The USA viewership numbers for soccer games held on April 1 to April 7, 2024, are officially in, with several competitions making this list. However, to no one's surprise, one match stood head and shoulders above the rest and that was Liverpool's thrilling encounter with Manchester United on Sunday.
The Reds drew 2-2 and thus surrendered the lead to rivals Arsenal in the Premier League as goals from Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah, Bruno Fernandes, and Kobbie Maino meant both teams came away with a point. This tie garnered a whopping 1,179,000 average viewers for NBC and a rating of 0.7.
This game's average viewership totaled 1.5 million across NBC and NBCUniversal's Spanish-language TV network Telemundo, thus reminding everyone of the Premier League's popularity in the USA.
Second spot on this list also went to an English top-flight fixture, this time Chelsea's disappointing draw away to Sheffield United, which was another Sunday match. This was also an NBC broadcast, with this fixture garnering 885,000 average viewers as Pochettino's men dropped points for the 18th time this season.
And finally, a most-watched-soccer-games list in the USA would not be complete without a Liga MX fixture in the top three, and that is exactly what we got last week, with Guadalajara's 3-2 victory over Puebla wrapping things up.
This tie earned just over half a million average viewers — 648,000, to be precise — for Telemundo as Chivas continue pushing for a spot in the final series.
Lionel Messi's Inter Miami also made this list, though not the top three, thanks to their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal showdown with Liga MX side Monterrey. The first leg garnered over 300,000 average viewers, with 199,000 tuning in to TUDN while 115,000 caught the action live on FS1.
Check out the most-watched soccer games in the USA for the week of April 1-7, 2024 below.
NBC
Sunday, April 7
English Premier League: Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool at 10:30 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,179,000
Rating: 0.7
English Premier League: Sheffield United 2-2 Chelsea at 12:35 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 885,000
Rating: 0.47
USA Network
Tuesday, April 2
English Premier League: Newcastle 1-1 Everton at 2:27 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 176,000
Wednesday, April 3
English Premier League: Arsenal 2-0 Luton Town at 2:27 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 239,000
Thursday, April 4
English Premier League: Chelsea 4-3 Manchester United at 3:12 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 339,000
Saturday, April 6
English Premier League: Brighton 0-3 Arsenal at 12:27 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 0.25
Rating: 464,000
English Premier League: Aston Villa 3-3 Brentford at 9:56 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 422,000
Rating: 0.23
English Premier League: Crystal Palace 2-4 Manchester City at 7:26 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 327,000
Rating: 0.20
Sunday, April 7
English Premier League: Tottenham 3-1 Nottingham Forest at 1 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 275,000
Rating: 0.15
TUDN
Tuesday, April 2
CONCACAF Champions Cup: New England 0-4 Club America at 8:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 171,000
Wednesday, April 3
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Inter Miami 1-2 Monterrey at 7:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 199,000
Friday, April 5
Liga MX: Club Tijuana 2-3 Necaxa at 11:01 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 155,000
Rating: 0.08
Liga MX: Mazatlan 0-4 Pumas UNAM at 8:25 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 126,000
Rating: 0.06
Saturday, April 6
Liga MX: Tigres UANL 0-3 Pachuca at 8:24 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 117,000
Rating: 0.06
Liga MX: Cruz Azul 2-1 Monterrey at 11:09 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 105,000
Rating: 0.05
FS1
Wednesday, April 3
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Inter Miami 1-2 Monterrey at 8 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 115,000
Telemundo
Saturday, April 6
Liga MX: Guadalajara 3-2 Puebla at 9 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 648,000
Rating: 0.30
SheBelieves Cup: USWNT 2-1 Japan at 12:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 289,000
Rating: 0.16
Sunday, April 7
English Premier League: Sheffield United 2-2 Chelsea at 12:28 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 326,000
Rating: 0.16
English Premier League: Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool at 10:02 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 317,000
Rating: 0.16
Univision
Saturday, April 6
Liga MX: Cruz Azul 2-1 Monterrey at 11:09 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 478,000
Rating: 0.26
Liga MX: Tigres UANL 0-3 Pachuca at 8:24 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 467,000
Rating: 0.25
TNT
Saturday, April 6
SheBelieves Cup: USWNT 2-1 Japan at 12:28 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 393,000
Rating: 0.21
CBS
Saturday, April 6
USL Championship: Louisville City FC 5-3 Indy Eleven at 4 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 362,000
Rating: 0.23
FOX
Saturday, April 6
MLS: LAFC 2-1 La Galaxy at 7:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 211,000
Rating: 0.13
Sunday, April 7
MLS: Sporting KC 3-3 Portland Timbers at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 205,000
Rating: 0.13
Fox Deportes
Saturday, April 6
Liga MX: Santos Laguna 1-1 Club America at 10:58 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 158,000
Rating: 0.08
Univision
Saturday, April 6
Liga MX Guadalajara 3-2 Puebla at 9 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 102,000
Rating: 0.05
