During the past week, Liga MX and the English Premier League have been monopolizing the headlines with their record TV ratings as can be evidenced below.
Elsewhere, the English Championship had their best numbers of the season with several of the playoffs producing decent viewing figures. The anticipation is now building for the Championship Playoff Final on May 28 between Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday to see which of these Yorkshire clubs will be promoted to the Premier League next season.
FOX Sports continues to impress with their MLS TV ratings after posting a very respectable number for the Portland Timbers against New York City FC game.
Meanwhile, all eyes will be to see how well MLS does this weekend for its first-ever game on the over-the-air FOX network. How will FOX do? We’ll find out next week.
Here are the most-watched live soccer games on US TV for the week of May 13-18:
Pos. | Teams | No. of viewers | TV Network | Game time (ET) | Date |
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1 | Club America vs. Chivas | 2,700,000 | Univision Deportes | 7-9pm | Sun., May 15 |
2 | Swansea vs. Man City | 1,037,000 | NBC & NBCSN | 10am-Noon | Sun., May 15 |
3 | America vs. Monterrey | 815,000 | Univision Deportes | 9:30-11:30pm | Wed., May 18 |
4 | Pachuca vs. Santos Laguna | 590,000 | NBC Universo | 9-11pm | Sun., May 15 |
5 | Monterrey vs. Tigres | 521,000 | Univision Deportes | 8-10pm | Sat., May 14 |
6 | Bayern Munich vs. Hannover | 452,000 | FOX & FOX Deportes | 9:30-11:30am | Sat., May 14 |
7 | Granada vs. Barcelona | 384,000 | beIN SPORTS en Español | 11am-1pm | Sat., May 14 |
8 | Portland vs. NYCFC | 286,000 | FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports 2 | 8-10pm | Sun., May 15 |
9 | Independiente vs. Pumas | 250,000 | FOX Deportes | 9-11pm | Tues., May 17 |
10 | Leon vs. Morelia | 234,000 | NBC Universo | 10pm-Midnight | Sat., May 14 |
11 | Sporting KC vs. Orlando | 224,000 | ESPN | 4-6pm | Sun., May 15 |
12 | DC United vs. RBNY | 212,000 | UniMas & Univision Deportes | 7:30-9:30pm | Fri., May 13 |
13 | WBA vs. Liverpool | 211,000 | MSNBC | 10am-Noon | Sun., May 15 |
14 | Deportivo vs. Real Madrid | 180,000 | beIN SPORTS | 11am-1pm | Sat., May 14 |
15 | Chelsea vs. Leicester | 176,000 | CNBC & NBC Universo | 10am-Noon | Sun., May 15 |
16 | Newcastle vs. Spurs | 163,000 | USA | 10am-Noon | Sun., May 15 |
17 | Arsenal vs. Aston Villa | 159,000 | SyFy | 10am-Noon | Sun., May 15 |
18 | Man United vs. Bournemouth | 156,000 | NBCSN | 3-5pm | Tues., May 17 |
19 | Napoli vs. Frosinone | 62,000 | beIN SPORTS en Español | 2:45-4:45pm | Sat., May 14 |
20 | Crystal Palace vs. Southampton | 61,000 | E! | 10am-Noon | Sun., May 15 |
21 | West Ham vs. Stoke | 61,000 | Bravo | 10am-Noon | Sun., May 15 |
22 | Sheff Wed vs. Brighton | 47,000 | beIN SPORTS & beIN SPORTS en Español | 2:45-4:45pm | Fri., May 13 |
23 | Milan vs. Roma | 44,000 | beIN SPORTS | 2:45-4:45pm | Sat., May 14 |
24 | Atletico Madrid vs. Celta Vigo | 43,000 | beIN SPORTS en Español | 11:30am-1:30pm | Sun., May 15 |
25 | Sporting vs. Villarreal | 37,000 | beIN SPORTS en Español | 1:30-3:30pm | Sun., May 15 |
26 | Brighton vs. Sheff Wed | 36,000 | beIN SPORTS & beIN SPORTS en Español | 2:45-4:45pm | Mon., May 16 |
27 | Derby vs. Hull | 35,000 | beIN SPORTS & beIN SPORTS en Español | 7:30-9:30am | Sat., May 14 |
28 | Braga vs. Sporting | 34,000 | Univision Deportes | 12-2pm | Sun., May 15 |
29 | Hull vs. Derby | 33,000 | beIN SPORTS & beIN SPORTS en Español | 2:45-4:45pm | Tues., May 17 |
30 | Bundesliga MultiMatch 90 | 27,000 | FOX Sports 2 | 9:30-11:30am | Sat., May 14 |
31 | Watford vs. Sunderland | 14,000 | Oxygen | 10am-Noon | Sun., May 15 |
32 | Everton vs. Norwich | 10,000 | Esquire | 10am-Noon | Sun., May 15 |
33 | Udinese vs. Carpi | 10,000 | beIN SPORTS | 2:45-4:45pm | Sun., May 15 |
34 | Minnesota vs. Jacksonville | 8,000 | beIN SPORTS | 8-10pm | Sat., May 14 |
Note that viewing figures for soccer games shown on the over-the-air Univision network or Telemundo have not been made available.
SEE MORE: Browse through all of the TV ratings data from now through 2006
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