Last weekend’s US TV viewing numbers for soccer matches featured a record-breaking 2,900,000 people that watched the Super Clasico between Chivas and Club America on Univision and Univision Deportes. The game ranks as the most-watched regular season club soccer match since 2010, and outperformed the NBA on ESPN and NHL on NBC for the current season-to-date.
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Pos./Teams - No. of viewers - Network - Time (ET) - Date
1. Chivas vs. Club America - 2,900,000 - Univision Deportes - 9:30-11:30pm - Sun., March 13
2. Man United vs. West Ham - 347,000 - FOX Sports 1 - Noon-2pm - Sun., March 13
3. Stoke vs. Southampton - 332,000 - NBCSN - 10am-Noon - Sat., March 12
4. Las Palmas vs. Real Madrid - 323,000 - beIN SPORTS en Espanol - 3:30-5:30pm - Sun., March 13
5. Cruz Azul vs. Puebla - 319,000 - Univision Deportes - 6-8pm - Sat., March 12
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Liga MX's US TV accomplishments from 2015:
- The top 3 most-viewed club soccer telecasts of 2015
- 6 of the top 10 most-viewed club soccer telecasts of 2015
- 20 of the top 30 most-viewed club soccer telecasts of 2015
- Univision Deportes televised the top club soccer telecast of 2015 among Total Viewers 2+ and Adults 18-49 across all networks – the Pumas vs. Tigres Liga MX finals match which aired on UniMás on December 13th, 2015 and delivered 2.8 million Total Viewers 2+ and 1.6 million Adults 18-49
http://worldsoccertalk.com/2016/03/1...f-march-11-13/
http://worldsoccertalk.com/2015/12/2...bers-on-us-tv/
And people say football/soccer isn't alive in the US.
