Liga MX returned to the top of the most-viewed soccer on US TV charts this week by drawing more than 1 million viewers in three consecutive windows. Starting on Saturday March 18 at 9pm ET with 1.083 million watching a Liga MX match on Univision’s networks, the viewing figure grew to 1.232 million for the match kicking off at 11pm ET. On Sunday afternoon, an additional 1.028 million tuned in to watch Pumas host América. Through ten matches, Liga MX is averaging 806,923 viewers, up from 672,071 through the first 10 matches of the 2016 Clausura.
Meanwhile, the Premier League returned to the over-the-air NBC network on Sunday as Manchester City and Liverpool played to an exciting 1-1 draw in front of 1.022 million American viewers. It was the first Premier League match to average more than 1 million viewers since Manchester City hosted Spurs on January 21, nearly two months prior, and the third to do so in 2017.
FOX Sports were the only participants in this week’s MLS Soccer Sunday broadcasts, attracting 223,000 viewers for the Seattle Sounders’ home opener against the New York Red Bulls. Viewership was up from 205,000 last season when Sporting Kansas City hosted Toronto FC on FOX Sports’ networks.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for March 13-19, 2017:
| Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | TV1 | TV2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3/18/17 | Liga MX | Chivas / Veracruz | Univision; 771000 | UDN; 398000 | 1,169,000 |
| 2 | 3/19/17 | Liga MX | Pumas / América | Univision; 714000 | UDN; 314000 | 1,028,000 |
| 3 | 3/19/17 | Premier League | Man City / Liverpool | NBC; 1022000 | —; — | 1,022,000 |
| 4 | 3/18/17 | Liga MX | León / Toluca | Univision; 660000 | UDN; 307000 | 967,000 |
| 5 | 3/19/17 | La Liga | Barcelona / Valencia | beIN; 112000 | beIE; 506000 | 618,000 |
| 6 | 3/18/17 | Premier League | Stoke City / Chelsea | NBCSN; 519000 | Unvso; 30000 | 549,000 |
| 7 | 3/19/17 | Premier League | Spurs / Southampton | NBCSN; 478000 | —; — | 478,000 |
| 8 | 3/14/17 | UEFA CL Round of 16 | Leicester City / Sevilla | FS1; 326000 | FOXD; 124000 | 450,000 |
| 9 | 3/18/17 | Premier League | West Brom / Arsenal | NBCSN; 392000 | Unvso; 27000 | 419,000 |
| 10 | 3/13/17 | FA Cup | Chelsea / Man Utd | FS1; 316000 | FOXD; 101000 | 417,000 |
| 11 | 3/15/17 | Copa MX | Chivas / Juarez | —; — | UDN; 380000 | 380,000 |
| 12 | 3/18/17 | Liga MX | Cruz Azul / Tigres | —; — | UDN; 362000 | 362,000 |
| 13 | 3/18/17 | La Liga | Athletic / Real Madrid | beIN; 97000 | beIE; 264000 | 361,000 |
| 14 | 3/19/17 | Premier League | Middlesbrough / Man Utd | NBCSN; 300000 | Unvso; 25000 | 325,000 |
| 15 | 3/14/17 | Copa MX | Santos / Cruz Azul | —; — | UDN; 300000 | 300,000 |
| 16 | 3/19/17 | Liga MX | Puebla / Morelia | —; — | UDN; 293000 | 293,000 |
| 17 | 3/15/17 | UEFA CL Round of 16 | Monaco / Man City | FS1; 291000 | —; — | 291,000 |
| 18 | 3/18/17 | Premier League | Bournemouth / Swansea City | NBCSN; 279000 | —; — | 279,000 |
