Kansas City Current announces local broadcast details

As the 2023 NWSL season is set to begin this weekend, the Kansas City Current announced the details for local broadcasts of every match this season. KSHB 41 and KMCI, 38 the Spot, will be the club’s Official Television partner. In addition, the team will provide an audio stream of every game to fans through the Kansas City Current app.

For the second straight season, fans across the Kansas City metro area will be able to tune in to KMCI, 38 the Spot, to watch Kansas City Current action with seven matches broadcast on the station. New for this year is a brand new 30-minute pregame show prior to every game on the station. This new show will feature player-profiles, game recaps and in-depth analysis. Also new for the 2023 season, an audio stream of every game will be available to fans through the Kansas City Current app, available on Apple and Android devices.

Furthermore, the club has assembled an all-star cast of talent to bring the action to Current fans each week. In 2023 the Current’s broadcast team will consist of Jordan Angeli, Lisa Roman, Aly Trost Martin, Dave Borchardt, Jillian Carroll Letrinko and Anna Witte

“The Current is setting the bar on the pitch, with our facilities and with our broadcasts,” said Vice President of Communications, Dani Welniak. “The talent we’ve assembled here in Kansas City is unlike any other in the league. We have a power-packed broadcast team that is at the top of their game and some of the most notable names in women’s soccer.

“We are thrilled to partner for another season with KSHB 41 and KMCI, 38 the Spot, after the success we had last season, and are looking forward to building upon that to offer some of the most extensive coverage of our club on local television and through the KC Current app.”

Jordan Angeli – A standout at Santa Clara University, Angeli began her professional career with the WPS Boston Breakers in 2010, earning a spot on the league’s Best XI in 2011. With the launch of the NWSL in 2013, she was originally drafted by the Washington Spirit then finished her career in 2014 with the Western New York Flash. Internationally she was a member of the U20 U.S. Women’s World Cup team and was in the senior USWNT player pool.

Since her playing career, she has made a name for herself as a broadcaster. She was the first female analyst with the MLS Columbus Crew and has eight years of experience within the league, plus another seven years as an analyst for the NWSL. In addition to her duties with the NWSL and the Kansas City Current, Angeli also serves as an analyst and reporter for the Colorado Rapids.

Lisa Roman - Lisa Roman is a host, reporter and analyst for CBS Sports. She enters her first year working with the Current and her fourth year as a color analyst on Paramount+ for the NWSL. In addition to live-game coverage, Lisa is a co-host and producer for CBS Sports Network Podcast "Attacking Third" covering women's soccer - the NWSL, the United States Women's National Team, WSL and more. Outside of the women's game, Lisa is a color analyst for the Philadelphia Union in the MLS and also, she covers collegiate soccer and basketball with ESPN+, Fox Sports Digital and NBC Sports Philadelphia.

Aly Trost Martin - Aly Trost Martin has covered professional men’s and women’s soccer since graduating from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 2017 & currently serves as the radio play-by-play voice of Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer in addition to her role with the Current. Trost Martin has also served as a national play-by-play announcer and sideline reporter for NWSL matches on Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network. She was the sideline reporter for Sporting Kansas City’s local TV broadcasts from 2021-2022 and was a member of the Kansas City Current’s broadcast team during the club’s inaugural season in 2021. Most recently, Trost Martin was in the broadcast booth calling play-by-play for the SheBelieves Cup 2023 on HBO Max. Trost Martin was indoctrinated into soccer at a young age, through the influence of her family, including her great uncle Al Trost who is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame & was on the 1972 U.S. Olympic team. 

Dave Borchardt - Borchardt is the Vice President of Corporate & Community Relations for the Kansas City Sports Commission. Dave is responsible for all the Sports Commission’s partnership sales, including leading the fundraising efforts around the 2023 NFL Draft in Kansas City.

Dave is a lifelong Kansas Citian and a 2000 graduate of the University of Missouri. Dave has been active in the Kansas City broadcasting scene since beginning his career at Sports Radio 810 WHB in 2000. Among other things, Dave has been the former TV & radio voice of Sporting KC (then the Kansas City Wizards), as well as the postgame radio host for Sporting, and he has also called many high school soccer games on Spectrum Sports. Dave joined the Kansas City Current broadcasting team in 2021 and has served as both the TV & Radio voice of the Kansas City Current, as well as a color analyst for the team.

Jillian Carroll Letrinko – A Kansas City native, Carroll Letrinko grew up around the game. She was a two-time Kansas state champion at St. Thomas Aquinas and is a member of the school’s hall of fame. Her youth career saw her playing in the Kansas and Regional Olympic Development Program, then she was a star at NCAA Division One University of Northern Iowa.

She has an extensive broadcast career as well, serving as a host on NBC and a reporter for Good Day Kansas in Wichita. In addition she served as a sideline reporter for Sporting Kansas City’s broadcasts on Fox Sports KC and a sideline reporter for the Kansas City Chiefs on the NFL Network.

Anna Witte - Anna Witte has worked as an analyst for the National Women’s Soccer League, USL Championship, MLS NEXT Pro, and Big Ten Network. She also does sideline reports for college football and basketball. In addition to her analyst and sideline roles she hosts a podcast covering MLS and NWSL called “Straight From The Pitch'' where they discuss on and off the pitch stories and host interviews around sports, news, and entertainment. Witte attended Penn State University where she is a Big Ten Champion while playing for the Women's soccer program.