This season, Detroit City FC will stream all six of its National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) regular season home matches, its April 28th friendly vs. Chattanooga FC and its July 10th international friendly vs. Club Necaxa on foxsportsdetroit.com and Facebook Live.
Detroit’s May 19th international friendly vs. German club FC St. Pauli will be televised live on FOX Sports Detroit. The International Series match, which is presented by Strategic Staffing Solutions, will be DCFC’s first-ever televised match.
This season, DCFC play-by-play commentator Neal Ruhl and color analyst John Kreger will return to the broadcasts.
Ruhl, who joined Le Rouge’s broadcast team in 2015, is the Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations at Oakland University, where he also serves as the lead play-by-play announcer for Oakland men’s basketball on TV20- Detroit and WDFN 1130-AM, Oakland’s flagship station. He is also the lead play-by-play announcer for all Oakland sports on ESPN3 and the newly formed ESPN+. Ruhl has also served as the play-by-announcer on the Pistons Radio Network with NBA Champion Rick Mahorn and will also be the “Voice of the USPBL” at Jimmy John’s Field on ESPN3 this summer.
Kreger, who is also the play-by-play voice for Michigan State University Volleyball and several sports on the Michigan High School Athletic Association Network, has served as a host and correspondent covering soccer for talkSPORT radio in the United Kingdom. A former afternoon drive host and producer at WDFN-AM in Detroit, he is the Assistant Station Manager at WSDP-FM in Canton.
DCFC is proud to extend its partnership with FOX Sports Detroit again this year. FSD – home of the Detroit Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and Lions – delivers more than 350 live local events to over 3.2 million households in Michigan and the surrounding region.
City’s first streamed match is Saturday, April 28, when DCFC hosts Chattanooga FC in its highly anticipated preseason friendly match. Kickoff is at 7:30 PM ET at Keyworth Stadium. Watch at foxsportsdetroit.com or facebook.com/detroitcityfc.
The 2018 season kicks off this Saturday, April 14 at Keyworth against Western Michigan University. Tickets are available at tickets.https://www.detcityfc.com.
