Hutch - How can you be serious? ESPN's presentation of the 2010 and 2011 World Cups was absolutely spot on. Take a look at Fox's pregame coverage of last years Champions League final - it included a segment from Michael Strahan on how soccer compares to American football, and a segment concerning Shakira and Pique's budding relationship. What a joke. Plus, Curt Menafee sounds like a clown when he is discussing soccer (he's not that much better for football either).
That being said, they have 7 years to fix the problem. Let's hope they do. They could start by mimicking how BBC/SKY treat the pregames. Not much fluff. Just strong analysis and top flight commentators.
Personally, I think it is a huge loss for the growth of American soccer. Hopefully I am proven wrong, as I am sure we all want to game to continue to grow and spread in popularity.