Liga MX had two matches surpass 1 million viewers for the sixth time in 2017 as 1.077 million watched Tigres and Morelia play to a 1-1 draw last weekend. Following that, Club América defeated Cruz Azul 2-0 in front of 1.675 million viewers, the third largest audience for a Liga MX match this season and the sixth to average more than 1.5 million.
Univision has now seen at least two matches per weekend average greater than 1 million viewers for the sixth time in 2017, through eight rounds of play.
The EFL Cup final on beIN SPORTS, contested by Southampton and Manchester United, was watched by 226,000 viewers on Sunday, an 18% drop in viewership from last season when Manchester City lifted the trophy. The number was also lower than all NBCSN’s Premier League matches. Over on beIN SPORTS en Español, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona kicked off an hour prior to the EFL Cup final. That match averaged 519,000 viewers.
UEFA Champions League first leg games averaged 457,000 viewers per day on FOX Sports Networks. Viewership peaked on February 14 as 557,000 watched Barcelona’s shock 4-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. In the Europa League, only Manchester United’s matches against Saint-Étienne managed to draw audiences larger than 100,000 viewers.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for February 21-26, 2017:
Rank | Home | Away | Competition | Date | TV1 | TV2 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | América | Cruz Azul | Liga MX | 2/25/17 | Univision; 1012000 | UDN; 663000 | 1,675,000 |
2 | Tigres | Morelia | Liga MX | 2/25/17 | Univision; 633000 | UDN; 444000 | 1,077,000 |
3 | Villarreal | Real Madrid | La Liga | 2/26/17 | beIN; 151000 | beIE; 461000 | 612,000 |
4 | Toluca | Puebla | Liga MX | 2/26/17 | Univision; 433000 | UDN; 162000 | 595,000 |
5 | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | La Liga | 2/26/17 | —; — | beIE; 519000 | 519,000 |
6 | Chiapas | Chivas | Liga MX | 2/26/17 | —; — | UDN; 491000 | 491,000 |
7 | Chelsea | Swansea City | Premier League | 2/25/17 | NBCSN; 422000 | Unvso; 52000 | 474,000 |
8 | Man City | Monaco | UEFA Champions League | 2/21/17 | FS1; 262000 | FOXD; 111000 | 373,000 |
9 | Spurs | Stoke | Premier League | 2/26/17 | NBCSN; 354000 | —; — | 354,000 |
10 | Querétaro | Pumas | Liga MX | 2/25/17 | —; — | UDN; 305000 | 305,000 |
11 | Tigres | Pumas | CONCACAF CL | 2/22/17 | —; — | UDN; 274000 | 274,000 |
12 | Southampton | Man Utd | EFL Cup | 2/26/17 | beIN; 226000 | —; — | 226,000 |
13 | Porto | Juventus | UEFA Champions League | 2/22/17 | FS2; 66000 | FOXD; 129000 | 195,000 |
14 | Sevilla | Leicester City | UEFA Champions League | 2/22/17 | FS1; 191000 | —; — | 191,000 |
15 | Saprissa | Pachuca | CONCACAF CL | 2/21/17 | —; — | UDN; 160000 | 160,000 |
16 | Valencia | Real Madrid | La Liga | 2/22/17 | beIN; 44000 | beIE; 108000 | 152,000 |
17 | Mexico | Honduras | NA U20 Champ | 2/23/17 | —; — | UDN; 144000 | 144,000 |
18 | Saint-Étienne | Man Utd | UEFA Europa League | 2/22/17 | FS1; 124000 | —; — | 124,000 |
19 | Leverkusen | Mainz | Bundesliga | 2/25/17 | —; — | FOXD; 109000 | 109,000 |
20 | FC Dallas | Arabe Unido | CONCACAF CL | 2/23/17 | —; — | UDN; 93000 | 93,000 |
