The latest edition of the Mexican Súper Clásico featuring the nation’s two largest clubs Chivas de Guadalajara and Club América drew 1.677 million viewers on the evening of Sunday, September 30. It ranks as the fifth most-watched club football match in the United States in 2018 with the two clubs’ meeting in March on top at 2.485 million viewers. The match was also down nearly 13% from both the 2016 and 2017 Apertura meetings between the clubs.
Univision is seeing great success with their coverage of the UEFA Champions League. Viewership of the group stage en Español is up 84% from last season’s coverage on FOX Deportes and ESPN Deportes. Univision’s coverage of Wednesday’s match between Tottenham Hotspur and FC Barcelona drew 662,000 viewers, down slightly from 672,000 viewers for Liverpool-PSG in matchweek 1.
Major League Soccer broadcasts on ESPN have seen a sharp decrease in viewership since the start of the NFL season. The league is averaging just 204,750 viewers since the start of September. The league was averaging 271,412 viewers on the network prior to the All-Star break early in August. FOX Sports 1 has seen a similar decline in viewership with just one match since the All-Star break averaging more than 200,000 viewers on the network.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for September 25-October 7, 2018:
Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | TV1 | Total |
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1 | 9/30 | Liga MX | América / Chivas | Univision: 1677000 | 1,677,000 |
2 | 10/6 | Liga MX | Chivas / Pumas | Univision: 1089000 | 1,089,000 |
3 | 10/7 | Premier League | Liverpool / Man City | NBCSN: 750000 / Telemundo: 293,000 | 1,043,000 |
4 | 10/6 | Liga MX | Tigres / Club América | Univision: 983000 | 983,000 |
5 | 10/3 | UEFA Champions League | Spurs / Barcelona | TNT: 272000 / Univision: 662000 | 934,000 |
6 | 10/6 | Premier League | Man Utd / Newcastle | NBC: 789000 / Universo: 59,000 | 848,000/td> |
7 | 9/29 | Premier League | Chelsea / Liverpool | NBCSN: 524000 / Telemundo: 263000 | 787,000 |
8 | 9/29 | Liga MX | Pachuca / Cruz Azul | Univision: 539000 / ESPND: 246000 | 785,000 |
9 | 10/2 | UEFA Champions League | CSKA Moskva / Real Madrid | Univision: 390000 / UDN: 185000 | 575,000 |
10 | 10/7 | Premier League | Southampton / Chelsea | NBCSN: 361000 / Telemundo: 128,000 | 489,000 |
11 | 9/30 | Liga MX | Pumas / Puebla | Univision: 455000 | 455,000 |
12 | 10/7 | Liga MX | Toluca / Pachuca | Univision: 402000 | 402,000 |
13 | 10/6 | Premier League | Spurs / Cardiff | NBCSN: 341000 / Universo: 44,000 | 385,000 |
14 | 10/2 | UEFA Champions League | Man Utd / Valencia | TNT: 234000 / UniMás: 115000 | 349,000 |
15 | 9/29 | MLS | Chicago Fire / Los Angeles FC | Univision: 283000 / UDN: 63000 | 346,000 |
16 | 9/29 | Premier League | West Ham / Man Utd | NBCSN: 287000 / Unvso: 47000 | 334,000 |
17 | 9/29 | Premier League | Man City / Brighton | NBCSN: 276000 / Unvso: 52000 | 328,000 |
18 | 9/29 | La Liga | Real Madrid / Atlético Madrid | beIN: 118000 / beIE: 205000 | 323,000 |
19 | 10/3 | UEFA Champions League | PSG / Crvena Zvezda | TNT: 128000 / UniMás: 163000 | 291,000 |
20 | 10/6 | Liga MX | Cruz Azul / Monterrey | UDN: 281000 | 281,000 |
21 | 10/7 | CONCACAF WWCQ | Panama / USWNT | FS1: 192000 / UDN: 85000 | 277,000 |
22 | 10/6 | MLS | Atlanta United / New England Revolution | Univision: 276000 | 276,000 |
23 | 9/30 | MLS | New York Red Bulls / Atlanta United | ESPN: 244000 / ESPND: 19000 | 263,000 |
