25.4 million viewers watched the US Women’s Soccer Team defeat Japan on Sunday.
That makes it the most the most-watched soccer game in United States history.
This stat breaks the previous overall record established at last year’s World Cup when 18.2 million watched the United States men’s team play Portugal.
And that’s not counting another 1.3 million watching Telemundo.
What’s more the audience for the final exceeded that for Game 6 of the N.B.A. finals (23.3 million viewers) and Game 7 of the World Series (23.5 million).
The women’s game has arrived. But the executives in charge have not. FIFA (with Sepp Blatter hiding in a secure location) treats the women’s game like K-R-*-P:
that’s all great news, but could you please get the Gold Cup to air on a regular channel as well.
Brett, the Women’s World Cup matches were aired on Fox Sports One with only the final being the exception carried on the regular Fox channel.