Most-watched soccer games on US TV for August 14-19, 2019
Atlanta United’s 3-2 victory over Club America in the 2019 Campeones Cup was watched by a total of 1.54 million viewers on Wednesday across Univision, TUDN and ESPN2. This was a 28% increase in total television audience when compared to the first edition of the tournament featuring Toronto FC and Tigres. Earlier in the day, Univision saw a drop in its total share of UEFA Super Cup viewership as it moved from an all-Spanish contest to an all-English one. Spanish-language viewership dropped 28% down to just 505,000 viewers while the English-language broadcast on TNT rose 82% to 316,000 viewers. Total viewership for the contest was down to 821,000 viewers from 871,000 viewers in 2018.
Last Saturday afternoon’s Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur drew a combined 1.255 million viewer audience, making it the most-watched soccer match of the weekend in the United States. Two weeks into the new season, the Premier League is averaging 623,417 viewers across NBC, NBCSN, Telemundo and Universo, up from 587,500 in the first two weeks of the 2018-2019 season.
Liga MX saw its highest audience since the 2019 Clasura Final back in May as 1.2 million viewers tuned in for the regular season matchup between Club America and Morelia Saturday night. Over on the women’s side, TUDN broadcasted two matches of the Liga MX Femenil, and brought the average viewership up to 45,111 per match.
| Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | Network | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/14 | Campeones Cup | Atlanta United / Club América | ESPN2: 172000 / Univision: 1368000 | 1,540,000 |
| 2 | 8/17 | Premier League | Man City / Spurs | NBC: 1040000 / Telemundo: 215000 | 1,255,000 |
| 3 | 8/17 | Liga MX Apertura | Club América / Morelia | Univision: 1200000 | 1,200,000 |
| 4 | 8/17 | Liga MX Apertura | León / Chivas | Univision: 984000 | 984,000 |
| 5 | 8/18 | Premier League | Chelsea / Leicester City | NBCSN: 695000 / Telemundo: 221000 | 916,000 |
| 6 | 8/14 | UEFA Super Cup | Liverpool / Chelsea | TNT: 316000 / Univision: 505000 | 821,000 |
| 7 | 8/17 | Premier League | Southampton / Liverpool | NBCSN: 627000 / Universo: 33000 | 660,000 |
| 8 | 8/18 | Liga MX Apertura | Pumas / Veracruz | Univision: 586000 | 586,000 |
| 9 | 8/16 | Liga MX Apertura | Atlas / Cruz Azul | TUDN: 365000 | 365,000 |
| 10 | 8/18 | Premier League | Sheffield United / Crystal Palace | NBCSN: 354000 | 354,000 |
| 11 | 8/19 | Premier League | Wolves / Man United | NBCSN: 310000 / Universo: 34000 | 344,000 |
| 12 | 8/17 | Premier League | Arsenal / Burnley | NBCSN: 306000 | 306,000 |
| 13 | 8/17 | MLS | Los Angeles Galaxy / Seattle Sounders | ESPN2: 224000 | 224,000 |
| 14 | 8/18 | Liga MX Apertura | Juárez / Querétaro | TUDN: 190000 | 190,000 |
| 15 | 8/14 | Campeones Cup | Atlanta United / Club América | ESPN2: 172000 / Univision: 1368000 | 1,540,000 |
| 16 | 8/18 | Liga MX Apertura | Necaxa / Santos | TUDN: 154000 | 154,000 |
| 17 | 8/18 | MLS | Portland Timbers / Atlanta United | FS1: 152000 | 152,000 |
| 18 | 8/16 | Liga MX Apertura | Puebla / Pachuca | TUDN: 141000 | 141,000 |
| 19 | 8/18 | Women’s ICC | NC Courage / Olympique Lyon | ESPN2: 114000 | 114,000 |
| 20 | 8/19 | Liga MX Femenil | Tigres / Puebla | TUDN: 53000 | 53,000 |
| 21 | 8/19 | Liga MX Femenil | América / Morelia | TUDN: 50000 | 50,000 |
| 22 | 8/17 | Premier League | Aston Villa / Bournemouth | CNBC: 49000 | 49,000 |
| 23 | 8/17 | Bundesliga | Dortmund / Augsburg | UniMás: 44000 | 44,000 |
| 24 | 8/18 | Bundesliga | Frankfurt / Hoffenheim | TUDN: 26000 | 26,000 |