LEICESTER, England — The voice of English soccer in the United States did not hesitate — not even for a second — when asked for his favorite broadcasting memory.

“It was the Super Bowl in Arizona,” Arlo White began through a broad smile. “Giants-Patriots, Plaxico Burress in the end zone, a great pass from Eli Manning.”

He trailed off, no doubt seeing the confused look on the face of the visitor across the table.

“Oh,” he said. “I was there calling the game for BBC Radio.”

White laughed. He grew up here, in England’s East Midlands, but has always had an affinity for the United States. As a boy, he would tune his radio just right — he carved a spot on the dial with a penknife — so that he could hear Sunday football games being broadcast on Armed Forces Radio (the feed would occasionally cut out and be replaced by Belgian flute symphonies). Occasionally, he wondered if he might ever become the first British announcer to work full time calling American football games.