One of the favorite leagues for U.S. football fans to watch made its official return this week, and boy did it return on a high note. The Mexican top-flight took TV sets by storm and saw seven of their nine fixtures for Matchday 1 ranking among the most-watched events of the weekend.
Along with the Mexican club competition, the game between the USWNT and Colombia also gathered quite a following, although Megan Rapinoe and Co. were not able to best the ratings set by Liga MX sides and the one put together by the winning game of the past seven days.
The CONCACAF U-20 Championship came to a close this past Sunday, and it was one of this tournament's games that earned the top spot in this ranking. The fiasco featuring the Mexican U-20 team, which was eliminated by heavy underdogs Guatemala was the most-watched game of the past week, as nearly half a million fans were left shocked by Los Chapines' penalty-shootout win over Mexico.
Let's have a closer look at those games that caught the most attention in the past seven days.
ESPN
Tuesday, June 28
Women's International Friendly: USWNT 2-0 Colombia at 10:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 316,000
Viewership rating: 0.17
TUDN
Tuesday, June 28
CONCACAF U20 Championship: USA 2-0 Costa Rica at 6:50 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 78,000
Viewership rating: 0.02
CONCACAF U20 Championship: Panama 1-2 Honduras at 9:50 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 150,000
Viewership rating: 0.06
Wednesday, June 29
CONCACAF U20 Championship: Dominican Republic 1-0 Jamaica at 6:50 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 91,000
Viewership rating: 0.04
CONCACAF U20 Championship: Guatemala 1(2)-(1)1 Mexico at 9:50 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 415,000
Viewership rating: 0.15
Friday, July 1
CONCACAF U20 Championship: Dominican Republic 2(4)-(2)2 Guatemala at 6:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 118,000
Viewership rating: 0.04
Liga MX: Mazatlán 2-4 Puebla at 9:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 200,000
Viewership rating: 0.08
Saturday, July 2
Liga MX: Tigres 2-3 Cruz Azul at 8:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 264,000
Viewership rating: 0.10
Liga MX: América 0-0 Atlas at 10:08 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 392,000
Viewership rating: 0.17
Sunday, June 26
Liga MX: Pumas UNAM 1-1 Tijuana at 12:55 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 151,000
Viewership rating: 0.07
Liga MX: Atlético San Luis 1-2 León at 5:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 161,000
Viewership rating: 0.06
CONCACAF U20 Championship: USMNT 6-0 Dominican Republic at 8:03 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 84,000
Viewership rating: 0.03
beIN Sports en Español
Tuesday, June 28
Copa Libertadores: Corinthians 0-0 Boca Juniors at 8:20 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 66,000
Viewership rating: 0.02
Universo
Saturday, July 2
Liga MX: Guadalajara 0-0 Juárez FC at 6:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 126,000
Viewership rating: 0.04
Fox Sports 1
Friday, July 1
CONCACAF U20 Championship: Dominican Rep. 2(4)-(2)2 Guatemala at 6:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 56,000
Viewership rating: 0.02
CONCACAF U20 Championship: USA 3-0 Honduras at 9:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 163,000
Viewership rating: 0.05
Sunday, July 3
CONCACAF U20 Championship: USA 6-0 Dominican Republic at 8:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 126,000
Viewership rating: 0.04
Fox Deportes
Sunday, July 3
Liga MX: Santos 4-3 Monterrey at 7:42 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 195,000
Viewership rating: 0.07