Last week's battle for the ratings delivered a shocking result, as the Mexican National Team emerged as the team with the highest rating in the United States even with Premier League matches being played and aired in this country.
The game between Mexico and Colombia earned the top spot in the ranking during their loss to Colombia, which was followed by over 481,000 fans across the nation. Unfortunately, they had to see El Tri dropping a two-goal lead against Los Cafeteros.
The runner-up spot ended up with a couple of Premier League clubs, as Chelsea's win against Crystal Palace gathered a similar amount of viewers as El Tri's game, but not enough for the top spot.
The third place in this ranking went to another EPL match: the North London Derby. The early kickoff game aired by USA Network made over 430,000 fans in average watch the game despite the effort of getting up to watch a football match when most people are resting. All in all, the game did not disappoint, as the Gunners claimed a 3-1 win over Antonio Conte's men.
Let us have a look at the numbers last week brought us in terms of football games.
ABC
Sunday, October 2
Major League Soccer: Portland Timbers 1-2 Los Angeles FC at 3:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 332,000
Viewership rating: 0.21
ESPN Deportes
Saturday, October 1
La Liga: Mallorca 0-1 Barcelona at 2:55 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 112,000
Viewership rating: 0.04
Liga MX: Monterrey 0-0 Pachuca at 5:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 56,000
Viewership rating: 0.03
Fox Deportes
Thursday, September 22
International Friendly: Honduras 2-1 Guatemala at 8:55 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 95,000
Viewership rating: 0.05
Friday, September 30
Liga MX: Juárez 3-1 Pumas UNAM at 9:32 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 150,000
Viewership rating: 0.06
Sunday, October 2
Liga MX Femenil: Germany 0-1 Hungary at 4:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 47,000
Viewership rating: 0.02
Liga MX:Santos 3-0 Mazatlán at 6:49 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 101,000
Viewership rating: 0.03
Fox Sports 1
Monday, September 26
UEFA Nations League: England 3-3 Germany at 2:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 217,000
Viewership rating: 0.15
Tuesday, September 27
International Friendly: Saudi Arabia 0-0 USA at 1:50 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 226,000
Viewership rating: 0.12
Sunday, October 2
UEFA Nations League: Denmark 2-0 France at 2:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 94,000
Viewership rating: 0.04
TUDN
Tuesday, September 27
International Friendly: Mexico 2-3 Colombia at 9:27 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 481,000
Viewership rating: 0.21
Friday, September 30
Liga MX: Puebla 1-2 América at 8:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 431,000
Viewership rating: 0.16
Saturday, October 1
Liga MX: Atlas 1-0 Necaxa at 8:00 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 169,000
Viewership rating: 0.07
Liga MX: Cruz Azul 2-1 Guadalajara at 10:06 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 325,000
Viewership rating: 0.13
Sunday, October 2
Liga MX: Toluca 4-1 Querétaro at 12:55 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 117,000
Viewership rating: 0.04
Liga MX: León 2-2 Tijuana at 8:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 213,000
Viewership rating: 0.09
USA Network
Saturday, October 1
Premier League: Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham at 7:24 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 437,000
Viewership rating: 0.26
Premier League: Crystal Palace 1-2 Chelsea at 9:55 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 470,000
Viewership rating: 0.27
Premier League: West Ham 2-0 Wolverhampton at 12:28 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 44,000
Viewership rating: 0.16
Sunday, October 2
Premier League: Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa at 11:27 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 381,000
Viewership rating: 0.21
