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The Fox Sports broadcast team ended Monday\u2019s FIFA World Cup coverage with a message to America: Please don\u2019t turn off that TV.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Men\u2019s National Team was clobbered by Belgium 4-1 in the round of 16 matchup, eliminating them from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and dashing America\u2019s dream of advancing deep into the tournament on home turf.<\/p>\n

Fox\u2019s announcer team of John Strong and Stu Holden, aware that many viewers will be turning off of soccer until 2030, used the final moments of the match to implore American viewers to, well, not do that, please.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019ve enjoyed what you\u2019re seeing, well, support your local team,\u201d Fox play-by-play announcer John Strong told viewers. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t have to be the last soccer you watch for the next four years. It\u2019s a beautiful sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe future of American soccer is very bright,\u201d added analyst Stu Holden, reiterating a message familiar to U.S. soccer fans going back more than a decade.<\/p>\n

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The repercussions for the U.S. loss will be felt by Fox, which is sure to see its TV ratings fall significantly. That said, top-tier soccer from teams like France, Spain, Norway and Argentina combined with favorable time zones in the U.S. should result in huge numbers for games even without the U.S. in the tournament any longer.<\/p>\n

Still, there\u2019s no sugarcoating it: If the U.S. advanced to the quarterfinals or beyond, TV executives were salivating at potential viewership that rivaled NFL playoff games. The dream of the 50 million viewer soccer game seems dead in the U.S., for now.<\/p>\n

Strong and Holden, of course, were not merely advocating for viewers to keep watching the World Cup, but soccer in general, be it top European clubs or Major League Soccer, which is hoping to ride a wave of its own after this World Cup.<\/p>\n

But the U.S. clobbering by Belgium won\u2019t help the cause. Nor will the political optics, with President Trump confirming that he lobbied FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to review a red card issued to U.S. star Folarin Balogun in the last game that would have kept him on the sidelines Monday. Of course, it didn\u2019t matter, with Balogun a non-factor in the game.<\/p>\n

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