U.S. Women’s National Team Legend Carli Lloyd Reunites with Former Teammate Julie Ertz in Her FOX Sports Analyst Debut
International Stars for Club and Country Lianne Sanderson, Jen Beattie Join FOX Sports as New Studio and Match Analysts
Veteran Voices Jacqui Oatley, JP Dellacamera and John Strong Serve as Play-by-Play Announcers for Group Stage
LOS ANGELES – FOX Sports, America’s English-language home for the world’s top international soccer tournaments, today unveils its distinguished roster of broadcasters covering the network’s historic inaugural presentation of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™.
From Wednesday, July 2, through Sunday, July 27, UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™ will see 16 teams compete for European glory following the record-breaking Final match held three years ago between England and Germany. Defending champion England, reigning FIFA Women’s World CupÔ champion Spain, host Switzerland, along with France, Germany, Poland, Wales, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Iceland, Portugal and Finland headline the 16-nation field.
Earlier this summer, FOX Sports announced the tournament will make history when it debuts on U.S. English-language broadcast television for the first time with a spotlight schedule featuring a record 19 matches airing on FOX, 11 on FS1 and one on FS2.
WOMEN’S EURO TODAY STUDIO
Delivering pre-and-post match analysis, highlights and more in-depth discussion around the tournament, WOMEN’S EURO TODAY serves as the network’s studio show on FOX, FS1 and FS2 with just over 17 hours of dedicated coverage.
Studio coverage for the tournament will be anchored by FOX Sports’ lineup of soccer legends and renown broadcasters featuring a pair of U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) stars and former teammates providing expert analysis with Carli Lloyd and Julie Ertz in her FOX Sports debut. Ariane Hingst, one of the greatest defenders in the history of German soccer and a two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup™ champion with Germany, joins Lloyd and Ertz in studio as an analyst for the competition alongside National Soccer Hall of Famer Alexi Lalas and former U.S. Men’s National Team dynamo Stu Holden.
Celebrated presenter Jules Breach rounds out FOX Sports’ UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™ studio team as the network’s lead host for the tournament after anchoring the lead host role for last summer’s UEFA EURO 2024™.
UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™ opens Wednesday, July 2 on FOX with a doubleheader featuring Iceland vs. Finland at 12:00 PM ET and Switzerland vs. Norway at 3:00 PM ET. Live coverage begins at 11:00 AM ET with WOMEN’S EURO TODAY.
FOX SOCCER ANNOUNCERS
Acclaimed commentators Jacqui Oatley, JP Dellacamera and John Strong will serve as play-by-play announcers for the competition, while former international soccer stars for club and country Lori Lindsey (USWNT), Lianne Sanderson (England) and Jen Beattie (Scotland) provide color commentary as match analysts. Oatley pairs with Lindsey, Dellacamera with Sanderson and Strong with Beattie to call matches throughout the Group Stage.
Both Sanderson and Beattie will also appear as studio analysts on WOMEN’S EURO TODAY throughout the tournament.
Former international referee Mark Clattenburg serves as rules analyst for the competition, providing special insight into key moments.
Click here to view and download broadcaster match assignments for the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™ Group Stage. Match assignments are subject to change. Announcers listed below.
Studio Analysts
Alexi Lalas
Ariane Hingst
Carli Lloyd
Jen Beattie
Julie Ertz
Lianne Sanderson
Stu Holden
Play-by-Play / Match Analysts
Jacqui Oatley and Lori Lindsey
John Strong and Beattie
JP Dellacamera and Sanderson
Studio Host
Jules Breach
Rules Analyst
Mark Clattenburg
Snapshot Biographies (click name for full bio and photography):
Analysts
- Alexi Lalas is FOX Sports’ lead studio analyst for soccer, a role he has flourished in since joining the network in 2015. His signature red hair and fierce style of play helped the dynamic defender become one of the most recognizable faces in soccer. Lalas made his mark with the USMNT as a player during FIFA World Cup USA 1994™ and FIFA World Cup France 1998™. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006 and currently hosts ALEXI LALAS’ STATE OF THE UNION podcast.
- Ariane Hingst, a two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup™ champion with Germany, returns to FOX Sports as an analyst for this summer’s competition. Hingst has previously starred as a studio analyst with FOX Sports across the network’s FIFA Women’s World Cup™ coverage and last year’s UEFA EURO 2024™. She played in four FIFA Women’s World Cups™ and made 173 international appearances throughout her career. Hingst was also the youngest player on Germany’s FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 1999™ squad.
- Carli Lloyd is back for her third summer and fourth major international tournament with FOX Sports after debuting with the network as a studio analyst at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. Lloyd announced her retirement in 2021 following a legendary international career with the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) that spanned 17 years and concluded with 316 caps, good for second all-time in U.S. history and third all-time internationally for both men and women. A 2025 inductee into the National Soccer Hall of Fame, she represented the U.S. on the pitch across three different decades, including four FIFA Women’s World Cups™, winning two (2015, 2019) and four Olympic Games. She played in more FIFA World Women’s Cup™ and Olympic matches than any other player in USWNT history.
