Most-watched soccer games on US TV for April 2-8, 2019

Bundesliga’s Bayern Munich-Dortmund broadcast on the over-the-air FOX network averaged 470,000 viewers last Saturday afternoon, up 33% from last year’s match, which also aired on FOX. It was FOX’s most-watched live television broadcast of a Bundesliga match since their current broadcast agreement began in 2015. An additional 105,000 viewers tuned into FOX Deportes’ Spanish-language broadcast of the match.

Also on FOX and airing immediately after the conclusion of Bayern-Borussia Dortmund, DC United and Los Angeles FC played before a network television audience of 341,000. This was a 40% drop in viewership compared to last season’s MLS portion of FOX’s Bundesliga/MLS doubleheader which averaged 565,000 viewers on FOX. Over on ESPN, FC Cincinnati and Sporting Kansas City played to a 1-1 draw that produced a 22,000-viewer improvement over last week’s ESPN2 broadcast. MLS’ first 12 English-language broadcasts of the 2019 season are averaging 245,667 viewers.

So far this season, the viewing average for MLS games on the following broadcast channels is as follows:

• ESPN: 313,500
• FOX Sports: 288,200
• Univision Deportes: 258,176

FOX Deportes saw its second largest audience for a Liga MX match this year for its Saturday evening broadcast as 331,000 tuned in to see Club Tijuana defeat Club América. The most-viewed Liga MX match on FOX Deportes in 2019 also featured Club América, then taking on CF Monterrey to an US audience of 370,000.

Rank	Date	Competition	Teams	TV1	Total
1	4/6	Liga MX Clausura	Tigres / Pumas	Univision: 977000	977,000
2	4/6	Liga MX Clausura	Chivas / Lobos	Univision: 892000	892,000
3	4/6	Bundesliga	Bayern / Dortmund	FOX: 470000 / FOXD: 105000	575,000
4	4/7	Premier League	Everton / Arsenal	NBCSN: 381000, Telemundo: 158000	539,000
5	4/7	Int’l Friendly (W)	USWNT / Belgium	ESPN2: 439000	439,000
6	4/6	Premier League	Newcastle / Crystal Palace	NBCSN: 325000, Universo: 33000	358,000
7	4/6	MLS	DC United / Los Angeles FC	FOX: 341000	341,000
8	4/6	Liga MX Clausura	Tijuana / Club América	FOXD: 331000	331,000
9	4/4	CCL Semi-Final	Monterrey / Sporting Kansas City	UDN: 298000	298,000
10	4/5	Liga MX Clausura	Puebla / Morelia	UDN: 296000	296,000
11	4/6	Liga MX Clausura	Cruz Azul / Querétaro	UDN: 294000	294,000
12	4/3	CCL Semi-Final	Tigres / Santos	UDN: 263000	263,000
13	4/5	Premier League	Southampton / Liverpool	NBCSN: 231000, Universo: 26000	257,000
14	4/8	Premier League	Chelsea / West Ham	NBCSN: 220000, Universo: 22000	242,000
15	4/7	MLS	FC Cincinnati / Sporting KC	ESPN: 239000	239,000
16	4/2	Premier League	Wolves / Man Utd	NBCSN: 211000	211,000
17	4/7	Liga MX Clausura	Santos / Pachuca	UDN: 209000	209,000
18	4/4	Int’l Friendly (W)	USWNT / Australia	FS1: 205000	205,000
19	4/5	Liga MX Clausura	Veracruz / Atlas	UDN: 190000	190,000
20	4/3	Premier League	Spurs / Crystal Palace	NBCSN: 181000	181,000
21	4/3	LaLiga	Barcelona / Atleti	beIN SPORTS: 146000	146,000
22	4/8	Liga MX Femenil	Toluca / Pumas	UDN: 80000	80,000
23	4/5	Bundesliga	Mainz / Freiburg	UDN: 32000	32,000
24	4/6	Bundesliga	Schalke / Frankfurt	UDN: 25000	25,000
25	4/6	Liga MX Femenil	Club América / Veracruz	UDN: 22000	22,000
26	4/7	Bundesliga	Augsburg / Hoffenheim	UDN: 11000	11,000