| JP Dellacamera | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 11, 1952 Waltham, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
John Paul Dellacamera (born January 11, 1952), known as JP (no periods), is an American sportscaster for Major League Soccer with the Philadelphia Union on NBC 10 and the NBC Sports Network.
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In the 1980s, Dellacamera was the play-by-play announcer for broadcasts of the original Major Indoor Soccer League on ESPN and FNN-Score.
He is also ESPN and ABC's play-by-play announcer for their coverage of international soccer, and has been calling the sport for nearly 30 years.
In the early 1990s, JP was apart of the Chicago Wolves for two seasons being the first play-by-play person of the team.
His most famous assignments include the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final and 1999 Women's World Cup final between the United States, and China. That match ended in a 0–0 tie after regulation, with the U.S. women winning in a penalty kick shootout 5–4 ("The shot-save, Scurry!" was one of Dellacamera's most memorable calls from that day's shootout, coming from U.S. goalkeeper Briana Scurry's save on China's third kick of the shootout). He has also called numerous United States' World Cup qualifiers, including Paul Caligiuri's famed 1989 "Shot Heard Round the World" goal against Trinidad & Tobago.
In the early 2000s, he was the lead play-by-play announcer for the WUSA national broadcasts. Dellacamera was NBC's play-by-play voice for soccer at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he did both the men's and women's tournaments. He also did play-by-play for the New York Red Bulls on MSG Network for several years.
Dellacamera was the first host of ESPN's PressPass, in which he was the "referee" to analysts Tommy Smyth and Eddie Mighten. The show airs on ESPN's African, Pacific Rim, and Middle East channels, in addition to ESPN 360. Dellacamera has been replaced by Derek Rae, and Mighten has been replaced by Janusz Michallik.
Dellacamera served as the lead play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports coverage of Soccer at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
On January 16, 2010, Major League Soccer expansion team Philadelphia Union announced that Dellacamera will do play-by-play for local TV broadcasts during its inaugural season.[2]
In March 2011, Dellacamera left ESPN to join the Fox Soccer Channel as their lead MLS play-by-play commentator. However, in November 2011, Comcast signed a deal with the league to broadcast all games starting in the 2012 season.[3] He will continue with his duties for the Philadelphia Union.
In addition to soccer and a few other sports, Dellacamera is a veteran NHL announcer. From 2003-04 through 2008-09 he was the television play-by-play voice of the Atlanta Thrashers, and previously served as one of ESPN's many play-by-play commentators. Possibly due to his extensive work in soccer, Dellacamera is one of the few hockey play-by-play broadcasters to use "goal" in his goal calls (i.e. instead of saying "he takes the shot and scores," Dellacamera will say "takes the shot, goal")
Dellacamera served as the Play-by-Play announcer for all US National Team games on the NHL Network during the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Dellacamera replaced Gary Thorne who was originally scheduled to announce the games.