The National Women’s Soccer League returned to the airwaves with the league’s third and final regular season match broadcast on Fox Sports 1 attracting 47,000 viewers, the lowest of the league’s three nationally televised matches. Major League Soccer on Fox Sports 1 did not fare much better either with Columbus Crew and DC United drawing only 97,000 viewers. Since August 1, only two of the seven MLS broadcasts on Fox Sports 1 have managed to break the 100,000 viewer mark.
Liga MX remained strong against College football competition, averaging 747,600 viewers across 6 match windows on Saturday and Sunday. Club América leads the way. Their first 10 matches of the Clasura have averaged 1.05 million viewers on the networks of Univision.
The Premier League on NBC continues to be America’s English-language league of choice, averaging just over 400,000 viewers per match window this weekend. Viewership peaked Saturday afternoon with 608,000 watching Arsenal’s dominant 3-0 victory against Chelsea on NBCSN. La Liga and the Bundesliga came nowhere close to challenging them, averaging only 138,000 and 55,000 viewers respectively.
Here are the TV viewing audiences:
Domestic numbers for the week:
Date | Competition | Start Time | Home | Away | Network 1 | Network 2 | Total |
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9/23/16 | MLS | 8:00 PM | New York City FC | Chicago Fire | UniMás; 158000 | Univision Deportes; 84000 | 242,000 |
9/24/16 | NASL | 7:00 PM | Jacksonville Armada | Rayo OKC | —; — | beIN Español; 8000 | 8,000 |
9/25/16 | MLS | 4:00 PM | Los Angeles Galaxy | Seattle Sounders | ESPN; 240000 | ESPN Deportes; — | 240,000 |
9/25/16 | MLS | 7:00 PM | Columbus Crew | New England Revolution | Fox Sports 1; 97000 | Fox Deportes; 16000 | 113,000 |
9/25/16 | NWSL | 9:30 PM | Houston Dash | Seattle Reign | Fox Sports 1; 47000 | —; — | 47,000 |
Foreign numbers for the week:
Date | Competition | Start Time | Team 1 | Team 2 | Network 1 | Network 2 | Total |
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9/20/16 | Bundesliga | 2:00 PM | Wolfsburg | Borussia Dortmund | Fox Sports 1; 52000 | —; — | 52,000 |
9/20/16 | Bundesliga | 2:00 PM | Ingolstadt | Frankfurt | Fox Soccer Plus; — | Fox Deportes; 15000 | 15,000 |
9/20/16 | Bundesliga | 2:00 PM | Freiburg | Hamburg | Fox Sports 2; 8000 | —; — | 8,000 |
9/20/16 | La Liga | 2:00 PM | Malaga | Eibar | —; — | beIN Español; 27000 | 27,000 |
9/20/16 | EFL Cup | 2:45 PM | Leicester City | Chelsea | beIN SPORTS; 85000 | —; — | 85,000 |
9/20/16 | La Liga | 4:00 PM | Sevilla | Real Betis | —; — | beIN Español; 54000 | 54,000 |
9/20/16 | Liga MX | 8:00 PM | Chivas | Tigres | UniMás; 684000 | —; — | 684,000 |
9/20/16 | Liga MX | 8:00 PM | Cruz Azul | Toluca | —; — | Univision Deportes; 258000 | 258,000 |
9/20/16 | Liga MX | 10:00 PM | Necaxa | Club América | UniMás; 532000 | Univision Deportes; 388000 | 920,000 |
9/21/16 | Bundesliga | 2:00 PM | Bayern Munich | Hertha Berlin | Fox Sports 1; 52000 | —; — | 52,000 |
9/21/16 | Bundesliga | 2:00 PM | Bayer Leverkusen | Augsburg | Fox Sports 2; 8000 | Fox Deportes; 26000 | 34,000 |
9/21/16 | La Liga | 2:00 PM | Real Madrid | Villareal | beIN SPORTS; 43000 | beIN Español; 153000 | 196,000 |
9/21/16 | La Liga | 4:00 PM | Barcelona | Atletico Madrid | beIN SPORTS; 112000 | beIN Español; 153000 | 265,000 |
9/21/16 | Liga MX | 8:30 PM | León | Chiapas | —; — | Univision Deportes; 313000 | 313,000 |
9/21/16 | Liga MX | 10:00 PM | Pumas | Atlas FC | UniMás; 286000 | —; — | 286,000 |
9/21/16 | Liga MX | 10:30 PM | Monterrey | Santos Laguna | —; — | Univision Deportes; 304000 | 304,000 |
9/22/16 | La Liga | 2:00 PM | Osasuna | Espanyol | —; — | beIN Español; 8000 | 8,000 |
9/22/16 | La Liga | 4:00 PM | Valencia | Alaves | —; — | beIN Español; 33000 | 33,000 |
9/23/16 | Primeira Liga | 2:00 PM | FC Porto | Boavista | —; — | Univision Deportes; 22000 | 22,000 |
9/23/16 | Bundesliga | 2:30 PM | Borussia Dortmund | Freiburg | Fox Sports 2; 21000 | GolTV; — | 21,000 |
