Univision’s Major League Soccer coverage saw a steep drop in viewership last weekend when compared to the first two broadcasts of the 2018 season. Saturday afternoon’s match between New York City FC and Orlando City SC was watched by only 239,000 viewers, down from 456,000 and 429,000 for Univision’s previous two broadcasts.
English Soccer also experienced a large drop in viewership as Manchester United, Spurs and Chelsea all had their weekend matches played on FOX Sports’ networks where Manchester United and Chelsea’s FA Cup Quarter-Final matches each drew 170,000 viewers on FOX Sports 2.
Chivas de Guadalajara’s 3-0 home victory over Seattle Sounders on Wednesday, March 14 drew 745,000 viewers on Univision Deportes providing the network with its most-watched CONCACAF Champions League match since at least 2016. Overall, the CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final matches averaged 395,000 viewers on Univision Deportes.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for March 14-18, 2018:
Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | TV1 | TV2 | Total |
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1 | 3/17/18 | Liga MX | León / Lobos | Univision; 914000 | —; — | 914,000 |
2 | 3/17/18 | Liga MX | Chivas / Tigres | Univision; 866000 | —; — | 866,000 |
3 | 3/17/18 | Liga MX | Cruz Azul / Pumas | UniMás; 760000 | —; — | 760,000 |
4 | 3/14/18 | CONCACAF CL | Chivas / Seattle Sounders | —; — | UDN; 745000 | 745,000 |
5 | 3/17/18 | Liga MX | Club América / Toluca | —; — | UDN; 608000 | 608,000 |
6 | 3/16/18 | Liga MX | Tijuana / Morelia | —; — | UDN; 414000 | 414,000 |
7 | 3/14/18 | UEFA CL R16 | Barcelona / Chelsea | FS1; 394000 | —; — | 394,000 |
8 | 3/14/18 | CONCACAF CL | Tauro / América | —; — | UDN; 377000 | 377,000 |
9 | 3/17/18 | Premier League | Liverpool / Watford | NBCSN; 294000 | Unvso; 52000 | 346,000 |
10 | 3/16/18 | Liga MX | Puebla / Santos | —; — | UDN; 333000 | 333,000 |
11 | 3/18/18 | Liga MX | Veracruz / Atlas | —; — | UDN; 259000 | 259,000 |
12 | 3/17/18 | Premier League | Huddersfield / Crystal Palace | NBCSN; 256000 | —; — | 256,000 |
13 | 3/17/18 | MLS | New York City FC / Orlando City SC | Univision; 239000 | —; — | 239,000 |
14 | 3/17/18 | FA Cup | Man Utd / Brighton | FS2; 170000 | —; — | 170,000 |
15 | 3/17/18 | FA Cup | Swansea / Spurs | FS1; 166000 | —; — | 166,000 |
16 | 3/18/18 | Bundesliga | Leipzig / München | —; — | UDN; 158000 | 158,000 |
17 | 3/14/18 | SuperCopa Argentina | Boca Jrs / River Plate | —; — | FOXD; 149000 | 149,000 |
18 | 3/17/18 | Liga MX | Monterrey / Querétaro | —; — | Gala; 148000 | 148,000 |
19 | 3/18/18 | Bundesliga | Köln / Leverkusen | —; — | UDN; 39000 | 39,000 |
20 | 3/17/18 | Bundesliga | Frankfurt / Mainz | —; — | UDN; 34000 | 34,000 |
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