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Biography
Kyndra de St. Aubin (née Hesse) is an American sports broadcaster who is the color commentary announcer for local TV broadcasts of Major League Soccer's Minnesota United. She is currently also the only female color commentator to be covering Major League Soccer.
Soccer career
Kyndra de St. Aubin began her soccer career playing locally for youth teams in the Twin Cities area. In her sophomore year of high school, De St. Aubin's dreams of playing collegiate soccer were threatened by a diagnosis of Lupus. The disease forced her to quit basketball, but she remained passionate and determined to continue with soccer. After graduating from high school, De St. Aubin went on to play collegiate soccer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for her freshman year before transferring to the University of Minnesota where she lettered twice in her remaining college years. She graduated in 2003 with a major in broadcast journalism.
Broadcasting career
After graduating from college, De St. Aubin took a job working for ESPN 1500AM in Wisconsin. In this job she covered local sports teams including the Milwaukee Bucks, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Green Bay Packers along with college sports. In 2007, De St. Aubin left Wisconsin to work in Arizona for Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. Here she covered the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Phoenix Suns, the Arizona Cardinals, as well as the Phoenix Coyotes. In Arizona she also had the chance to cover local college teams including Grand Canyon University's teams on Cox Sports.
In 2015, De Saint Aubin was chosen to be part of one of the five teams that covered the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada for Fox Sports. Jenn Hildreth joined de Saint Aubin as her broadcast partner and the pair commentated 12 games during the world cup including the semi-final game between Japan and England in Edmonton. She has also commentated games for Women's Professional Soccer and she was the lead analyst for the National Women's Soccer League for two seasons.
In 2017, de Saint Aubin returned home to Minnesota as she was hired by Minnesota United to be the color commentator for 2017 Major League Soccer season. In Minnesota, she joined Callum Williams in the booth.
Personal life
Kydra de St. Aubin is married to her high school sweetheart Bobby de St. Aubin whom she dated since 9th grade. The couple resides in White Bear Lake, Minnesota where they have a daughter name Adelynne.