Soccer Viewership: OCT 25-31

Liga MX wraps up their Apertura season with Pachuca blowing out Toluca 8-2 over two legs last week. 1.7m and 1.9m on Univision are impressive numbers.

Highlights/Lowlights:

• The two-legged Liga MX final matches finish up 3rd and 6th overall in calendar year 2022 most watched games.

Top 3, 2022
2.8m UEFA Champions League Final (CBS)
1.96m Seleccion Mexicana v Colombia (UNI)
1.94m Liga MX Final (2nd leg - UNI)

• The NWSL finished the year strong with a primetime Championship on CBS. Nearly 1m tuned in to watch Saturday evening. NWSL will be happy with that number, but I think that more or less the ceiling for the league ("MLS-Like" setup brings similar numbers being the reason).

• The Premier League had a strong weekend with 5 games finishing over 400k. Leeds finally doing a little better, although with a little help. Add in the Universo number and the match against Liverpool topped 500k.

• Major League Soccer's ABC conference final pulled a solid 519k (+107k on ESPN Deportes). LAFC reaching the final is a "win" for the league. I don't have a prediction for the final on FOX but look for it to do near what it always does (~1m on Eng-lang). Univision will carry it on Span-lang).

• MLS ends 2022 on ESPN down -6% and down -11% on FS1 YOY. I'll have final ABC and FOX numbers once the season wraps up this weekend.

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US TV Viewership: Soccer Programs Oct 25-31
	PREMIER LEAGUE
	LIGA MX
	MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Viewers (000)	Event/Game	Network	Date
1,940	LIGA MX PT SUN: FINAL: PACHUCA / TOLUCA	UNIVISION	10/30
1,676	LIGA MX THU: FINAL: TOLUCA / PACHUCA	UNIVISION	10/27
915	NWSL CHAMPIONSHIP: DC V PDX	CBS	10/29
886	FUTBOL CENTRAL	UNIVISION	10/30
619	NBC PREMIER LEAGUE: EVERTON/FULHAM	NBC	10/29
555	LIGA MX PT SUN: FINAL: PACHUCA / TOLUCA	TUDN	10/30
543	PREMIER LEAGUE L: WEST HAM/MAN UNITED	USA	10/30
519	MLS PLAYOFFS: LAFC/AUSTIN	ABC	10/30
461	LIGA MX THU: FINAL: TOLUCA / PACHUCA	TUDN	10/27
444	PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/BRIGHTON	USA	10/29
418	PREMIER LEAGUE L: NOTTINGHAM/ARSENAL	USA	10/30
410	PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEEDS/LIVERPOOL	USA	10/29
293	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	USA	10/29
285	MLS PLAYOFFS L: CONF FINAL:PHIL/NYCFC	FS1	10/30
260	PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER CITY/LEICESTER	USA	10/29
233	PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE	USA	10/29
227	UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: BARCNA / BAYERN	TUDN	10/26
224	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	USA	10/29
211	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	USA	10/29
190	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	USA	10/30
184	FUTBOL CENTRAL	TUDN	10/30
168	PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE	USA	10/30
153	LA LIGA    L: REAL MADRID/GIRONA	ESPND	10/30
143	LA LIGA    L: VALENCIA/FC BARCELONA	ESPND	10/29
125	FUTBOL CENTRAL L	TUDN	10/27
125	MISION EUROPA L	TUDN	10/26
111	UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2: PSG / MACCABI	TUDN	10/25
107	MLS PLAYOFFS: LAFC/AUSTIN FC	ESPND	10/30
106	UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 1: MAN UNITED/FC SHERIFF	TUDN	10/27
98	CONCACAF LEAGUE FINAL: OLIMPIA/ALAJUELENSE	TUDN	10/26
91	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	USA	10/29
89	LIGA PREMIER: LIVERPOOL VS LEEDS UNITED	UNIVERSO	10/29
67	LIGA PREMIER EXTRA	UNIVERSO	10/29
57	UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE L: PSV / ARSENAL FC	TUDN	10/27
53	UCL MAGAZINE SHOW	TUDN	10/30
38	MLS CONF FINAL: PHIL VS NEW YORK CITY	FOXD	10/30

sources: showbuzzdaily, spoilertv, helltown (analysis)

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Here's a look at the updated English Language Broadcast TV leaderboard:

Average 000s Program Count

964k UEFA Champions League 14
829 Premier League 19
546 USWNT Friendly 3
490 La Liga  2
489 NWSL 6
484 FA Women's Super League 1
474 Bundesliga 2
464 MLS 18