Английская Википедия:Ian Joy

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Ian Paul Joy (born July 14, 1981) is an American-born Scottish sports broadcaster and former professional footballer.

Early and personal life

Born in San Diego, California,[1] Joy is the son of English former professional player Brian Joy. His mother is Scottish and he grew up in Scotland from the age of 3.[2] Joy lived in Bo'ness and attended Deanburn Primary School and Bo'ness Academy. Joy is a fan of Manchester United F.C.[3]

Playing career

Joy played as a left back for Tranmere Rovers, Stirling Albion, Montrose, Kidderminster Harriers, Chester City, Hamburger SV IIi, FC St. Pauli, Real Salt Lake, FC Ingolstadt 04 and Portland Timbers.[1][2][4][5][6][7][8]

As a 15-year-old, he featured for the United States U-17 team on a three-match week long tour of Germany in 1997.[9] Joy went on to represent the USA Youth national teams at U-18, U-20 and U-23 level. He captained the USA U-18's at the World Youth Games in Moscow, Russia in 1998.

Media

After retiring as a player in 2011, Joy became a sportscaster for beIN Sports. In 2015 he became the studio host of Fox Sports' coverage of the Bundesliga, FA Cup, Champions League and Europa League.[10] In April 2018, Joy was named as a studio host for FOX's coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[11]

On March 25, 2020, Joy announced on Twitter he would be leaving Fox Sports.

Joy is a part of the YES Network covering New York sports after joining the network in 2015.

As of August 5, 2020, Joy serves as a soccer analyst for CBS Sports as part of the network's UEFA Champions League and Europa League coverage on CBS Sports HQ.[12]

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