Out of the 40 soccer games shown live across US television last weekend, the Premier League game between Manchester United and Leicester scored the most number of viewers, almost breaking the 1 million number, for the game that was shown on NBCSN. The match was also televised live on Telemundo but those viewing numbers aren’t publicly available. It’s fair to say that the overall viewing number may have broken the 1 million barrier, which is incredibly impressive considering that Leicester City was bottom of the league 12 months ago and heading for relegation.

NBC Sports also achieved impressive viewing numbers for their Arsenal-Norwich game (on NBC) as well as Monday’s Chelsea-Spurs battle that was shown on NBCSN.

Not surprisingly, Barcelona and Real Madrid continue to attract big numbers as well as Liga MX’s Club America.

Outside of those teams and leagues, the Bundesliga finally generated a decent TV viewing audience for a game that wasn’t shown on FOX. It’s been a while, but the 215,000 people who tuned in to watch Leverkusen vs. Hertha Berlin on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes underlined the fact that Leverkusen, not Bayern Munich, is now the most popular Bundesliga team in the United States (thanks to Chicharito).

Out of curiosity, one number that isn’t listed below is the TV viewing audience for Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg between Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid. That game was watched by 458,000 people on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes combined. The viewing number wasn’t as great as the first leg between the two teams, which was watched by 655,000 people across FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes.

Pos. Teams No. of viewers TV Network Game time (ET) Date
           
1 Manchester United vs. Leicester City 908,000 NBCSN 9-11am Sun., May 1
2 Arsenal vs. Norwich 868,000 NBC & NBC Universo 12:30-2:30pm Sat., April 30
3 Southampton vs. Manchester City 543,000 NBCSN 11:30am-1:30pm Sun., May 1
4 Real Betis vs. Barcelona 528,000 beIN SPORTS & beIN SPORTS en Espanol 2:30-4:30pm Sat., April 30
5 Chelsea vs. Spurs 443,000 NBCSN & NBC Universo 3-5pm Mon., May 2
6 Club America vs. Monterrey 436,000 Univision Deportes & UniMas 6-8pm Sat., April 30
7 Tigres vs. Veracruz 427,000 Univision Deportes & UniMas 8-10pm Sat., April 30
8 Bournemouth vs. Everton 329,000 NBCSN 10am-Noon Sat., April 30
9 Real Sociedad vs. Real Madrid 318,000 beIN SPORTS & beIN SPORTS en Espanol 10am-Noon Sat., April 30
10 Portland vs. Toronto 302,000 ESPN 4-6pm Sun., May 1
11 Atletico Madrid vs. Rayo Vallecano 261,000 beIN SPORTS & beIN SPORTS en Espanol 12:15-2:15pm Sat., April 30
12 Sporting KC vs. LA Galaxy 259,000 FOX Sports 1 & FOX Deportes 8:30-10:30pm Sun., May 1
13 New York Red Bulls vs. FC Dallas 243,000 Univision Deportes & UniMas 7-8:30pm Fri., April 29
14 Queretaro vs. UNAM 232,000 Univision Deportes 9-11pm Fri., April 29
15 Swansea vs. Liverpool 218,000 NBCSN 7-9am Sun., May 1
16 Leverkusen vs. Hertha Berlin 215,000 FOX Sports 1 & FOX Deportes 12:30-2:30pm Sat., April 30
17 Newcastle vs. Crystal Palace 206,000 USA & NBC Universo 10am-Noon Sat., April 30
18 Jaguares vs. Atlas 168,000 Univision Deportes 10pm-Midnight Sat., April 30
19 Toluca vs. Cruz Azul 149,000 Univision Deportes 1-3pm Sun., May 1
20 Leon vs. Pachuca 105,000 NBC Universo 9-11pm Sat., April 30
21 Granada vs. Las Palmas 101,000 beIN SPORTS en Español 4:30-6:30pm Sat., April 30
22 Valencia vs. Villarreal 70,000 beIN SPORTS en Español 2:30-4:30pm Sun., May 1
23 Bayern Munich vs. Monchengladbach 45,000 FOX Sports 2 9:30-11:30am Sat., April 30
24 Werder Bremen vs. Stuttgart 45,000 FOX Sports 1 & FOX Deportes 2:15-4:15pm Mon., May 2
25 Deportivo vs. Getafe 42,000 beIN SPORTS en Español 12:15-2:15pm Sun., May 1
26 Espanyol vs. Sevilla 39,000 beIN SPORTS en Español 10am-Noon Sun., May 1
27 Darmstadt vs. Frankfurt 37,000 FOX Deportes 9:30-11:30am Sat., April 30
28 PSV vs. Cambuur 33,000 Univision Deportes 8:30-10:30am Sun., May 1
29 Augsburg vs. Cologne 33,000 FOX Sports 2 2:30-4:30pm Fri., April 29
30 Porto vs. Sporting 31,000 Univision Deportes 1:30-3:30pm Sat., April 30
31 Las Palmas vs. Espanyol 26,000 beIN SPORTS en Español 2:30-4:30pm Fri., April 29
32 PSG vs. Rennes 19,000 beIN SPORTS 2:30-4:30pm Fri., April 29
33 Malaga vs. Levante 16,000 beIN SPORTS en Español 2:30-4:30pm Mon., May 2
34 Bolton vs. Hull 14,000 beIN SPORTS 8-9:30am Fri., April 29
35 Juventus vs. Carpi 14,000 beIN SPORTS en Español 6:30-8:30am Sun., May 1
36 Lazio vs. Inter 13,000 beIN SPORTS 2:45-4:45pm Sun., May 1
37 Genoa vs. Roma 13,000 beIN SPORTS 1-3pm Mon., May 2
38 AC Milan vs. Frosinone 11,000 beIN SPORTS 9am-11am Sun., May 1
39 Napoli vs. Atalanta 8,000 beIN SPORTS 3-5pm Mon., May 2
40 Rayo OKC vs. Indy Eleven 6,000 beIN SPORTS 8-10pm Sat., April 30

Note that viewing figures for soccer games shown on the over-the-air Univision network or Telemundo have not been made available.

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