TV Ratings

Most-watched soccer games on US TV for March 10-15, 2020

Atlético Madrid’s extra time victory over Liverpool in the second Leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 averaged a combined 980,000 viewers across TNT and Univision’s networks, making it the most-watched Champions League match on American television since the 2019 final. Overall, viewership for the round was down 18% on English-language television, and down 5% from FS1’s final year of coverage in 2018. On the Spanish-language side, Univision’s networks averaged 395,167, also down about 18% from 2019.

Univision’s coverage of the first legs of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals averaged 333,000 average viewers, peaking at 522,000 for Atlanta United’s match in Mexico City against Club América. This is an 82% increase in viewership from the 2019 quarterfinals, which averaged 182,000 viewers, peaking at just 222,000.

Liga MX’s final weekend of broadcasts prior to the league’s suspension due to the coronavirus saw a slight drop in viewership on Univision and UniMás from both networks’ average in 2020, with the four free-to-air matches averaging 747,000 viewers, about 9% below the average through early March. Viewership numbers for the Chivas-Monterey game on CBS Sports, ESPN Deportes, FOX Deportes and fubo Sports Network were not available.

Rank Date Competition Teams Network Total
1 3/15 Liga MX Clausura América / Cruz Azul UniMás: 1100000 1,100,000
2 3/14 Liga MX Clausura León / Pumas TUDN: 1000000 1,000,000
3 3/11 UEFA Champions League Liverpool / Atlético Madrid TNT: 469000 / UniMás: 511000 980,000
4 3/11 CONCACAF Champions League América / Atlanta United TUDN: 522000 522,000
5 3/15 Liga MX Clausura Toluca / Atlas Univision: 473000 473,000
6 3/10 UEFA Champions League RB Leipzig / Spurs TNT: 236000 / UniMás: 228000 464,000
7 3/14 Liga MX Clausura Chivas / Monterrey Univision: 415000 415,000
8 3/11 CONCACAF Champions League New York City FC / Tigres TUDN: 323000 323,000
9 3/13 Liga MX Clausura Morelia / Querétaro TUDN: 234000 234,000
10 3/10 CONCACAF Champions League Montreal Impact / Olimpia TUDN: 154000 154,000
11 3/11 UEFA Champions League PSG / Dortmund Galavision: 59000 59,000
12 3/12 UEFA Europa League Olympiakos Piraeus / Wolves UniMás: 50000 50,000
13 3/10 Copa Libertadores Boca Juniors / Independiente Medellin beIN SPORTS: 4027 / beIN Español: 33395 37,422
14 3/10 UEFA Champions League Valencia / Atalanta Galavision: 33000 33,000
15 3/12 UEFA Europa League LASK Linz / Man Utd UniMás: 29000 29,000
16 3/11 Copa Libertadores Sao Paulo / LDU Quito beIN Español: 22752 22,752
17 3/12 Copa Libertadores Racing Club / Alianza Lima beIN SPORTS: 1496 / beIN Español: 17429 18,925
18 3/12 UEFA Europa League Frankfurt / Basel Galavision: 16000 16,000
19 3/15 Turkish Super League Galatsaray / Besiktas beIN SPORTS: 6249 / beIN Español: 9157 15,406
20 3/10 Copa Libertadores Universidad Catolica / America de Cali beIN Español: 15158 15,158
21 3/12 Copa Libertadores Gremio / SC Internacional beIN SPORTS: 4687 / beIN Español: 7561 12,248
22 3/12 Copa Libertadores Nacional de Potosi / Est de Merida beIN SPORTS: 2146 / beIN Español: 9361 11,507
23 3/11 Copa Libertadores River Plate / Binacional beIN SPORTS: 2407 / beIN Español: 8730 11,137
24 3/11 La Liga Eibar / Real Sociedad beIN SPORTS: 2905 / beIN Español: 6583 9,488
25 3/10 Copa Libertadores Santos / Delfin beIN SPORTS: 2719 / beIN Español: 6466 9,185
26 3/10 Copa Libertadores Palmeiras / Club Guarani beIN SPORTS: 3078 / beIN Español: 4339 7,417
27 3/10 Tournoi de France (W) Brazil / Canada beIN SPORTS: 7040 7,040
28 3/12 Copa Libertadores Penarol / Jorge Wilstermann beIN Español: 6743 6,743
29 3/11 Copa Libertadores Flamengo / Barcelona SC beIN SPORTS: 3275 / beIN Español: 2796 6,071
30 3/10 Tournoi de France (W) France / Netherlands beIN SPORTS: 4875 4,875
31 3/15 Turkish Super League Trabzonspor / Istanbul Basaksehir beIN SPORTS: 835 / beIN Español: 3764 4,599
32 3/14 Turkish Super League Konyaspor / Fenerbahçe beIN SPORTS: 2394 / beIN Español: 1733 4,127
33 3/11 Copa Libertadores Colo Colo / Paranaense beIN SPORTS: 2192 2,192
34 3/13 Copa Libertadores Independiente del Valle / Junior beIN Español: 1544 1,544

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