A staple of soccer coverage in the United States will be joining Fox for the upcoming World Cup.<\/p>\n
Rebecca Lowe, the lead Premier League studio host for NBC Sports in the U.S., will reportedly join Fox Sports\u2019 World Cup coverage in that same role next year, according to Andrew Marchand in The Athletic<\/a>. Lowe has hosted Premier League coverage on NBC for 12 years, and will continue with the company in a full-time capacity while adding the World Cup assignment next summer. Per Marchand, Fox had to seek permission from NBC to acquire Lowe\u2019s services for the tournament.<\/p>\n Rob Stone will remain the lead studio host for Fox\u2019s soccer coverage while Lowe runs point on a secondary studio team. Stone has held that role for Fox during nearly every major international soccer competition on the network since the 2015 Women\u2019s World Cup. He, of course, also hosts Fox\u2019s marquee college football pregame show Big Noon Kickoff.<\/p>\n Rebecca Lowe will presumably replace the role formerly held by Kate Scott (n\u00e9e Abdo), who recently signed an exclusive contract with CBS Sports<\/a> to continue as lead presenter of the network\u2019s UEFA Champions League coverage in the U.S.<\/p>\n Fox has not yet announced its full broadcast plans and announcing pairs for next year\u2019s World Cup, though one can presume it\u2019ll look similar to past iterations of the men\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n The World Cup Draw is set to take place this Friday, at which point the U.S. Men\u2019s National Team will find out what teams it will play during the group stage next June. Fox will air extensive coverage<\/a> of the proceedings beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET, with over three hours of programming planned for the event.<\/p>\n