Out of the international games being played during the past 10 days, which ones do you think were the most watched? According to our research as well as SportsTVRatings.com, the four most viewed matches were the four friendlies involving either the United States or Mexico. Mexico’s matches averaged 1.55 million viewers over the break while the United States averaged around half that at 779,000.

During the international break, beIN SPORTS aired at least part of all 10 matches of CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying live on TV, often jumping from the conclusion of one match right into the middle of another. Viewership peaked on the evening of October 6 with 420,000 viewers tuning into either Brazil vs Bolivia or Paraguay vs Colombia.

Most impressive of all for beIN SPORTS was the 301,000 who tuned in to watch Peru vs. Argentina on beIN SPORTS en Español plus the 111,000 viewers who tuned in to beIN SPORTS to watch the same game. In total, the game averaged 412,000 viewers.

beIN SPORTS also averaged 22,400 viewers for the five African World Cup Qualifying matches they aired over the weekend.

Coverage of UEFA World Cup Qualifying matches across the networks of ESPN, FOX Sports and Univision averaged 234,375 viewers per match window over the five day stretch from October 6th to October 11th. The highest viewership was attained on an NFL Sunday with 588,000 viewers spread across FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, FOX Deportes, UniMás, Univision Deportes and ESPN.

The National Women’s Soccer League Final was broadcast for the fourth consecutive year on national television and the second consecutive year on FOX Sports 1. The match averaged 180,000 viewers, up 7% from last year on FOX Sports 1 and 13% from 2014 on ESPN2.

Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for weekend of October 3-11, 2016:

Date Competition Start Time Team 1 Team 2 Network 1 Network 2 Total
10/8/16 Friendly 6:00 PM Mexico New Zealand Univision; 1051000 Univision Deportes; 549000 1,600,000
10/11/16 Friendly 10:00 PM Mexico Panama UniMás; 915000 Univision Deportes; 585000 1,500,000
10/11/16 Friendly 8:00 PM United States New Zealand ESPN; 554000 UniMás/Univision Deportes; 564000 1,118,000
10/7/16 Friendly 8:00 PM United States Cuba ESPN; 232000 UniMás/Univision Deportes; 208000 440,000
10/6/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 10:25 PM* Peru Argentina beIN SPORTS; 111000 beIN Español; 301000 412,000
10/8/16 Friendly 9:00 PM Club América Pumas —; — Univision Deportes; 392000 392,000
10/9/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Albania Spain Fox Sports 2; 31000 UniMás/Univision Deportes; 341000 372,000
10/6/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 8:55 PM* Paraguay Colombia —; — beIN Español; 313000 313,000
10/11/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 7:30 PM Argentina Paraguay —; — beIN Español; 308000 308,000
10/8/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Germany Czech Republic Fox Sports 2; 71000 UniMás/Univision Deportes; 227000 298,000
10/6/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Italy Spain Fox Sports 1; 133000 Fox Deportes; 122000 255,000
10/11/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 9:25 PM* Venezuela Brazil beIN SPORTS; 75000 beIN Español; 156000 231,000
10/11/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 4:30 PM Colombia Uruguay —; — beIN Español; 219000 219,000
10/6/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 5:00 PM Ecuador Chile beIN SPORTS; 38000 beIN Español; 180000 218,000
10/10/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Netherlands France Fox Sports 1; 164000 Fox Deportes; 39000 203,000
10/9/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Iceland Turkey ESPN; 194000 —; — 194,000
10/09/16 NWSL 5:00 PM Washington Spirit West New York Flash Fox Sports 1; 180000 —; — 180,000
10/11/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Slovenia England ESPN2; 151000 —; — 151,000
10/9/16 Friendly 6:00 PM Cruz Azul Atlas —; — Univision Deportes; 117000 117,000
10/6/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 8:55 PM* Brazil Bolivia beIN SPORTS; 107000 —; — 107,000
10/6/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 7:00 PM Uruguay Venezuela beIN SPORTS; 104000 —; — 104,000
10/8/16 U-17 World Cup (W) 9:00 AM Brazil England Fox Sports 1; 94000 —; — 94,000
10/6/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Ireland Georgia ESPN2; 92000 —; — 92,000
10/11/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 7:30 PM Chile Peru beIN SPORTS; 91000 —; — 91,000
10/9/16 UEFA WCQ 12:00 PM Wales Georgia Fox Sports 2; 38000 Fox Deportes; 32000 70,000
10/11/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Poland Armenia Fox Sports 2; 39000 Fox Deportes; 29000 68,000
10/10/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Sweden Bulgaria Fox Sports 2; 10000 Univision Deportes; 53000 63,000
10/11/16 CONMEBOL WCQ 4:00 PM Bolivia Ecuador beIN SPORTS; 54000 —; — 54,000
10/11/16 UEFA WCQ 12:00 PM Kazakhstan Romania Fox Sports 2; 22000 Fox Deportes; 17000 39,000
10/9/16 CAF WCQ 3:30 PM Algeria Cameroon beIN SPORTS; 34000 —; — 34,000
10/7/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Belgium Bosnia —; — Fox Deportes; 32000 32,000
10/8/16 U-17 World Cup (W) 12:00 PM Japan USA Fox Sports 2; 29000 —; — 29,000
10/9/16 CAF WCQ 1:00 PM Tunisia Guinea beIN SPORTS; 29000 —; — 29,000
10/4/16 U-17 World Cup (W) 9:00 AM United States Ghana Fox Sports 2; 14000 NBC Universo; 13000 27,000
10/8/16 CAF WCQ 2:25 PM* Ivory Coast Mali beIN SPORTS; 25000 —; — 25,000
10/6/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Austria Wales Fox Sports 2; 23000 —; — 23,000
10/9/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Macedonia Italy —; — Fox Deportes; 22000 22,000
10/7/16 U-17 World Cup (W) 9:00 AM Spain Mexico Fox Sports 2; 5000 NBC Universo; 14000 19,000
10/7/16 UEFA WCQ 2:30 PM Netherlands Belarus Fox Sports 2; 18000 —; — 18,000
10/9/16 CAF WCQ 10:30 AM Congo Egypt beIN SPORTS; 16000 —; — 16,000
10/4/16 U-17 World Cup (W) 12:00 PM Brazil Korea Fox Sports 2; 14000 —; — 14,000
10/8/16 UEFA WCQ 12:00 PM Armenia Romania —; — Fox Deportes; 14000 14,000
10/8/16 U-17 World Cup (W) 9:00 AM Korea Nigeria Fox Sports 2; 10000 —; — 10,000
10/09/16 NASL 1:00 PM Carolina Railhawks Fort Lauderdale Strikers beIN Sports; 10000 —; — 10,000
10/8/16 CAF WCQ 12:30 PM Gabon Morocco beIN SPORTS; 8000 —; — 8,000

2016 MLS TV averages:

Overall ESPN ESPN2 ESPND FOX FS1 FOXD Univision UniMás UDN
282,721 305,800 201,500 46,000 658,000 157,960 34,367 827,000 163,560 69,417

2016 Most popular soccer leagues on US TV:

League Average
Liga MX 678,674
Premier League 427,105
UEFA CL 374,500
La Liga 132,098
NWSL 88,500
Bundesliga 69,000
Primeira Liga 38,400
Serie A 34,688
Eredivisie 28,200
Championship 16,667
Ligue 1 12,444
NASL 7,167

SEE MORE: Access our archives of US TV ratings for soccer.