On Wednesday, the Seattle Sounders announced the new members of their announce team for the 2016 MLS season. Keith Costigan and Matt Johnson will be the play-by-play for television and radio, respectively.

This will be the first time in club history that the Sounders will have separate TV and radio broadcasts. In the past, Ross Fletcher did the play-by-play for both TV and radio via simulcast. Costigan will be joined on the TV side by former Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller. Johnson will be joined on the radio side by a rotating cast of people including former Sounders Danny Jackson and Wade Webber and will also include current Seattle University Head Coach Pete Fewing.

Keith Costigan

Costigan brings 11 years of broadcasting experience to the Sounders. He is an active member of FOX Sports Media Group's international and domestic soccer coverage. Costigan currently serves in a play-by-play role for FOX's coverage of the German Bundesliga and UEFA Europa League, in addition to freelance work on Univision's English-language MLS broadcasts.

"First of all, it's an honor to join an incredible broadcast team. The likes of Kasey Keller and Steve Zakuani are top-level, and I'm excited to work alongside Matt Johnson and the other staff in Seattle," said Costigan. "I am also excited to be in one of the best soccer communities not just in America, but in world football. Seattle is a club that I have always been interested in from afar, and I'm looking forward to being a part of it now. As a commentator you aspire to work with top teams, and I'm getting the opportunity to do that. I'm sure the first time I call a match and CenturyLink Field is rocking, I'm going to have goosebumps. I can't stress how excited I am to call games there."

Matt Johnson

Johnson re-joins the Sounders after serving as the pre-match, halftime and post-match radio host from 2009-2014. During that time he also hosted Sounders FC Weekly. The Seattle-native also has spent the last 11 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks as Executive Producer of Seahawks Radio Network and worked three Super Bowls (XL, XLVIII, XLIX).  Johnson has an extensive radio broadcast background after working at Seattle's Sports Radio 950 KJR from 1996-2005.

"To come back to my hometown soccer club is an absolute dream come true. I would like to thank Adrian Hanauer, Joe Roth and Bart Wiley for extending this opportunity to me that I could not pass up," said Johnson. "I remember watching Sounders games in Memorial Stadium, the Kingdome and being part of that first MLS match in 2009 vs. the New York Red Bulls. To say that I'm coming back to Sounders FC is a feeling I can't put into words. I have traveled the world watching this great game, and the atmosphere in Seattle very much compares to every venue that I have been lucky enough to visit."

Johnson continues, "I'm very excited to work with and learn from Keith Costigan, and to reconnect with Kasey Keller, Steve Zakuani, Wade Webber, Pete Fewing, Danny Jackson and the other talented members of the Sounders broadcast team. I am moving from one great organization to another without having to change my address - I would like to thank the Seattle Seahawks for 11 wonderful seasons. There are memories there that will not be replaced, but I'm just lucky enough to come somewhere where we'll make some new ones."

Quotes courtesy of Seattle Sounders press release