Four years ago, the U.S. Women’s National Team snapped a 16-year drought to regain the title of World Cup Champions and FOX Sports aired a record-setting 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup from Canada, establishing a new standard for World Cup coverage. With just 100 days to go until the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France, […]
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21CF Chats: FOX Sports’ David Neal on the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup
Looking back at the Men’s World Cup, what’s unique about Women’s World Cups, 2015 vs. 2019 storylines Now that a small soccer tournament in Russia is over, it’s time to look forward to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. But first, David Neal, Executive Producer of FIFA World Cup on FOX and Vice […]
21CF Chats: Exec Producer David Neal on international diplomacy of FOX Sports’ first World Cup broadcast, Russia as ‘33rd team’
We are fewer than 300 days away from the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, which means FOX Sports is that many days away from broadcasting its first World Cup presentation. When the biggest tournament for the biggest sport in the world begins on June 15, 2018, it will be the culmination of more than […]
21CF Chats: Executive Producer, FIFA World Cup on FOX, David Neal on Copa America and soccer as a ‘Big 4’ sport in the U.S.
It may have taken a while, but the strong viewership for the 2016 Copa America Centenario tournament, along with the record-setting viewership for the Women’s World Cup 2015, finally cements soccer as one of the “Big 4” sports in the U.S., according to David Neal, executive producer of FIFA World Cup for FOX Sports. The […]