24 | 9/29 | Liga MX | Querétaro / Tigres | ESPND: 76000 / UDN: 185000 | 261,000 |
25 | 9/28 | Liga MX | Atlas / Toluca | UDN: 244000 | 244,000 |
26 | 9/30 | Premier League | Cardiff / Burnley | NBCSN: 225000 | 225,000 |
27 | 10/5 | Liga MX | Veracruz / Necaxa | UDN: 213000 | 213,000 |
28 | 9/30 | Liga MX | Lobos / Morelia | UDN: 211000 | 211,000 |
29 | 10/6 | Liga MX | León / Morelia | UDN: 204000 | 204,000 |
30 | 10/7 | Premier League | Fulham / Arsenal | NBCSN: 170000 / Universo: 29,000 | 199,000 |
31 | 10/7 | Liga MX | Puebla / Lobos | UDN: 193000 | 193,000 |
32 | 9/29 | Liga MX | Necaxa / Santos | UDN: 189000 | 189,000 |
33 | 10/7 | MLS | DC United / Chicago Fire | ESPN: 175000 | 175,000 |
34 | 10/2 | UEFA Champions League | Hoffenheim / Man City | TNT: 143000 / Gala: 31000 | 174,000 |
35 | 10/5 | Liga MX | Santos / Atlas | UDN: 171000 | 171,000 |
36 | 9/28 | Liga MX | Veracruz / León | UDN: 146000 | 146,000 |
37 | 10/2 | UEFA Champions League | Juventus / Young Boys | UniMás: 140000 | 140,000 |
38 | 9/26 | US Open Cup Final | Houston Dynamo / Philadelphia Union | ESPN2: 136000 | 136,000 |
39 | 9/28 | Bundesliga | Hertha / Bayern | FS1: 69000 / UniMás: 65000 | 134,000 |
40 | 9/29 | Liga MX | Monterrey / Tijuana | FOXD: 134000 | 134,000 |
41 | 10/4 | CONCACAF WWCQ | USWNT / Mexico | UDN: 134000 | 134,000 |
42 | 9/30 | MLS | Sporting Kansas City / Real Salt Lake | FS1: 103000 / FOXD: 28000 | 131,000 |
43 | 10/4 | UEFA Europa League | Spartak Moskva / Villarreal | UniMás: 131000 | 131,000 |
44 | 9/26 | La Liga | Sevilla / Real Madrid | beIE: 127000 | 127,000 |
45 | 9/29 | La Liga | Barcelona / Bilbao | beIN: 30000 / beIE: 94000 | 124,000 |
46 | 10/6 | Bundesliga | Dortmund / Augsburg | UDN: 91000 | 91,000 |
47 | 9/30 | Bundesliga | Frankfurt / Hannover | FS1: 48000 / UDN: 41000 | 89,000 |
48 | 9/29 | Premier League | Huddersfield / Spurs | CNBC: 85000 | 85,000 |
49 | 9/25 | Bundesliga | Bayern / Augsburg | FS1: 74000 | 74,000 |
50 | 9/29 | Ligue 1 | Nice / PSG | beIN: 19000 / beIE: 55000 | 74,000 |
51 | 9/27 | CONCACAF League | Motagua / Tauro | UDN: 70000 | 70,000 |
52 | 9/27 | CONCACAF League | Árabe Unido / Herediano | UDN: 49000 | 49,000 |
53 | 9/29 | Acenso MX | FC Juarez / Zacatepec | ESPND: 49000 | 49,000 |
54 | 9/26 | La Liga | Leganes / Barcelona | beIE: 47000 | 47,000 |
55 | 9/30 | 2. Bundesliga | Hamburg / St. Pauli | FS1: 45000 | 45,000 |
56 | 10/2 | UEFA Champions League | Bayern / Ajax | Gala: 40000 | 40,000 |
57 | 10/4 | UEFA Europa League | Betis / Dudelange | UniMás: 33000 | 33,000 |
58 | 10/4 | UEFA Europa League | Standart Liège / Akhisar Belediyespor | UDN: 32000 | 32,000 |
59 | 9/27 | La Liga | Girona / Betis | beIE: 30000 | 30,000 |
60 | 9/29 | Bundesliga | Schalke / Mainz | FS2: 16000 / UDN: 13000 | 29,000 |
61 | 10/4 | UEFA Europa League | Milan / Piraeus | UDN: 23000 | 23,000 |
62 | 10/3 | UEFA Champions League | Lokomotiv Moskva / Schalke | Gala: 20000 | 20,000 |
63 | 10/7 | Bundesliga | Freiburg / Leverkusen | UDN: 19000 | 19,000 |
64 | 10/4 | UEFA Europa League | Qarabag / Arsenal | Gala: 18000 | 18,000 |
65 | 10/3 | UEFA Champions League | Atlético Madrid / Club Brugge | Gala: 13000 | 13,000 |
66 | 10/4 | UEFA Europa League | Frankfurt / Lazio | Gala: 13000 | 13,000 |
67 | 10/5 | Bundesliga | Bremen / Wolfsburg | UDN: 11000 | 11,000 |
68 | 10/4 | UEFA Europa League | Astana / Rennes | UDN: 9000 | 9,000 |
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