- Jen Beattie makes her FOX Sports debut as match and studio analyst for the network’s inaugural presentation of UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™ after announcing her retirement on January 21, 2025, following a storied 18-year career. Her 18-year run on the pitch spanned four countries, included 14 trophies and featured 143 appearances as a member of Scotland’s Women National Team. As a broadcaster, Beattie has covered the NWSL, UEFA and more over the past several years in the U.S., U.K. and Scotland.
- Julie Ertz makes her FOX Sports studio analyst debut after announcing her retirement from professional soccer on Aug. 31, 2023, following a legendary career that spanned a decade, 123 caps, three FIFA Women’s World CupÔ appearances and two FIFA Women’s World Cup™ titles with the USWNT. She played the most minutes of any U.S. player over the past three World Cups and was a fan favorite on the pitch for her tenacious style of play.
- Lianne Sanderson joins FOX Sports as studio and match analyst for UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™ following a storied career on the pitch that saw her make 50 appearances as a forward with the England Women’s National Team. She scored 15 goals and appeared in two FIFA Women’s World Cup™ tournaments (2007, 2015) for the Three Lionesses. Sanderson currently serves as an analyst and broadcaster in the U.S. and U.K. across NWSL matches, UEFA competitions and more.
- Lori Lindsey is a seasoned soccer analyst and returns to FOX Sports after making her debut with the network three years ago. Lindsey has called numerous tournaments for FOX, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™. She is one of only five players to have played in all three of the U.S. professional women’s soccer leagues as part of her 14-year playing career and earned 31 caps in the midfield for the USWNT. Lindsey currently serves as a weekly match analyst on MLS coverage and as lead analyst on NWSL coverage.
- Stu Holden is FOX Sports’ lead soccer match analyst for the network’s premier soccer coverage. Holden has called numerous prestigious matches throughout his career, including the FIFA World Cup™ Final in 2018 and 2022, and has also worked as a host and studio analyst with FOX for major international tournaments. A USMNT veteran who rose through the ranks to represent America at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2009 and 2013 Concacaf Gold Cups and FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010™, Holden officially retired from the sport in 2016 with 25 caps for the U.S.
Play-by-Play Announcers
- Jacqui Oatley is back for her fourth major international soccer tournament with FOX Sports after making history with FOX in 2022 when she became the first woman to ever call a men’s FIFA World Cup™ match for a U.S. network. She brings a wealth of experience to the network after spending summer of 2019 in France calling FIFA World Cup™ matches for the host broadcaster’s world feed, and most recently with FOX Sports at FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ and last summer’s UEFA EURO 2024™. Oatley currently serves as a commentator for the NWSL.
- John Strong is FOX Sports’ lead soccer play-by-play announcer and the signature voice on many of the biggest matches across the network. Strong has called numerous prestigious matches throughout his career, including the FIFA World Cup™ Final in 2018 and 2022. He has been a fixture across FOX Sports’ soccer portfolio since joining the network full-time in 2015, and has contributed to other properties, including serving as FOX Sports’ play-by-play announcer at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Masters Agility Championship.
- JP Dellacamera is widely regarded as a pioneering voice for U.S. Soccer with a broadcasting career spanning 40 years. He brings decades of experience covering a total of 17 FIFA World Cups™ (10 men’s, seven women’s) on television and radio since 1986. The Colin Jose Media Award recipient and winner of the Clay Berling Media Career of Excellence Award served as FOX Sports’ lead play-by-play voice for the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ since 2015.
Host
- Jules Breach returns to anchor FOX Sports inaugural presentation of UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™ this summer after making her debut with the network last year as lead host on the network’s first-ever presentation of UEFA EURO 2024™. Based in London, Breach currently serves as lead reporter and presenter for TNT Sports in the United Kingdom, as well as host for Channel 4’s coverage of England matches in the U.K.
Rules Analyst
- Mark Clattenburg enjoyed a successful career as a referee on the international stage since working his first match 25 years ago. He refereed more than 450 Premier League matches over the course of 13 seasons and in 2016, the UEFA Champions League Final and UEFA European Championship Final. Last summer’s UEFA EURO 2024™ and CONMEBOL Copa América 2024™ marked his latest major tournaments as a rules analyst with FOX Sports following FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ and FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.
The UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™ stars in FOX Sports’ massive Summer of Soccer slate with multiple marquee tournaments taking place in June, July and August. From Sunday, June 1, to Saturday, August 2, FOX Sports presents the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup Final, Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship 2025, UEFA Nations League Finals 2025™, FIFA World Cup 2026™ Qualifiers and the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup, followed by the network’s inaugural presentation of the UEFA Women’s EURO™, CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina 2025™ and MLS Leagues Cup.
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