The vast majority of soccer leagues around the world took a break during the past 10 days, so international games were the focus. We’ve researched the World Cup qualifiers and international friendlies to bring you the TV viewing audiences for games that aired in the United States.
The highest viewership figures of the international break unsurprisingly go to Mexico’s two World Cup Qualifiers with the first earning nearly 1.8 million viewers across Telemundo, NBC Universo and both beIN SPORTS networks while the game against Honduras pulled in over 3.2 million across Univision, Univision Deportes and FOX Sports 1.
The third and final broadcast to break the one million mark was the United States’ second qualifier against Trinidad & Tobago as 1.289 million witnessed the United States qualify for the final round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying on UniMás, Univision Deportes and FOX Sports 1.
Also on beIN SPORTS, the lone African Cup of Nations Qualifier airing on television between Cote d’ Ivoire and Sierra Leone attracted 14,000 viewers.
Here are the TV viewing audiences:
Domestic numbers for the week:
Date | Competition | Start Time | Home | Away | Network 1 | Network 2 | Total |
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9/2/16 | CONCACAF WCQ | 3:30 PM | St. Vincent | United States | beIN SPORTS; 95,000 | beIN Español; 51,000 | 146,000 |
9/3/16 | NASL | 8:00 PM | Minnesota United | Rayo OKC | — | beIN Español; 21,000 | 21,000 |
9/6/16 | CONCACAF WCQ | 8:00 PM | United States | Trinidad & Tobago | Fox Sports 1; 550,000 | UniMás/UDN; 739,000 | 1,289,000 |
Foreign numbers for the week:
Date | Competition | Start Time | Team 1 | Team 2 | Network 1 | Network 2 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/1/16 | CONMEBOL WCQ | 4:30 PM | Colombia | Venezuela | — | beIN Español; 175000 | 175,000 |
9/1/16 | CONMEBOL WCQ | 5:00 PM | Ecuador | Brazil | beIN SPORTS; 99,000 | — | 99,000 |
9/1/16 | CONMEBOL WCQ | 7:30 PM | Argentina | Uruguay | beIN SPORTS; 124,000 | beIN Español; 412,000 | 536,000 |
9/2/16 | CONCACAF WCQ | 8:00 PM | Haiti | Costa Rica | beIN SPORTS; 46,000 | 46,000 | |
9/2/16 | CONCACAF WCQ | 10:00 PM | El Salvador | Mexico | beIN Sports/Español; 179,000 | Telemundo/NBC Universo; 1,600,000 | 1,779,000 |
9/3/16 | AFCoN Qualifying | 2:00 PM | Côte d’Ivoire | Sierra Leone | beIN SPORTS; 14,000 | — | 14,000 |
9/4/16 | UEFA WCQ | 12:00 PM | Denmark | Armenia | Fox Sports 2; 53,000 | Fox Deportes; 30,000 | 83,000 |
9/4/16 | UEFA WCQ | 2:45 PM | Norway | Germany | Fox Sports 2; 89,000 | Fox Deportes; 198,000 | 287,000 |
9/5/16 | UEFA WCQ | 2:45 PM | Spain | Liechtenstein | Fox Sports 1; 134,000 | Univision Deportes; 95,000 | 229,000 |
9/5/16 | UEFA WCQ | 2:45 PM | Ukraine | Iceland | Fox Sports 2; 28,000 | — | 37,000 |
9/6/16 | UEFA WCQ | 2:45 PM | Belarus | France | Fox Sports 2; 18,000 | Univision Deportes; 31,000 | 49,000 |
9/6/16 | UEFA WCQ | 2:45 PM | Switzerland | Portugal | Fox Sports 1; 68,000 | Fox Deportes; 47,000 | 115,000 |
9/6/16 | UEFA WCQ | 2:45 PM | Sweden | The Netherlands | ESPN2; 145,000 | ESPND; Not available | 145,000 |
9/6/16 | CONMEBOL WCQ | 7:00 PM | Venezuela | Argentina | beIN SPORTS; 127,000 | — | 127,000 |
9/6/16 | CONMEBOL WCQ | 8:45 PM | Brazil | Colombia | — | beIN Español; 387,000 | 387,000 |
9/6/16 | CONCACAF WCQ | 10:00 PM | Mexico | Honduras | Fox Sports 1; 221,000 | Univision/UDN; 3,045,000 | 3,266,000 |
9/6/16 | CONCACAF WCQ | 10:00 PM | Canada | El Salvador | — | UniMás; 228,000 | 228,000 |
9/6/16 | CONMEBOL WCQ | 10:45 PM | Peru | Ecuador | beIN SPORTS; 98,000 | beIN Español; 267,000 | 267,000 |
Major League Soccer averages:
Overall | ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPND | FOX | FS1 | FOXD | Univision | UniMás | UDN |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
285,617 | 315,773 | 201,500 | 46,000 | 498,000 | 168,524 | 34,920 | 827,000 | 166,619 | 68,905 |
Other league averages:
League | Average |
---|---|
Liga MX | 645,750 |
Premier League | 428,176 |
La Liga | 158,077 |
Bundesliga | 90,800 |
Serie A | 30,667 |
Eredivisie | 27,000 |
Championship | 16,375 |
Ligue 1 | 11,667 |
NASL | 7,250 |
NWSL | 0 |
HT: SportsTVRatings.
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