A lack of budget in the midst of the pandemic is the reason why the WSL Championship Tour tournaments will no longer be broadcast in Spanish, a source close to the organization told DUKE.

For two full years, the WSL featured live broadcasts in Spanish from the WSL studios in Santa Monica, California. Mitchell Salazar, Kalle Carranza, Mateo Rojas, and others were in charge of broadcasting what happened in the tournaments.

With the budget change brought about by the pandemic, the WSL decided to continue broadcasting in Portuguese but left aside the Spanish version.

In the order of viewers who could see the broadcasts on YouTube and Facebook, the Spanish broadcast was ranked third, quite far behind in terms of views. The English broadcast was in first place and the Portuguese broadcast in second.

Klaus Kaiser, André Gioranelli and Icaro Cavalheiro are currently broadcasting the second stage of the 2020-2021 CT from the California offices.

Several sources consulted by DUKE agreed that WSL owner Dirk Ziff, a multimillionaire whose wealth reaches 5.000 billion dollars, had grown tired of putting money out of his own pocket and asked the WSL to put its accounts in order.

Part of that order seems to have involved leaving Spanish out of the broadcasts.