Maurice Edu, a former U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder and defender, serves as a match analyst for MLS on Apple TV and makes regular appearances on This is MLS, a weekly debate and analysis show. Edu brings a wealth of experience from his playing career and broadcasting work with FOX Sports, CBS Sports, and Bally Sports South, where he was the lead color analyst for Atlanta United. At FOX Sports, he has covered MLS and major international tournaments, including serving as a key part of the network’s coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
A Fontana, California native, Edu starred at the University of Maryland, helping the Terrapins win the 2005 NCAA College Cup national championship and earning first-team All-American honors in 2006. He was inducted into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021.
Edu was selected first overall in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC and won MLS Rookie of the Year honors that season. In 2008, he moved to Europe, joining Glasgow Rangers of the Scottish Premier League, where he won three league titles (2008, 10, 11), two Scottish Cups (2008, 09), and competed in both the UEFA Champions League and Europa League. He later played for Stoke City in England and Bursaspor in Turkey before returning to MLS in 2014 with the Philadelphia Union, where he served as captain. On the international stage, Edu earned 46 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team, representing his country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he captained the team through qualifying, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.