Polka Dots

The voice of the U.S. Women’s National Team, JP Dellacamera, will take his usual place in the broadcast booth for the match against Finland live on ESPN2 on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. PT, but JP will not be joined by his usual sidekick Julie Foudy, who is in Oneonta, New York getting ready to be induced into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Instead, Lori Walker and Heather Mitts will join JP. Walker, the head women’s soccer coach at Ohio State, is no stranger to the broadcast booth, having done several WNT games as well as the 2004 Olympics, but Mitts, who has more than a little experience as a sideline reporter, will make her debut in the booth. Not to turn this blog in a fashion report, but the rumor is (the rumor coming from Mitts herself) that she will wear an ensemble featuring polka dots. Walker may be sporting a lime green blouse. We are not sure how all this color will bookend Dellacamara, who will likely go with the standard button-down, tie and sport jacket, but we know the long-time broadcast veteran can handle anything that’s thrown at him. Speaking of Mitts, the injury update is that she’s doing extremely well on her rehab from ACL surgery and in fact ran for the first time this week. There is little doubt that the feisty defender, who was a virtual lock to make the Women’s World Cup team before her injury, will be back healthy for a run at the 2008 Olympic Team. Well done Mittsy! (On the rehab and polka dots.)