Most-watched soccer games on US TV for January 11-22, 2018

Last weekend three Liga MX matches have each drawn more than 1 million viewers for the first time on Univision’s networks. It all began Saturday night when 1.143 million witnessed Monterrey and Tijuana play to a 0-0 draw, followed by Chivas’ 3-1 victory over Necaxa, which was viewed by 1.308 million. Then the Sunday match between Club América and top-of-the-table Pumas was watched by another 1.172 million.

The Premier League has also seen a match break the 1 million viewer mark over the past couple of weeks. Liverpool’s January 14 win against Manchester City drew a combined 1.134 million viewers across NBCSN and Telemundo. Just one day earlier, NBC’s broadcast of Spurs/Everton had 889,000 average viewers with Manchester City and Newcastle attracting 890,000 to the network exactly one week later. Premier League matches on NBC are averaging 847,450 viewers thus far, down from 855,583 in the 2016-17 season.

FC Barcelona’s 5-0 second half demolition of Real Betis was watched by 414,000 viewers on beIN Sports en Español, while Real Madrid’s 7-1 defeat of Deportivo La Coruña was seen by 292,000 on the same network earlier in the day.

The United States Women’s National Team hosted Denmark for their opening match of 2018, defeating them 5-1 in front of 304,000 viewers on ESPN, a number greater than any USWNT friendly on cable in 2017.

Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for January 11-22, 2018:

Rank	Date	Competition	Teams	TV1	TV2	Total
1	1/20/18	Liga MX	Necaxa / Chivas	Univision; 1308000	—; —	1,308,000
2	1/21/18	Liga MX	Pumas / América	Univision; 1172000	—; —	1,172,000
3	1/20/18	Liga MX	Monterrey / Tijuana	Univision; 1143000	—; —	1,143,000
4	1/14/18	Premier League	Liverpool / Man City	NBCSN; 773000	Telemundo; 361000	1,134,000
5	1/20/18	Premier League	Man City / Newcastle	NBC; 890000	Unvso; 74000	964,000
6	1/13/18	Premier League	Spurs / Everton	NBC; 889000	Unvso; 70000	959,000
7	1/13/18	Liga MX	Chivas / Cruz Azul	Univision; 791000	—; —	791,000
8	1/20/18	Liga MX	Cruz Azul / León	—; —	UDN; 659000	659,000
9	1/21/18	Premier League	Southampton / Spurs	NBCSN; 428000	Telemundo; 208000	636,000
10	1/13/18	Liga MX	América / Pachuca	Univision; 605000	—; —	605,000
11	1/13/18	Premier League	Chelsea / Leicester City	NBCSN; 518000	Unvso; 50000	568,000
12	1/13/18	Liga MX	Tigres / Santos	Univision; 544000	UDN; —	544,000
13	1/14/18	Liga MX	Pumas / Atlas	Univision; 530000	UDN; —	530,000
14	1/20/18	Premier League	Burnley / Man Utd	NBCSN; 452000	Unvso; 56000	508,000
15	1/21/18	La Liga	Real Betis / Barcelona	—; —	beIE; 414000	414,000
16	1/14/18	Premier League	Bournemouth / Arsenal	NBCSN; 291000	Telemundo; 114000	405,000
17	1/15/18	Premier League	Man Utd / Stoke City	NBCSN; 329000	Unvso; 74000	403,000
18	1/19/18	Liga MX	Atlas / Toluca	—; —	UDN; 359000	359,000
19	1/21/18	Int’l Friendly (W)	USWNT / Denmark	ESPN; 304000	—; —	304,000
20	1/21/18	La Liga	Real Madrid / Deportivo La Coruña	—; —	beIE; 292000	292,000
21	1/20/18	Premier League	Brighton / Chelsea	NBCSN; 232000	Unvso; 56000	288,000
22	1/12/18	Liga MX	Tijuana / Necaxa	—; —	UDN; 282000	282,000
23	1/22/18	Premier League	Swansea / Liverpool	NBCSN; 251000	Unvso; 27000	278,000
24	1/14/18	Liga MX	Veracruz / Monterrey	—; —	UDN; 270000	270,000
25	1/19/18	Liga MX	Puebla / Veracruz	—; —	UDN; 269000	269,000
26	1/17/18	Copa Del Rey	Espanyol / Barcelona	—; —	beIE; 247000	247,000
27	1/21/18	Liga MX	Santos / Morelia	—; —	UDN; 237000	237,000
28	1/11/18	Copa Del Rey	Barcelona / Celta	—; —	beIE; 160000	160,000
29	1/12/18	Liga MX	Morelia / Puebla	—; —	UDN; 85000	85,000
30	1/13/18	Liga MX	Lobos / Querétaro	—; —	UDN; 58000	58,000