| 19 | 3/18/17 | MLS | Atlanta United / Chicago Fire | UniMás; 153000 | UDN; 79000 | 232,000 |
| 20 | 3/19/17 | MLS | Seattle Sounders / New York Red Bulls | FS1; 184000 | FOXD; 39000 | 223,000 |
| 21 | 3/15/17 | UEFA CL Round of 16 | Atletico Madrid / Leverkusen | FS2; 38000 | FOXD; 169000 | 207,000 |
| 22 | 3/15/17 | CONCACAF CL | Dallas / Pachuca | —; — | UDN; 206000 | 206,000 |
| 23 | 3/14/17 | Copa MX | Tijuana / Morelia | —; — | UDN; 203000 | 203,000 |
| 24 | 3/16/17 | UEFA EL Round of 16 | Man Utd / Rostov | FS1; 190000 | —; — | 190,000 |
| 25 | 3/14/17 | CONCACAF CL | Tigres / Vancouver | —; — | Gala; 144000 | 144,000 |
| 26 | 3/18/17 | Bundesliga | Hoffenheim / Leverkusen | FS1; 77000 | FOXD; 52000 | 129,000 |
| 27 | 3/18/17 | La Liga | Alavés / Sociedad | —; — | beIE; 117000 | 117,000 |
| 28 | 3/19/17 | La Liga | Atlético Madrid / Sevilla | —; — | beIE; 117000 | 117,000 |
| 29 | 3/18/17 | Liga MX | Monterrey / Atlas | —; — | Gala; 116000 | 116,000 |
| 30 | 3/19/17 | La Liga | Deportivo / Celta Vigo | —; — | beIE; 108000 | 108,000 |
| 31 | 3/15/17 | Copa MX | Monterrey / Puebla | —; — | Gala; 85000 | 85,000 |
| 32 | 3/18/17 | La Liga | Betis / Osasuna | —; — | beIE; 78000 | 78,000 |
| 33 | 3/19/17 | Bundesliga | Mainz / Schalke | FS1; 56000 | FOXD; 11000 | 67,000 |
| 34 | 3/16/17 | UEFA EL Round of 16 | Besiktas / Olympiakos | FS1; 64000 | —; — | 64,000 |
| 35 | 3/18/17 | Liga MX | Necaxa / Jaguares | —; — | Gala; 63000 | 63,000 |
| 36 | 3/18/17 | Serie A | Torino / Inter | beIN; 53000 | —; — | 53,000 |
| 37 | 3/17/17 | La Liga | Las Palmas / Villarreal | —; — | beIE; 45000 | 45,000 |
| 38 | 3/14/17 | UEFA CL Round of 16 | Juventus / Porto | FS2; 36000 | —; — | 36,000 |
| 39 | 3/17/17 | Bundesliga | Dortmund / Ingolstadt | FS2; 25000 | —; — | 25,000 |
| 40 | 3/18/17 | Premier League | Everton / Hull City | CNBC; 23000 | —; — | 23,000 |
| 41 | 3/18/17 | Bundesliga | Frankfurt / Hamburg | —; — | FOXD; 23000 | 23,000 |
| 42 | 3/16/17 | UEFA EL Round of 16 | Krasnodar / Celta Vigo | FS2; 19000 | —; — | 19,000 |
| 43 | 3/18/17 | Serie A | Milan / Genoa | beIN; 19000 | —; — | 19,000 |
| 44 | 3/16/17 | UEFA EL Round of 16 | Roma / Lyon | FS2; 16000 | —; — | 16,000 |
| 45 | 3/19/17 | Serie A | Sampdoria / Juventus | beIN; 14000 | —; — | 14,000 |
| 46 | 3/13/17 | Serie A | Lazio / Torinno | beIN; 10000 | —; — | 10,000 |
| 47 | 3/13/17 | La Liga | Osasuna / Eibar | —; — | beIE; 9000 | 9,000 |
| 48 | 3/17/17 | EFL Championship | Bristol / Huddersfield | beIN; 7000 | —; — | 7,000 |
| 49 | 3/18/17 | EFL Championship | Nottingham Forrest / Derby | beIN; 7000 | —; — | 7,000 |
Average viewing audiences for soccer leagues on US TV:
| League | Average |
|---|---|
| Liga MX | 806,923 |
| Premier League | 462,954 |
| UEFA CL | 430,955 |
| MLS | 291,800 |
| La Liga | 153,327 |
| NWSL | 88,500 |
| Bundesliga | 74,491 |
| Primeira Liga | 36,000 |
| Serie A | 25,764 |
| Ligue 1 | 16,636 |
| Championship | 15,425 |
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