Most-watched soccer games on US TV for June 28-July 2, 2017

A total of 3 million viewers watched Germany lift their first ever Confederations Cup title as they defeated Chile 1-0 Sunday afternoon. Just a few hours earlier, Portugal defeated Mexico in the third-place match before an audience of nearly 1.2 million Americans. Throughout the tournament, Telemundo averaged 1.2 million viewers, up 47% from the 2009 edition on Univision, which saw matches aired at similar times. The Mexican National team ended the tournament averaging 2.3 million total viewers across their five games.

This past week also saw the United States and a second Mexican squad face Ghana in preparation for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, with Mexico’s match 1.293 million viewers on UniMás and the United States drawing a total of 1.155 million viewers across both ESPN and UniMás.

Domestically, Saturday’s NWSL matchup between the North Carolina Courage and Sky Blue FC struggled with only 49,000 viewers on Lifetime. This was likely due to half of the game being played during the previously mentioned friendly involving the United States and Ghana. Even so, the league has averaged 91,818 viewers through 11 matches and viewership will be expected to return to normal on Saturday as the North Carolina Courage host Seattle Reign FC.

Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for June 28-July 2, 2017:

Average viewing audiences for soccer leagues on US TV:

Rank	Date	Competition	Teams	TV1	TV2	Total
1	7/2/17	Confederations Cup	Germany / Chile	FS1; 800000	Telemundo; 2200000	3,000,000
2	6/29/17	Confederations Cup	Mexico / Germany	FS2; 262000	Telemundo; 2200000	2,462,000
3	6/28/17	Confederations Cup	Portugal / Chile	FS1; 498000	Telemundo; 1300000	1,798,000
4	6/28/17	Int’l Friendly	Mexico / Paraguay	FS1; 80000	Univision; 1336000	1,416,000
5	6/28/17	Int’l Friendly	Mexico / Ghana	UniMás; 854000	UDN; 439000	1,293,000
6	7/2/17	Confederations Cup	Mexico / Portugal	FS1; 267000	Telemundo; 920000	1,187,000
7	6/28/17	Int’l Friendly	USMNT / Ghana	ESPN; 748000	UniMás; 407000	1,155,000
8	7/1/17	MLS	Earthquakes / Galaxy	Univision; 360000	UDN; 144000	504,000
9	7/1/17	MLS	Kansas City / Timbers	ESPN; 374000	—; —	374,000
10	6/28/17	US Open Cup	FC Cincinnati / Chicago Fire	ESPN; 300000	—; —	300,000
11	6/30/17	MLS	Real Salt Lake / Orlando City	ESPN; 298000	—; —	298,000
12	7/2/17	MLS	Union / Revolution	FS1; 138000	FOXD; 19000	157,000
13	7/2/17	Friendly	Cruz Azul / Monterrey	—; —	UDN; 67000	67,000
14	7/1/17	NWSL	Courage / Sky Blue	Lifetime; 49000	—; —	49,000

Average MLS viewing audiences on US TV:

Domestic League Averages
League	Overall*	ESPN	ESPN2	FOX	FS1
2017 MLS	252,157 (36)	298,333 (12)	256,750 (4)	428,333 (3)	179,600** (16)
2016 MLS	257,683 (63)	290,179 (28)	201,500 (4)	658,000 (5)	154,346 (26)
2017 NWSL	91,818 (11)

	*English-Only
	**One game missing