During the past two weeks, Mexico’s international friendlies again dominated the US airwaves, drawing over 2 million viewers each for their matches against Iceland and Croatia. These matches rank as the 2nd and 3rd most watched soccer matches on American television in 2018, just behind March 3rd’s Súper Clásico contested by Chivas de Guadalajara and Club América which drew nearly 2.5 million viewers.
Club América’s 2-1 victory over Cruz Azul in the most recent edition of el Clásico Joven was watched by 1.427 million Saturday on Univision ranking it the fifth most watched soccer match of 2018 so far.
The United States Men’s National Team’s 1-0 friendly victory of Paraguay drew a combined 925,000 viewers to FOX Sports 1, UniMás and Univision Deportes, placing it at #27 for viewership in 2018.
Los Angeles Galaxy’s 4-3 come from behind victory over Los Angeles FC was watched by 676,000 viewers on the FOX broadcast network and FOX Deportes making it the most-watched Major League Soccer game on FOX to date that was not connected to any NFL broadcast.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for March 24-April 1, 2018:
Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | TV1 | TV2 | Total |
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1 | 3/23/18 | Int’l Friendly | Mexico / Iceland | —; — | Univision; 2300000 | 2,300,000 |
2 | 3/27/18 | Int’l Friendly | Mexico / Croatia | FS1; 195000 | UniMás; 2053000 | 2,248,000 |
3 | 3/31/18 | Liga MX | América / Cruz Azul | Univision; 779000 | UDN; 648000 | 1,427,000 |
4 | 3/31/18 | Liga MX | Tigres / León | Univision; 574000 | UDN; 353000 | 927,000 |
5 | 3/27/18 | Int’l Friendly | USMNT / Paraguay | FS1; 337000 | UniMás; 588000 | 925,000 |
6 | 3/31/18 | Premier League | Everton / Man City | NBC; 686000 | Universo, 61000 | 747,000 |
7 | 4/1/18 | Premier League | Chelsea / Spurs | NBCSN; 499000 | Telemundo, 270000 | 769,000 |
8 | 3/31/18 | MLS | LA Galaxy / LAFC | FOX; 565000 | FOXD; 111000 | 676,000 |
9 | 3/31/18 | Premier League | Man Utd / Swansea | NBCSN; 420000 | Universo, 37000 | 457,000 |
10 | 4/1/18 | Liga MX | Pumas / Necaxa | Univision/UDN; 390000 | —; — | 390,000 |
11 | 3/30/18 | Liga MX | Morelia / Chivas | —; — | UDN; 386000 | 386,000 |
12 | 3/30/18 | Liga MX | Atlas / Santos | —; — | UDN; 362000 | 362,000 |
13 | 3/31/18 | Bundesliga | Bayern / Dortmund | FOX; 352000 | —; — | 352,000 |
14 | 3/31/18 | Premier League | Crystal Palace / Liverpool | NBCSN; 268000 | Universo, 41000 | 309,000 |
15 | 4/1/18 | Premier League | Arsenal / Stoke City | NBCSN; 258000 | Universo, 34000 | 292 |
16 | 3/31/18 | Liga MX | Lobos / Toluca | —; — | UDN; 252000 | 252,000 |
17 | 3/24/18 | Friendly | Tijuana / Club América | —; — | UDN; 226000 | 226,000 |
18 | 3/24/18 | MLS | FC Dallas / Portland Timbers | UniMás/UDN; 198000 | —; — | 198,000 |
19 | 4/1/18 | Liga MX | Veracruz / Tijuana | —; — | UDN; 180000 | 180,000 |
20 | 3/31/18 | MLS | Orlando City SC / New York RB | UniMás/UDN; 171000 | —; — | 171,000 |
21 | 3/31/18 | Liga MX | Pachuca / Monterrey | —; — | Gala; 159000 | 159,000 |
22 | 4/1/18 | Bundesliga | Bremen / Frankfurt | —; — | UDN; 31000 | 31,000 |
23 | 4/1/18 | Bundesliga | Mainz / Mönchengladbach | —; — | UDN; 25000 | 25,000 |
24 | 3/31/18 | Bundesliga | Hannover / Leipzig | —; — | UDN; 20000 | 20,000 |
SEE MORE: Access our archives of US TV ratings for soccer.
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