CBS Use First All Female Crew For Champions League Night

American television network CBS made history on Wednesday night, when they used an all female team to bring coverage of the night's Champions League action.

They may call football 'soccer,' yes I know there's nothing wrong with that, and be better known for Ted Lasso than Jesse Marsch, but there's no doubt that the American's coverage of the Champions League is better than ours in Britain.

Fans over here have often been treated to snippets of brilliance from the CBS coverage of Europe's biggest nights, with Kate Abdo presenting.

Alongside her she's often had Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards, and the group have made some absolute television gold, especially with the 'In the Mixer' segment.

On Wednesday night however, Henry, Carragher and Richards were moved aside as Abdo introduced a line up of pundits, pitchside presenters, analysts and commentators made up completely of women.

"Football is a diverse sport, but it's a sport where women have long had to fight to prove that our voices belong."@kate_abdo introduces @CBSSports' first all-female Champions League crew. 🤩 pic.twitter.com/4PnawfXPPd

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 16, 2022

Introducing the cast, Abdo said, "Well this is a special Champions League day for CBS Sports and for Paramount plus.

"Football is a diverse sport but it's a sport where women have long had to fight to prove that our voices belong.

"And a show like today chooses to celebrate our voices on a Champions League knockout night, and players and analysts and commentators, reporters and referees of this level deserve this level of platform representing tonight for CBS and for women, all around the world."

Jenny Chu and Jules Breach, the latter who often presents BT Sport's Score show, were presenting pitchside, with soccer laws analyst Christina Unkel was the 'rules expert' in the studio, presumably doing the job of Peter Walton, and presumably doing it better.

In direct replacement of her usual studio guests, Abdo was joined by Kaylyn Kyle, Eni Aluko and Lianne Sanderson.

An on commentary, Robyn Cowen and Karen Carney were talking viewers through the Chelsea's win over Lille, whilst Pien Meulensteen and Lucy Ward did commentary as Juventus were knocked out at home by Villarreal.

Incredibly proud to represent the #trailblazers before us who opened up the doors for this milestone. Continuing God’s work on #thebeautifulgame for those stepping into our shoes after. Thank you @CBSSportsGolazo @kate_abdo @EniAlu @KaylynKyle @liannesanderson #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/gWFi7zIRFp

— Christina Unkel (@ChristinaUnkel) March 16, 2022

They crushed it. Solid group.

— Smith Getterman (@getterman) March 16, 2022

Congrats to all! @kate_abdo is awesome!

— Jeff Graci (@nittanyjeff) March 16, 2022

love this

— lukeydinho (@bugattielroy) March 16, 2022

This was dope, need more of it.

— Golden (@RrocBand) March 16, 2022

Incredibly proud watching the @CBSSportsGolazo all female team both in studio and on site for tonights #UCL matches! 🙌🏼⚽️👏🏼 https://t.co/ilPUpWYNDk

— Poppy Miller (@_poppymiller) March 16, 2022

Fantastic 🙌. There’s so many knowledgeable, talented women in sport here in Aus - We could easily have all female lineups for every code now. 🏉⚽️🏈🏀🏏🎾 https://t.co/Ukrk50TVtU

— Roz Kelly (@Roz_Kelly) March 16, 2022

This should be commonplace when you have THIS much talent on one crew. This should not be a one-off or anything like that. Plain and simple. 👏🏻👇🏻🥂 https://t.co/MvotsAENVg

— Jeremy Pond (@JeremyPond) March 16, 2022

Kate Abdo is a goat and this is awesome to see. these ladies know their football https://t.co/VsVV9myvFP

— MaWa (@ThaRealBigChief) March 16, 2022

With such an awesome team like the one CBS had on Wednesday night, it won't be too long until this kind of thing becomes commonplace.

Richards, Henry and Carragher might have a tough time getting their seats back...