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Telemundo commentators sing 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' during USA match

musicJun 26, 202641416

During the USMNT World Cup match, Telemundo commentators unexpectedly broke into John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads," turning the refrain into a spontaneous stadium chant. The Spanish-language announce team alternated rapid Spanish commentary with loud English shouts of "COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME TO THE STADIUM WITH THE BALL," a line several viewers quoted. Commentator Luis Omar Tapia recast the lyric as "Take me home, country roads, to the place I belong, in a stadium with a ball." Viewers reported the chorus carrying into the venue and press box at SoFi Stadium and said the stadium crowd responded. Reactions were mixed: many praised Telemundo's energetic, bilingual exclamations and preferred that broadcast to Fox, while others said they disliked "Country Roads" as the song choice. The moment carried into postgame Spanish-language coverage on Telemundo and became a widely noted highlight of the broadcast among viewers.

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