At every commercial break, we in the United States are reminded that our country did not qualify for the World Cup. Those who do not follow soccer at all in-between the World Cups tune in and see that the USMNT are not listed among the 32 teams—and we had to relive October 2017 all over again. Short-sighted television executives and sponsors believed that, given that the USMNT did not qualify, ratings would be lower. (They were wrong.)
But—believe it or not—the FOX commentators are wrong in believing that the majority of us are only interested in Messi or Ronaldo.