The year 2017 was full of positives for attendances at soccer matches throughout the United States. First, it was another successful summer for the International Champions Cup. The annual soccer tournament had the three most-attended soccer games in the United States as well as six out of the top ten attendances nationwide. Second, in MLS, […]

The first-leg of the League Cup semi-final featuring Chelsea against Arsenal has been moved to ESPN2 for viewers in the United States. So far this season, all of the League Cup games have been featured on ESPN3. But on Wednesday, January 10, viewers in the States will be able to watch the first leg of […]

What is it they say about buses, you wait forever for one and then two come at once. It seems like it is the same for Swedish players in the MLS. As the season came to a close with Toronto lifting their first MLS Cup, only three Swedes were plying their trade at the top […]

beIN SPORTS' live coverage of el Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona on December 23 averaged 845,000 viewers in the United States across the English-language beIN SPORTS and Spanish-language beIN SPORTS en Español networks. beIN SPORTS' December broadcast of el Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona was always going to be a struggle due to […]

Whether it is financial reasons or just a good fit, some transfers just make sense. While these moves listed below have not occurred just yet, here are four Arsenal transfers during the January transfer window that make sense for the parties involved. Theo Walcott to Southampton Walcott actually had a very underrated 2016/17 campaign with […]

Saturday's broadcast of Leicester City against Manchester United averaged 1.179 million viewers across NBC and Telemundo in an entertaining 2-2 game. The 2:45-4:45pm ET broadcast averaged 991,000 viewers on the over-the-air NBC network, while Telemundo averaged 188,000 viewers for a combined audience total of 1,179,000. It was a rarity for a Premier League match to […]

Eight months ago, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger made a big change to his team’s formation in an effort to finish the remainder of the 2016/17 season on a strong note. The move from a back four to a three-man central defense paid off. With the new defense, the Gunners won nine of the final 10 […]

It wasn't as great as the record-breaking 6 million combined total that watched the 2016 Liga MX Apertura Final, but the 2017 final still produced impressive numbers for Univision Deportes. For the two legs of the final combined, the 2017 Liga MX Apertura final between Monterrey and Tigres totaled 4.9 million viewers. In the first […]

Sunday's Manchester derby that aired on NBCSN and Telemundo averaged 1.4 million viewers, which was 18% greater than the viewership for the 2017 MLS Cup final that aired on ESPN, UniMas and Univision Deportes. Manchester City won the match 2-1 in an impressive performance at Old Trafford to continue their unbeaten streak to 14 matches […]

The 2017 MLS Cup final between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders averaged 1.1 million viewers across ESPN, UniMas and Univision Deportes combined, which is a 43% drop compared to last year's final. On the English-language ESPN broadcast, the match averaged 803,000 viewers. Meanwhile, the game averaged 304,000 viewers on UniMas and Univision Deportes. In isolation, […]

For immediate analysis on TV after the FIFA World Cup Draw wrapped up on December 1, soccer fans in the United States had several choices to choose from. For most of them, the easiest way was to continue watching the coverage on FOX Sports 1. However, the viewers "voted" by watching the analysis on a […]

Here are the five things we learned from MLS Cup 2017. 1. Toronto Claims Its Place in History It hadn’t been the easiest of journeys through the playoffs for Toronto FC, but on Saturday evening at BMO Field, they left no doubt as to their place as one of the best MLS team ever assembled. […]

Montreal (AFP) – Toronto FC claimed their maiden MLS Cup crown on Saturday, capping a magical Major League Soccer season with a 2-0 triumph over Seattle Sounders in Toronto. Jozy Altidore fired Toronto into the lead in the 67th minute and Vazquez sent the crowd at BMO field into a frenzy when he sealed the […]

For the year 2017, Mexico's matches that were played on US soil had an average attendance that was 48% greater than the average attendance for matches played by the US Men's National Team (USMNT) in their own country, according to our research. The USMNT scored an average attendance of 29,400, which was the first time […]

One of the most entertaining soccer games of the 2017/18 season was rewarded with more than 1 million viewers on US television, according to the latest Nielsen numbers. The match between Arsenal and Manchester United aired on Saturday, December 2 from 12:30-2:30pm ET on NBC and Universo. The game averaged 1.07 million viewers. For the […]