ESPN Promotes Amy Rosenfeld to Coordinating Producer for Soccer

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ESPN has promoted veteran producer Amy Rosenfeld to the role of coordinating producer to oversee its global soccer coverage.  She will be responsible for all soccer events on ESPN’s linear and digital networks, including the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, US Soccer men’s and women’s national teams, Major League Soccer, and international leagues such as the Barclays Premier League.  Rosenfeld reports directly to Jed Drake, ESPN senior vice president and executive producer, event production, and is based at ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn.

Rosenfeld’s first season as coordinating producer for soccer will commence with the 2011 Major League Soccer season-opener – Seattle Sounders vs. Los Angeles Galaxy – on Tuesday, March 15, at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, ESPN3.com, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mobile TV.

“Amy’s new role and expanded responsibilities are a testament to her production experience and soccer knowledge, which will help ESPN maintain the quality presentation and increasing commitment to the sport that fans have come to expect,” said Drake.

Rosenfeld joined ESPN as full-time producer in 2007, after working as freelancer on numerous soccer events for ESPN and other networks since 1997.  Her experience includes serving as the lead producer for every English-language telecast of the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup since 1999 in the United States.  She assumes her new position after playing a key senior producer role on ESPN’s critically acclaimed coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, the company’s most successful and most-watched FIFA World Cup.

Rosenfeld produced the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, serving as lead producer for the world feed for matches featuring the U.S. Women’s National Team and for the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. television history – the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final when the United States defeated China on penalty kicks with 18 million people watching on ABC.

Prior to joining ESPN as a fulltime producer, Rosenfeld's production credits include WNBA on Lifetime (1997 – 2000), NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Cup (2002 – ’03), and Olympics Men’s and Women’s soccer on NBC Sports (2000 and 2004).  She has also produced NCAA men’s and women’s basketball telecasts, NCAA Men’s Frozen Four (2003 – ’04), NBC’s Winter Olympics (2002 and 2006) and ESPN’s Winter and Summer X Games (2008 – 2010).

A native of Concord, Mass., Rosenfeld began her sports television production career as an intern at the New England Sports Network (NESN).  She returned to NESN upon graduation from Colorado College and increased her responsibilities to eventually include coordinating producer for Boston Bruins NHL games and Boston Red Sox telecasts.

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