Former US men’s national soccer team star and current broadcaster Taylor Twellman is reportedly being investigated by MLS over allegations of a physical altercation between himself and a production assistant a month earlier.
As first reported by The Athletic, the incident allegedly involved Twellman and an audio engineer from Program Productions – a Miami-based production house – during an Eastern Conference quarterfinals matchup between Lionel Messi‘s Inter Miami and Atlanta United on October 25th.
In a match plagued by audio issues on the Apple TV broadcast, Twellman is said to have made physical contact with the audio engineer.
Since then, Twellman called Game 2 of the series but was conspicuously absent last weekend for Game 3. According to The Athletic, the production assistant filed a union grievance regarding the alleged October 25 incident between Games 2 and 3 of the series. Ultimately color commentator Danny Higginbotham replaced Twellman in the third game.
Neither MLS spokespeople nor Program Productions staff immediately responded to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
Video of the incident does not exist, and while NFL broadcast booths are commonly equipped with cameras, Apple TV has refused to do so for MLS games.
Despite the allegations, Twellman remains scheduled to call a Western Conference semifinal on November 23 between LAFC and the Seattle Sounders.
Twellman refused to comment to The Athletic.
A former Golden Boot winner with the New England Revolution and one of the first true MLS stars, Twellman, 44, has been one of the league’s main announcers since retiring in 2010.
From 2011 until early 2023 he served as ESPN’s top soccer analyst and even did his own recap show on ESPN+ before department from the network.
