This is so much garbage. I am as angry about this as I have been trying to watch Olympics on NBC.

That assumes that people in the US tune in to watch the USMNT, instead of people just tuning in to watch the best teams. I’m not sure I even watched any of the US matches in the last World Cup. It’s typical Fox jingoism.

Americans who don’t follow soccer probably aren’t watching. Games are going on in the morning/middle of the day, much of the replays will be up against live NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals and MLB games plus the US Open (which Fox is carrying) at the start. They’ll have teams in place towards the end as the World Cup…

This is what pisses me off about the shitheads running FIFA. I don’t care that they’re corrupt, take bribes all day long. What I bothers me is that they never seem to have a view past “will the biggest check clear?”

I dont really understand. Do Americans usually stop watching all the games once they are out? Do they expect to win? There was no drop off in coverage when England failed to qualify in 1994 Italian TV and telemundo will still be going all out this summer

You can tell Fox Sports is grasping at straws to drum up excitement with those “Root for your Roots” commercials on during FA Cup and Champions League games. Partnering with 23andme to get people to cheer for their DNA-traced heritage seems like a fine idea but I doubt anything like that actually brings in the casual…

In that case everyone should be watching on telemundo. Andres Cantor is a legend.

My favorite side effect of the US team not qualifying is seeing how Fox is forced to try and spin it to get viewers. They keep advertising for one of those ancestry companies and the commercial is pretty much “hey, so we know you don’t really care now that the US is out, but use this service to find a team that you…

Referring to people as “talent” always rubs me the wrong way. They’re people. Not an attribute.

I will also be watching on Telemundo, cause pinche gabachos no saben nada sobre el futbol

I for one am shocked that Fox Sports will be delivering a subpar product.

This is called cutting your losses. No USA means many fewer eyeballs in the US. Blame USMNT.

This makes sense, as the USMNT has been half assing things for decades now also.

Shoulda replaced him with veteran WBAL sportscaster Gerry Sandusky.

Counterpoint: NO.