Premier League Championship Sunday viewership on the NBC network saw little change from last season as just 10,000 fewer people watched Arsenal defeat Everton. However, viewership was down 19% when compared to 2015’s final day match between Manchester United and Hull City.

Major League Soccer on ESPN saw a viewership increase of 11% this week as the Los Angeles Galaxy defeated expansion side Minnesota United 2-1. After ten matches, MLS is averaging 273,300 viewers on ESPN’s networks, with that number increasing to 286,000 when ESPN2’s three matches are excluded. The numbers are looking very similar when compared to ESPN’s first 10 games last season, which averaged 274,700 viewers.

The National Women’s Soccer League has posted at least 100,000 viewers on Lifetime for the second consecutive week bringing the league’s average viewership up to 90,500 viewers after six games. Last season the NWSL averaged only 88,500 viewers after 6 matches on FS1, including two semifinals and the final.

Finally, the Bundesliga on FOX managed to draw its second largest audience of the season as 395,000 tuned in for Bayern Munich’s final match of the season against SC Freiburg. FOX concluded the 2016-17 Bundesliga campaign averaging 327,714 viewers from seven matches available over the air. For comparison, NBC concluded their coverage of the Premier League averaging 855,583 viewers over 24 matches.

Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for May 15-21, 2017:

Average viewing audiences for soccer leagues on US TV:

Rank Date Competition Teams TV Viewership
1 5/21/17 Liga MX Liguilla Chivas / Toluca UniMás; 1442000 1,442,000
2 5/18/17 Liga MX Liguilla Tigres / Tijuana UDN; 924000 924,000
3 5/21/17 Premier League Arsenal / Everton NBC; 787000 787,000
4 5/18/17 Liga MX Liguilla Toluca / Chivas UDN; 659000 659,000
5 5/20/17 Bundesliga Bayern / Freiburg FOX; 395000 395,000
6 5/20/17 Ascenso MX Dorados / Lobos UDN; 390000 390,000
7 5/21/17 MLS Minnesota United / Los Angeles Galaxy ESPN; 331000 331,000
8 5/21/17 Premier League Liverpool / Middlesbrough NBCSN; 298000 298,000
9 5/21/17 La LIga Malaga / Real Madrid beIN; 207000 207,000
10 5/21/17 MLS Orlando City / New York City FS1/D; 189000 189,000
11 5/15/17 Premier League Chelsea / Watford NBCSN; 180000 180,000
12 5/16/17 Premier League Arsenal / Sunderland NBCSN; 173000 173,000
13 5/20/17 MLS DC United / Chicago Fire UniMás; 164000 164,000
14 5/17/17 Premier League Southampton / Man Utd NBCSN; 155000 155,000
15 5/21/17 Premier League Chelsea / Sunderland SyFy; 136000 136,000
16 5/21/17 Premier League Watford / Man City USA/Unvso; 115000 115,000
17 5/21/17 Premier League Man Utd / Crystal Palace CNBC; 102000 102,000
18 5/20/17 NWSL Sky Blue / Dash Lifetime; 100000 100,000
19 5/21/17 Premier League Burnley / West Ham Oxygen; 37000 37,000
20 5/21/17 Premier League Swansea City / West Brom Esquire; 1000 1,000

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

HT Show Buzz Daily