While the first week of the MLS Cup Playoffs got off to a poor start with average viewership for the knockout rounds down 10% from 2015, English language viewership for the first leg of the conference semi-finals was down 6%, averaging just 193,250 viewers compared to 206,000 last season.

ESPN and ESPN Deportes’ viewing audience for the LA Galaxy vs. Colorado MLS game on Sunday, October 30 was so disappointing (299,000) that a mid-week League Cup game shown during office hours on beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español almost beat it (274,000).

In Canada, TSN’s coverage of the match between Toronto FC and New York City FC drew an audience of 238,000. In America, only 195,000 watched on FOX Sports 1.

Wednesday’s special Copa MX edition of the Super Clásico drew 1.44 million viewers on Univision Deportes, making it the most-viewed soccer match of the week.

NBC featured two Premier League matches on their broadcast network this past weekend. Crystal Palace-Liverpool in the Saturday afternoon slot (12:30pm-2:30pm ET) and Southampton-Chelsea on Sunday from Noon-2pm ET. The matches attracted 769,000 and 817,000 viewers respectively, making them the 4th and 3rd most-watched Premier League matches of the season.

Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for October 26-31, 2016:

Rank Home Away League/Cup Date/Kickoff TV1 TV2 Total
1 Club América Chivas Copa MX 10/26/16, 10PM —; — UDN; 1440000 1,440,000
2 Chivas Cruz Azul Liga MX 10/29/16, 10PM Univision, 596000 UDN, 507,000 1,103,000
3 Tigres Monterrey Liga MX 10/29/16, 8PM Univision, 642000 UDN, 405000 1,047,000
4 Southampton Chelsea EPL 10/30/16, Noon NBC; 817000 —; — 817,000
5 Crystal Palace Liverpool EPL 10/29/16, 12:30PM NBC; 769000 Unvso; 38000 807,000
6 Club América Santos Laguna Liga MX 10/29/16; 10PM UniMás; 520,000 —; — 520,000
7 Barcelona Granada La Liga 10/29/16, 2:45PM beIN; 113000 beIE; 405000 518,000
8 Seattle Sounders Sporting Kansas City MLS 10/27/16, 10PM FS1; 207000 UniMás/UDN; 256000 463,000
9 Manchester United Burnley EPL 10/29/16, 10AM NBCSN; 392000 Unvso; 34000 426,000
10 Everton West Ham EPL 10/30/16, 9:30AM NBCSN; 343000 Unvso; 44000 387,000
11 Puebla León Liga MX 10/30/16, 7PM —; — UDN; 355000 355,000
12 Deportivo Alavés Real Madrid La Liga 10/29/16, 10:15AM beIN; 89000 beIE; 221000 310,000
13 Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids MLS 10/30/16, 5PM ESPN; 231000 ESPND; 68000 299,000
14 Sunderland Arsenal EPL 10/29/16, 7:30AM NBCSN; 276000 Unvso; 9000 285,000
15 Toronto FC Philadelphia Union MLS 10/26/16, 7:30PM ESPN2; 124000 UniMás; 151000 275,000
16 Manchester United Manchester City League Cup 10/26/16, 3PM beIN; 78000 beIE; 196000 274,000
17 Los Angeles Galaxy Real Salt Lake MLS 10/26/16, 10:30PM UniMás; 223000 —; — 223,000
18 DC United Montreal Impact MLS 10/27/16, 7:30PM —; — UniMás/UDN; 217000 217,000
19 Montreal Impact New York Red Bulls MLS 10/30/16, 3PM ESPN; 187000 ESPND; 21000 208,000
20 Toronto FC New York City FC MLS 10/30/16, 7PM FS1; 195000 —; — 195,000
21 Atlético Madrid Málaga La Liga 10/29/16, 12:30PM —; — beIE; 186000 186,000
22 Spurs Leicester City EPL 10/29/16, 10AM CNBC; 179000 —; — 179,000
23 Chiapas Querétaro Liga MX 10/29/16, 6PM —; — UDN; 171000 171,000
24 Stoke City Swansea City EPL 10/31/16, 4PM NBCSN; 170000 —; — 170,000
25 Seattle Sounders FC Dallas MLS 10/30/16, 9:30PM FS1; 160000 —; — 160,000
26 Toluca Tijuana Liga MX 10/30/16, 1PM —; — UDN; 107000 107,000
27 Real Betis Espanyol La Liga 10/30/16, 1:30PM —; — beIE; 79000 79,000
28 Wolfsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga 10/29/16, 9:30AM —; — FOXD; 73000 73,000
29 Pachuca Atlas FC Liga MX 10/29/16, 8:06PM —; — NBC Universo; 67000 67,000
30 Borussia Dortmund Schalke 04 Bundesliga 10/29/16, 12:30PM FS2; 25000 FOXD; 37000 62,000
31 Athletic Bilbao Osasuna La Liga 10/30/16, 11:15AM —; — beIE; 60000 60,000
32 Köln Hamburg Bundesliga 10/30/16, 12:30PM FS1; 40000 FOXD; 12000 52,000
33 Sampdoria Inter Milan Serie A 10/30/16, 3:45PM beIN; 47000 —; — 47,000
34 Las Palmas Celta Vigo La Liga 10/30/16, 3:45PM —; — beIE; 45000 45,000
35 Deportivo Valencia La Liga 10/31/16, 3:45PM —; — beIE; 33000 33,000
36 Lille Paris Saint Germain Ligue 1 10/28/16, 2:45PM beIN; 29000 —; — 29,000
37 Leganes Real Sociedad La Liga 10/28/16, 2:45PM —; — beIE; 22000 22,000
38 Nacional Sporting Clube Primeira Liga 10/28/16, 4PM —; — UDN; 18000 18,000
39 Empoli Roma Serie A 10/30/16, 10AM beIN; 18000 —; — 18,000
40 Hoffenheim Hertha Berlin Bundesliga 10/30/16, 10:30AM FS2; 16000 —; — 16,000
41 Mönchengladbach Frankfurt Bundesliga 10/28/16, 2:30PM FS2; 14000 —; — 14,000
42 Augsburg Bayern Munich Bundesliga 10/29/16, 9:30AM FS2; 14000 —; — 14,000
43 Cagliari Palermo Serie A 10/31/16, 4PM beIN; 13000 —; — 13,000
44 Puerto Rico FC Carolina Railhawks NASL 10/29/16, 7:30PM beIN; 5000 —; — 5,000
45 Udinese Torino Serie A 10/31/16, 2PM beIN; 1000 —; — 1,000

2016 MLS TV averages:

League Overall ESPN ESPN2 ESPND FOX FS1 FOXD UniMás UDN
MLS 276,689 290,179 201,500 46,000 658,000 154,346 34,677 163,560 70,280
MLS Playoffs 255,000 209,000 124,000 44,500 — 187,333 — 211,750

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

HT SportsTVRatings