Most-watched soccer games on US TV for April 25-29, 2018

Last week’s CONCACAF Champions League Final 2nd Leg attracted 1.525 million viewers, making it the third most-watched club soccer match in the United States in 2018 behind March’s SuperClásico on Univision and April’s Manchester Derby on NBC and Telemundo. The two-legged series averaged 1.155 million viewers.

Last Sunday’s MLS broadcast on ESPN featuring the Colorado Rapids and Orlando City was the network’s least-watched MLS match since October 2016 and the third least-watched since ESPN began its most recent broadcast deal with the league that same year. At just 173,000 viewers, this also represents the rare occasion where a match on FS1 beat an ESPN broadcast on the same weekend as LAFC’s home opener later that night, which drew 248,000 viewers.

UniMás also saw weak numbers for its MLS telecast last weekend with just 148,000 people tuning in to watch Saturday’s contest between the Philadelphia Union and DC United. It was Univision’s least-watched telecast of the season thus far.

Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for April 25-29, 2018:

Rank	Date	Competition	Teams	TV1	TV2	Total
1	4/25/18	CONCACAF CL	Chivas / Toronto FC	UniMás/UDN; 1525000	—; —	1,525,000
2	4/28/18	Liga MX	Club América / Santos	Univision; 661000	UDN; 423000	1,084,000
3	4/28/18	Liga MX	Tigres / Monterrey	Univision; 540000	UDN; 405000	945,000
4	4/29/18	Premier League	Man Utd / Arsenal	NBCSN; 646000	Telemundo; 192000	838,000
5	4/28/18	Premier League	Swansea / Chelsea	NBC; 672000	Universo; 14,000	686,000
6	4/29/18	Liga MX	Pumas / Querétaro	Univision; 505000	—; —	505,000
7	4/29/18	Premier League	West Ham / Man City	NBCSN; 338000	Universo; 42,000	380,000
8	4/27/18	Liga MX	Tijuana / Toluca	—; —	UDN; 342000	342,000
9	4/28/18	Premier League	Liverpool / Stoke City	NBCSN; 249000	Universo; 64,000	313,000
10	4/27/18	Liga MX	Morelia / Necaxa	—; —	UDN; 283000	283,000
11	4/28/18	Premier League	Southampton / Bournmouth	NBCSN; 261000	—; —	261,000
12	4/29/18	MLS	LAFC / Seattle Sounders	FS1; 248000	—; —	248,000
13	4/28/18	Liga MX	Lobos / Puebla	—; —	UDN; 218000	218,000
14	4/28/18	Liga MX	Chivas / Santos	—; —	Gala; 182000	182,000
15	4/29/18	Liga MX	Veracruz / Cruz Azul	—; —	UDN; 178000	178,000
16	4/29/18	MLS	Colorado Rapids / Orlando City SC	ESPN; 173000	—; —	173,000
17	4/28/18	MLS	Philadelphia Union / DC United	UniMás; 148000	—; —	148,000
18	4/28/18	Liga MX	Pachuca / Atlas	—; —	Gala; 67000	67,000