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Dean Linke LLC BIOGRAPHY Dean Linke LLC Dean Linke LLC Dean Charles Linke Sole MBR 523 Damascus Church Road 523 Damascus Church Road; Chapel Hill, NC 27 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 BIOGRAPHY DEAN LINKE PXP BROADCASTER SINCE 1996 MLS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS 1994-1996 US SOCCER PRESS OFFICER 1989-1994 Dean Linke has been around the game of soccer since the late 80s and has been calling soccer and other sports since 1996. Linke joined US Soccer in 1989 as an intern and went on to serve as the junior press officer for the 1991 US Women’s World Championship Team and the senior press officer for the 1992 US Olympic Men’s Team and the 1994 US World Cup Men’s Team. Following the World Cup, Linke served as the first-ever director of communications for Major League Soccer. Linke joined MLS’ Colorado Rapids in 1996 as the team’s vice president and original television play-by-play voice. After three years with the Rapids, Linke moved to North Carolina to start his full-time broadcasting career. Since 2000, Linke has served as the only play-by-play voice for the North Carolina Courage of the WUSA and NWSL and North Carolina FC professional soccer team from USL Championship. He has called college soccer for Fox Soccer and the Big Ten Network for more than 20 years, including a long string as the voice of the then-named NSCAA College Game of the Week on Fox Soccer. Linke has served as the unofficial ‘official’ voice of the United Soccer Coaches for more than 15 years, first serving as play by play for the game of the week and the last several years as the host of the United Soccer Coaches Podcast. In addition, Linke has called several McGuire Cup finals for US Youth Soccer on Fox Soccer. Linke can also be seen calling field hockey, volleyball, track and field, cross country, basketball, gymnastics, swimming, lacrosse, tennis, softball, baseball, wrestling, water polo, fishing and rowing. Linke lives in Chapel Hill with his wife, Leah, who worked for the World Cup USA 1994 protocol department. They have two sons, Ben, 23, and, Max, 20. ### .
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