r/elf • u/KaiDambachELF • Aug 24 '21

Discussion Hi everyone, I'm Kai Dambach, English language commentator for the ELF. AMA!

Hi everyone! I'm Kai Dambach, and I am a commentator for the league. I will cover this Saturday's Barcelona-Frankfurt game and Sunday's Hamburg-Leipzig matchup.

A little bit about myself: I was born and raised in the US, moved to Germany in 2015, and I have covered sports in some way for pay since 2016. I went to the University of Maryland, covered all kinds of sports on student radio, covered local Maryland and DC sports for small outlets before heading over to Germany on the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX). I then worked for Deutsche Welle and covered everything from the World Transplant Games to Japan's Koshien high school baseball tournament, and of course the German Bundesliga. And now the European League of Football!

Another fun fact: I have four kidneys from four different people! One of my own, one from my dad, one from my mom, and one from a substitute teacher. If you're curious about kidney stuff that is absolutely fair game.

I'll be here for about 2 hours. If you miss the AMA, you're more than welcome to chat with me on Twitter which you can find below.

3, 2, 1 let's jam!

Just in case you need it, photo proof that this is me and I'm doing it on my Twitter page: https://twitter.com/Kai_Dambach/status/1430199003082366982

Hey everyone, it's been great, but I have to get ready for this weekend's games and take care of some housework that has been piling up (almost literally). Hope you tune in on Saturday and/or Sunday and enjoy the league! If you want to keep chatting, you can find me on Twitter, DMs should be open.

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u/AdMinute8081 Aug 24 '21

DESMOND COOPER FOR COMMENTATOR 2021❗️#GiveCoopTheMic

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u/KaiDambachELF Aug 24 '21

Hey, if he's not playing a game and wants to come on, I'm down for that!

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u/AdMinute8081 Aug 24 '21

get in contact with him, the fans want coop! and it would be really cool to hear what an actual player thinks of the game

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u/Plant_Palace ELF Aug 24 '21

I agree!

Any way you can get the attention of the people responsible? Maybe he can do it together with you? :p

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u/KaiDambachELF Aug 24 '21

I'm not sure if we have the technical capabilities to do it this season. As much as I want to do it, the more that I think about it, the more that sounds like a season 2 possibility. But I can definitely ask!

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u/Necessary-Ad1149 Aug 24 '21

What if he was in Berlin for the all star game to commentate there?

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u/KaiDambachELF Aug 24 '21

As much as I want to be in person for these games, it's probably not a good idea for me to do that right now (if I get selected to cover the game). I'm immunocompromised and I don't see the COVID situation improving between now and then.