21 | NY Red Bulls | Whitecaps | CONCACAF CL | 2/22/17 | —; — | UDN; 87000 | 87,000 |
23 | Leganés | Deportivo | La Liga | 2/25/17 | —; — | beIE; 67000 | 67,000 |
22 | Middlesbrough | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 2/25/17 | CNBC; 67000 | —; — | 67,000 |
24 | Mexico | Trinidad | NA Beach Soccer | 2/24/17 | —; — | UDN; 65000 | 65,000 |
25 | Betis | Sevilla | La Liga | 2/25/17 | —; — | beIE; 65000 | 65,000 |
26 | USA | St. Kitts and Nevis | NA U20 Champ | 2/24/17 | —; — | UDN; 61000 | 61,000 |
27 | USA | Haiti | NA U20 Champ | 2/21/17 | —; — | UDN; 58000 | 58,000 |
28 | Spurs | Gent | UEFA Europa League | 2/23/17 | FS2; 58000 | —; — | 58,000 |
29 | Pachuca | Veracruz | Liga MX | 2/25/17 | —; — | Unvso; 54000 | 54,000 |
30 | Leverkusen | Atletico Madrid | UEFA Champions League | 2/21/17 | FS2; 49000 | —; — | 49,000 |
31 | Schalke | Hoffenheim | Bundesliga | 2/26/17 | FS2; 48000 | —; — | 48,000 |
32 | Eibar | Málaga | La Liga | 2/25/17 | —; — | beIE; 45000 | 45,000 |
33 | Ingolstadt | Mönchengladbach | Bundesliga | 2/26/17 | FS2; 29000 | FOXD; 14000 | 43,000 |
34 | Las Palmas | Real Sociedad | La Liga | 2/24/17 | beIN; 12000 | beIE; 27000 | 39,000 |
35 | Bayern | Hamburg | Bundesliga | 2/25/17 | FS2; 35000 | —; — | 35,000 |
36 | Wolfsburg | Bremen | Bundesliga | 2/24/17 | FS2; 29000 | —; — | 29,000 |
37 | Mexico | Barbados | NA Beach Soccer | 2/23/17 | —; — | UDN; 28000 | 28,000 |
38 | Juventus | Empoli | Serie A | 2/25/17 | beIN; 25000 | —; — | 25,000 |
39 | Panama | El Salvador | NA Beach Soccer | 2/22/17 | —; — | UDN; 23000 | 23,000 |
40 | APOEL | Bilbao | UEFA Europa League | 2/23/17 | FS2; 21000 | —; — | 21,000 |
41 | Sassuolo | Milan | Serie A | 2/26/17 | beIN; 17000 | —; — | 17,000 |
43 | Panama | Haiti | NA U20 Champ | 2/24/17 | —; — | UDN; 15000 | 15,000 |
42 | Osmanlıspor | Olympiakos | UEFA Europa League | 2/23/17 | FS2; 15000 | —; — | 15,000 |
44 | Antigua and Barbuda | USA | NA Beach Soccer | 2/22/17 | —; — | UDN; 13000 | 13,000 |
45 | El Salvador | Turks and Caicos | NA Beach Soccer | 2/21/17 | —; — | UDN; 12000 | 12,000 |
46 | Schalke | PAOK | UEFA Europa League | 2/22/17 | FS2; 9000 | —; — | 9,000 |
47 | Hertha Berlin | Frankfurt | Bundesliga | 2/25/17 | FS2; 7000 | —; — | 7,000 |
48 | Costa Rica | Panama | NA Beach Soccer | 2/21/17 | —; — | UDN; 5000 | 5,000 |
Average viewing audiences for soccer leagues on US TV:
League | Average |
---|---|
Liga MX | 799,214 |
Premier League | 467,947 |
MLS | 292,365 |
La Liga | 149,854 |
NWSL | 88,500 |
Bundesliga | 76,320 |
Primeira Liga | 36,935 |
Serie A | 25,923 |
Championship | 16,028 |
Ligue 1 | 16,000 |
NASL | 7,000 |
200+ Channels With Sports & News
- Starting price: $33/mo. for fubo Latino Package
- Watch Premier League, Women’s World Cup, Euro 2024 & Gold Cup
The New Home of MLS
- Price: $14.99/mo. for MLS Season Pass
- Watch every MLS game including playoffs & Leagues Cup
Many Sports & ESPN Originals
- Price: $10.99/mo. (or get ESPN+, Hulu & Disney+ for $14.99/mo.)
- Features Bundesliga, LaLiga, Championship, & FA Cup
2,000+ soccer games per year
- Price: $5.99/mo
- Features Champions League, Serie A, Europa League & Brasileirāo
175 Premier League Games & PL TV
- Starting price: $5.99/mo. for Peacock Premium
- Watch 175 exclusive EPL games per season