For the second time this season, a Major League Soccer broadcast has averaged more than one million viewers. This past weekend, the over-the-air FOX broadcast network aired two matches on the big FOX network with only one viewable in each market depending on FOX’s NFL coverage for the day. Most of the country saw Toronto FC and New York Red Bulls at 5pm ET, while the remainder saw Sporting Kansas City take on the Los Angeles Galaxy at 2pm ET. Both games together averaged 1.298 million viewers, the highest for an MLS game since 1.004 million watched the California Clásico on June 25 earlier this year.

On September 13, ESPN2 aired the US Open Cup final, their only soccer broadcast of the week. Univision Deportes aired the match in Spanish with both networks combining for only 242,000 viewers, down 36% from 381,000 combined last year.

Elsewhere on FOX Sports, it was another disappointing weekend for the Bundesliga. Only two matches featured on FOX Sports 1. The highest viewership was attained on Saturday morning as 50,000 watched Bayern Munich play Ingolstadt while 89,000 watched Bayer Leverkusen battle Frankfurt on FOX Deportes.

Liga MX viewership also impressed this weekend with both of Univision’s late Saturday windows drawing more than 1 million viewers, peaking at 10pm ET as Club América took on León in front of 1.28 million viewers. See last week’s soccer TV ratings roundup article for more insight regarding Liga MX’s continued good form with TV ratings.

Here are the TV viewing audiences:

Domestic numbers for the week:

Date Competition Start Time Home Away Network 1 Network 2 Total
9/13/16 US Open Cup 10:00 PM FC Dallas New England Revolution ESPN2; 172,000 Univision Deportes; 70,000 242,000
9/15/16 Friendly (W) 8:00 PM United States Thailand ESPN2; 266,000 266,000
9/16/16 MLS 8:00 PM Chicago Fire DC United UniMás; 138,000 Univision Deportes; 63,000 201,000
9/17/16 NASL 7:30 PM Puerto Rico FC Jacksonville Armada beIN Español; 7,000 7,000
9/18/16 MLS 2/5 PM Toronto FC/LA Galaxy NY Red Bulls/Sporting KC FOX; 1,298,000 Fox Deportes; 31,000 1,329,000
9/18/16 Friendly (W) 7:00 PM United States The Netherlands Fox Sports 1; 243,000 243,000

Foreign numbers for the week:

