By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Feb 6, 2012) US Soccer Players -- As halftime came to an end during Sunday's Chelsea - Manchester United broadcast on Fox, studio host Rob Stone fell back on what has become a cliché of getting professional soccer over to a broader audience. Each and every game is of unquestioned importance. Stone said that should Chelsea's lead hold, they'd theoretically pull within four points of third-place Spurs (Tottenham plays on Monday). The response of his co-hosts told the story. Neither of them said much of anything.
In fairness to Stone, Fox seems firmly committed to the 'very important people doing very important things' model for their national soccer broadcasts. This is at odds with their attempts at comedy routines for their National Football League coverage, and much closer to how they treat Major League Baseball's postseason. It's much tougher to do that with a Premier League game in early February.
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