as the official Spanish broadcast for FC Dallas games. All broadcasts on TUDN Radio 1270AM will also feature a 30-minute pregame and 30-minute postgame show.
ENGLISH
Steve Davis @SteveDavis90
2021 marks Davis’ eighth year on FC Dallas' broadcast team. He has covered Major League Soccer since the league's first kick in 1996 for The Dallas Morning News, ESPN.com, SI.com and NBC's ProSoccerTalk. Davis currently covers national and international soccer for FourFourTwo/USA.
Davis also hosts ESPN Soccer Today on Dallas’ 103.3 ESPN Radio. The shows airs Sunday mornings at 9CT.
Davis has also covered six World Cups on four continents. He has played soccer since his childhood at youth and amateur levels. He also coaches youth and amateur soccer in his spare time. Davis believes in teaching soccer in ways that kids will love and play the game when they are 50 years old!
SPANISH
Carlos Alvarado @GolAlvarado
Alvarado has served as FC Dallas play-by-play voice en Espanol since the club’s inception in 1996. He is also a well-known voiceover artist who produces a variety of commercial work.
Alvarado has provided play-by-play for Champions League Cup, CONCACAF and a variety of other matches throughout his career.
The El Salvador native lives in Rockwall, TX.
Rafa Calderon @RaffaSoccer
Rafa Calderon has served as FC Dallas’ radio color analyst since 2001. He also provides soccer analysis for Univision, ESPN, Azteca America, BEin Sports, Television Deportes Network and JugoTV.
The former goalkeeper played professional in the U.S. and Mexico, having spent time with LigaMX’s Tigres, Club America, Morelia, Santos Laguna, Necaxa, Veracruz and Pumas. He also played in the U.S. with Dallas Kickers, Dallas Rockets, Dallas Americans, America FC and Toros FC.
He has also been a head coach for a variety of teams in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He has served as the National Scouting Director of Alianza de Futbol since 2011. Calderon also serves as a member of the Dallas Cup Advisory Board.