Date Competition Start Time Team 1 Team 2 Network 1 Network 2 Total
9/13/16 UEFA Champions League 2:45 PM Paris Saint Germain Arsenal Fox Sports 2; 83,000 83,000
9/13/16 UEFA Champions League 2:45 PM Barcelona Celtic Fox Sports 1; 153,000 Fox Deportes; 154,000 307,000
9/13/16 UEFA Champions League 2:45 PM Bayern Munich FC Rostov ESPN2; 99,000 99,000
9/13/16 CONCACAF CL 8:00 PM Pachuca Police United Univision Deportes; 89,000 89,000
9/14/16 UEFA Champions League 2:45 PM Juventus Sevilla ESPN2; 126,000 126,000
9/14/16 UEFA Champions League 2:45 PM Bayer Leverkusen CSKA Moscow Fox Deportes; 57,000 57,000
9/14/16 UEFA Champions League 2:45 PM Real Madrid Sporting Clube Fox Sports 2; 77,000 77,000
9/14/16 CONCACAF CL 10:00 PM Portland Timbers Saprissa Univision Deportes; 89,000 89,000
9/15/16 UEFA Europa League 12:30 PM Feyenoord Manchester United Fox Sports 1; 98,000 98,000
9/15/16 UEFA Europa League 12:30 PM Mainz Saint-Étienne Fox Sports 2; 7,000 7,000
9/15/16 UEFA Europa League 3:00 PM Nice Schalke 04 Fox Sports 2; 55,000 55,000
9/15/16 CONCACAF CL 8:00 PM Alianza New York Red Bulls Univision Deportes; 70,000 70,000
9/15/16 CONCACAF CL 10:00 PM Pumas Honduras Progreso Univision Deportes; 138,000 138,000
9/16/16 Bundesliga 2:30 PM Köln Freiburg Fox Sports 1; 37,000 Fox Deportes; 2,000 39,000
9/16/16 Ligue 1 2:45 PM Caen Paris Saint Germain beIN SPORTS; 14,000 14,000
9/16/16 La Liga 2:45 PM Real Betis Grenada beIN Español; 21,000 21,000
9/16/16 Premier League 3:00 PM Chelsea Liverpool NBCSN; 292,000 NBC Universo; 9,000 301,000
9/17/16 La Liga 7:00 AM Leganes Barcelona beIN SPORTS; 52,000 beIN Español; 92,000 144,000
9/17/16 Bundesliga 9:30 AM Bayern Munich Ingolstadt Fox Sports 1; 50,000 50,000
9/17/16 Bundesliga 9:30 AM Borussia Dortmund Darmstadt Fox Sports 2; 14,000 14,000
9/17/16 Bundesliga 9:30 AM Frankfurt Bayer Leverkusen Fox Deportes; 89,000 89,000
9/17/16 Championship 10:00 AM Ipswich Town Aston Villa beIN SPORTS; 19,000 19,000
9/17/16 Premier League 10:00 AM Manchester City Bournemouth NBCSN; 398,000 NBC Universo; 39,000 437,000
9/17/16 La Liga 10:15 AM Atletico Madrid Sporting beIN Español; 88,000 88,000
9/17/16 Serie A 12:00 PM Lazio Pescara beIN SPORTS; 20,000 20,000
9/17/16 Premier League 12:30 PM Everton Middlesbrough NBC; 553,000 NBC Universo; 41,000 594,000
9/17/16 La Liga 12:30 PM Eibar Sevilla beIN Español; 63,000 63,000
9/17/16 La Liga 2:45 PM Las Palmas Malaga beIN Español; 72,000 72,000
9/17/16 Serie A 2:45 PM Napoli Bologna beIN SPORTS; 33,000 33,000
9/17/16 Liga MX 5:00 PM Toluca Chivas UniMás; 408,000 Univision Deportes; 259,000 667,000
9/17/16 Liga MX 6:00 PM Querétaro Monterrey Galavision; 132,000 132,000
9/17/16 Liga MX 8:00 PM Tigres Puebla Univision; 647,000 Univision Deportes; 284,000 931,000
9/17/16 Liga MX 8:06 PM Chiapas Cruz Azul Galavision; 219,000 219,000
9/17/16 Liga MX 10:00 PM Club América León Univision; 828,000 Univision Deportes; 452,000 1,280,000
9/18/16 Premier League 7:00 AM Watford Manchester United CNBC; 216,000 NBC Universo; 26,000 242,000
9/18/16 Serie A 9:00 AM Sassuolo Genoa beIN SPORTS; 8,000 8,000
9/18/16 Premier League 9:15 AM Crystal Palace Stoke City CNBC; 234,000 234,000
9/18/16 Bundesliga 9:30 AM Augsburg Mainz Fox Sports 2; 13,000 Fox Deportes; 9,000 22,000
9/18/16 La Liga 10:15 AM Athletic Bilbao Valencia beIN Español; 72,000 72,000
9/18/16 Bundesliga 11:30 AM Hertha Berlin Schalke 04 Fox Sports 2; 2,000 Fox Deportes; 12,000 14,000
9/18/16 Premier League 11:30 AM Spurs Sunderland NBCSN; 430,000 Telemundo; Not Available 430,000
9/18/16 Serie A 12:00 PM inter Milan Juventus beIN SPORTS; 54,000 54,000
9/18/16 La Liga 12:30 PM Villareal Real Sociedad beIN Español; 132,000 132,000
9/18/16 Primeira Liga 1:00 PM Tondela FC Porto Univision Deportes; 115,000 115,000
9/18/16 La Liga 2:45 PM Espanyol Real Madrid beIN SPORTS; 97,000 beIN Español; 327,000 424,000
9/18/16 Liga MX 7:00 PM Santos Laguna Pumas Univision Deportes; 324,000 324,000
9/19/16 La Liga 2:45 PM Alaves Deportivo beIN SPORTS; 13,000 beIN Español; 19,000 32,000

Major League Soccer averages:

Overall ESPN ESPN2 ESPND FOX FS1 FOXD Univision UniMás UDN
294,257 312,391 201,500 46,000 658,000 165,273 35,444 827,000 166,130 68,636

Other league averages:

League Average
Liga MX 660,553
Premier League 434,000
UEFA CL 374,500
La Liga 131,867
Bundesliga 70,786
NWSL 68,000
Primeira Liga 62,250
Serie A 30,667
Eredivisie 27,000
Championship 16,667
Ligue 1 12,000
NASL 7,423

HT: SportsTVRatings.