9/23/16 | La Liga | 2:45 PM | Real Betis | Malaga | —; — | beIN Español; 20000 | 20,000 |
9/23/16 | Ligue 1 | 2:45 PM | Toulouse | Paris Saint Germain | beIN SPORTS; 22000 | —; — | 22,000 |
9/23/16 | Primeira Liga | 4:00 PM | Sporting CP | Estoril | —; — | Univision Deportes; 19000 | 19,000 |
9/24/16 | Premier League | 7:30 AM | Manchester United | Leicester City | NBCSN; 366000 | NBC Universo; 40000 | 406,000 |
9/24/16 | Bundesliga | 9:30 AM | Mainz | Bayer Leverkusen | Fox Soccer Plus; — | Fox Deportes; 59000 | 59,000 |
9/24/16 | Bundesliga | 9:30 AM | Hamburg | Bayern Munich | Fox Sports 2; 31000 | —; — | 31,000 |
9/24/16 | Premier League | 10:00 AM | Swansea City | Manchester City | —; — | NBC Universo; 78000 | 78,000 |
9/24/16 | Premier League | 10:00 AM | Liverpool | Hull City | NBCSN; 433000 | —; — | 433,000 |
9/24/16 | La Liga | 10:15 AM | Sporting | Barcelona | beIN SPORTS; 96000 | beIN Español; 160000 | 256,000 |
9/24/16 | Serie A | 12:00 PM | Palermo | Juventus | beIN SPORTS; 64000 | —; — | 64,000 |
9/24/16 | Premier League | 12:30 PM | Arsenal | Chelsea | NBCSN; 608000 | Telemundo; — | 608,000 |
9/24/16 | La Liga | 12:30 PM | Athletic Bilbao | Sevilla | —; — | beIN Español; 106000 | 106,000 |
9/24/16 | Bundesliga | 12:30 PM | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg | Fox Sports 2; 11000 | —; — | 11,000 |
9/24/16 | Primeira Liga | 1:00 PM | Chaves | Benfica | —; — | Univision Deportes; 16000 | 16,000 |
9/24/16 | La Liga | 2:45 PM | Las Palmas | Real Madrid | beIN SPORTS; 111000 | beIN Español; 294000 | 405,000 |
9/24/16 | Eredivisie | 2:45 PM | Excelsior | PSV | —; — | Univision Deportes; 32000 | 32,000 |
9/24/16 | Liga MX | 6:00 PM | Chiapas | Necaxa | —; — | Univision Deportes; 248000 | 248,000 |
9/24/16 | Liga MX | 8:00 PM | Tigres | Cruz Azul | Univision; 687000 | Univision Deportes; 420000 | 1,107,000 |
9/24/16 | Liga MX | 8:06 PM | Pachuca | Querétaro | —; — | NBC Universo; 40000 | 40,000 |
9/24/16 | Liga MX | 10:00 PM | Club América | Pumas | Univision; 904000 | Univision Deportes; 554000 | 1,458,000 |
9/25/16 | Serie A | 9:00 AM | Inter Milan | Bologna | beIN SPORTS; 27000 | —; — | 27,000 |
9/25/16 | Bundesliga | 9:30 AM | Hoffenheim | Schalke 04 | Fox Sports 1; 61000 | Fox Deportes; 28000 | 89,000 |
9/25/16 | La LIga | 10:15 AM | Atletico Madrid | Deportivo | —; — | beIN Español; 96000 | 96,000 |
9/25/16 | Premier League | 11:00 AM | West Ham United | Southampton | NBCSN; 373000 | Telemundo; — | 373,000 |
9/25/16 | Bundesliga | 11:30 AM | Köln | RB Leipzig | Fox Sports 2; 17000 | Fox Deportes; 13000 | 30,000 |
9/25/16 | La Liga | 12:30 PM | Villarreal | Osasuna | ; — | beIN Español; 67000 | 67,000 |
9/25/16 | Liga MX | 1:00 PM | Toluca | León | Univision; 388000 | Univision Deportes; 176000 | 564,000 |
9/25/16 | Serie A | 2:45 PM | Fiorentina | AC Milan | beIN SPORTS; 45000 | beIN Español; 73000 | 118,000 |
9/25/16 | Liga MX | 7:00 PM | Santos Laguna | Tijuana | —; — | Univision Deportes; 321000 | 321,000 |
9/26/16 | La Liga | 2:45 PM | Alaves | Granada | —; — | beIN Español; 14000 | 14,000 |
9/26/16 | Premier League | 3:00 PM | Burnley | Watford | NBCSN; 120000 | —; — | 120,000 |
9/26/16 | Serie A | 3:00 PM | Caliari | Sampdoria | beIN SPORTS; 1000 | —; — | 1,000 |
Major League Soccer averages:
Overall | ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPND | FOX | FS1 | FOXD | Univision | UniMás | UDN |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
290,740 | 309,375 | 201,500 | 46,000 | 658,000 | 162,304 | 34,750 | 827,000 | 165,792 | 69,304 |
Other league averages:
League | Average |
---|---|
Liga MX | 670,518 |
Premier League | 429,394 |
UEFA CL | 374,500 |
La Liga | 127,977 |
Bundesliga | 66,333 |
Primeira Liga | 62,250 |
NWSL | 61,000 |
Serie A | 37,385 |
Eredivisie | 27,000 |
Championship | 16,667 |
Ligue 1 | 13,250 |
NASL | 7,444 |
HT: SportsTVRatings.
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