With the Premier League returning to action after a short break for the FA Cup, the world's most popular club competition reclaimed its spot at the top of the podium for most-watched soccer games in the USA.
And it wasn't your average English top-flight fixture nor your average viewership number as Manchester City's clash with Tottenham on Sunday seized the number one spot with over one million viewers tuning in. To be precise, 1,109,000 people tuned in to watch Harry Kane net the only goal of the game, thus sealing the three points for the North London giants and becoming Spurs' all-time leading scorer.
However, as has been the case for some time, Liga MX captured the attention of soccer fans in the United States, with the next two slots going to games from the Mexican top flight. Tigres UANL, who are currently only a point adrift of the top spot in third, beat Cruz Azul 1-0 in a match watched by 800,000, thus claiming the number two spot on our list.
And finally, we have Queretaro's trip to Guadalajara, with that fixture ending in a 1-1 draw, garnering Telemundo 757,000 viewers. Here is how all soccer games ranked during the past week.
ESPN Deportes
Thursday, February 2
La Liga: Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia at 3:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 168,000
Viewership rating: 0.06
Fox Deportes
Saturday, February 4
Liga MX: Santos Laguna 2-2 Club America at 9:54 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 380,000
Viewership rating: 0.15
Sunday, February 5
Liga MX: Monterrey 2-1 Toluca at 7:51 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 177,000
Viewership rating: 0.08
NBC
Sunday, February 5
English Premier League: Tottenham 1-0 Man City at 11:30 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,109,000 views
Viewership rating: 0.66 rating
Telemundo
Sunday, February 5
Liga MX: Guadalajara 1-1 Queretaro at 6 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 757,000
Viewership rating: 0.41
TUDN
Friday, February 3
Liga MX: Necaxa 1-1 Tijuana at 7:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 126,000
Viewership rating: 0.05
Saturday, February 4
Liga MX: Cruz Azul 0-1 Tigres at 8:06 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 227,000
Viewership rating: 0.08
Liga MX: Leon 0-1 Pachuca at 6:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 143,000
Viewership rating: 0.05
Sunday, February 5
Liga MX: UNAM 2-2 Atlas at 12:31 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 115,000
Viewership rating: 0.05
Univision
Saturday, February 4
Liga MX: Cruz Azul 0-1 Tigres UANL at 8:09 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 800,000
Viewership rating: 0.41
USA Network
Saturday, February 4
English Premier League: Everton 1-0 Arsenal at 7:24 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 436,000
Viewership rating: 0.16
English Premier League: Aston Villa 2-4 Leicester at 9:57 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 367,000
Viewership rating: 0.12
Sunday, February 5
English Premier League: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Leeds at 8:54 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 369,000
Viewership rating: 0.12
