Fox Sports amateur hour

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  1. Fighting Illini

    Fighting Illini Member+

    Feb 6, 2014
    Chicago
    Well like give credit where it's due. In 2004 or whatever there was no one else, and those guys were keepers of the flame because they sincerely cared. We are all brothers in the American soccer community and should never forget that.

    That being said, the standards need to be higher now, and we will be held back if they aren't. As I said in another thread, whether Lalas has any part of the Apple coverage will tell us a lot.
     
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  2. mace

    mace Member+

    Indy 11
    United States
    Jun 5, 2004
    USA
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Rob Stone has covered soccer for many years with ESPN before moving over to Fox where he also covers soccer. I'm kind of neutral on him. Maybe I missed the joke about football meaning soccer? But he has waaay more soccer experience than American football.
     
  3. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
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    United States
    FYP :D

    There's a reason ESPN let him walk when his contract expired.......they didn't view himas anything other than a c/d team studio host, or the host of those time filler sports/games.
     
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  4. SpencerNY

    SpencerNY Member+

    Dec 1, 2001
    Up in the skyway
    Yeah Stone’s commentary is very small market non-national TV MLS. Think San Jose Earthquakes.
     
  5. MPNumber9

    MPNumber9 Member+

    Oct 10, 2010
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    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Maybe it's just me, but the coverage seems to have improved a bit today. The banter between Donovan and Dempsey is kinda fun.
     
  6. gjackson2207

    gjackson2207 Member

    Jun 27, 2011
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    Chicago Fire
    I think Donovan has gotten better since the start of the tournament.
     
  7. olephill2

    olephill2 Member+

    Oct 6, 2006
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    Watford FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's sad that ESPN has lost all of its rights to American soccer (USMNT, MLS). They've done so much to grow the game.
     
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  8. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The longer a TV network has a sport the staler the coverage gets. I didn't watch any of the Olympics on NBC.
     
  9. olephill2

    olephill2 Member+

    Oct 6, 2006
    Club:
    Watford FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    But Fox Sports took over the World Cup from ESPN in 2018 and immediately made it worse. ESPN's coverage in 2014 was far better.
     
  10. jond

    jond Member+

    Sep 28, 2010
    Club:
    Levski Sofia
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  11. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It feels like Fox has had it forever.
     
  12. jond

    jond Member+

    Sep 28, 2010
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    Levski Sofia
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
     
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  13. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    That fits
     
  14. Southern Man

    Southern Man Member

    Jun 14, 2008
    I mean, I'm just shocked...
     
  15. NorcalHockeyhooligan

    Feb 25, 2012
    Club:
    Everton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yep, makes sense. If there had NOT been corruption involved in the 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar) World Cups, now *that* would have been the real shocker.
     
  16. jond

    jond Member+

    Sep 28, 2010
    Club:
    Levski Sofia
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

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