MLS broadcaster Kaylyn Kyle suspended for Bruce Arena comments: Sources

MLS Season Pass broadcaster Kaylyn Kyle was suspended for 30 days after making comments she later deemed “inappropriate and inaccurate” about her ex. The New England Revolution coach and general manager Bruce Arena, according to multiple sources within both Major League Soccer and Apple, MLS’ broadcast partner.

MLS did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Through a league spokesman, Kyle declined to comment. Multiple sources inside MLS and Apple said Kyle could return to work this weekend. Kyle, who appears on MLS 360 and several other Season Pass programs, has been absent from those shows since making her comments.

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Kyle’s remarks came on August 8 and focused on Lack of Arena before a League Cup match between Revolucion and Mexican side Queretaro FC. At the time, Arena was placed on leave while a league-commissioned investigation into alleged “inappropriate and insensitive” remarks progressed. Speaking on SiriusXM’s The Football Show, Kyle offered her thoughts on the game:

During an interview on Sirius XM’s The Football Show, Kaylyn Kyle stated that Bruce Arena had used a racial slur against someone in the organization. #NERevs pic.twitter.com/cGmdVoAUca

— The Blazing Musket (@BlazingMusket) August 8, 2023

“It’s an interesting matchup because of everything that’s going on with the Revs,” Kyle said. “Bruce Arena (is) on administrative leave pending an investigation into a racial slur he used against someone at the club.”

Details of what Arena allegedly said or did have not yet been made public, and the next day, Kyle recanted her claim that Arena had been suspended for using racist language.

“On yesterday’s episode of The Football Show on Sirius XM, I made inappropriate and inaccurate remarks about the basis for MLS’ review of Bruce Arena,” Kyle wrote in X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “The league’s investigation — of which I have no first-hand knowledge or information — is related to allegations that the coach made insensitive comments. I had no basis for saying what I said on the show. I understand that words have an impact and I apologize for my actions. I spoke carelessly and should have been more careful with my words.”

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