Join Now  | 
Home About Contact Us Privacy & Security Advertise
Soccer America Daily Special Edition Around The Net Soccer Business Insider College Soccer Reporter Youth Soccer Reporter Soccer on TV Soccer America Classifieds
Paul Gardner: SoccerTalk Soccer America Confidential Youth Soccer Insider World Cup Watch
RSS Feeds Archives Manage Subscriptions Subscribe
Order Current Issue Subscribe Manage My Subscription Renew My Subscription Gift Subscription
My Account Join Now
Tournament Calendar Camps & Academies Soccer Glossary Classifieds
Man. United-Real Madrid viewership tops 1 million
by Paul Kennedy, by Ridge Mahoney, March 11th, 2013 12:58AM
Subscribe to Soccer Business Insider


MOST READ
TAGS:  chivas usa, mls, soccer business, television, uefa champions league


By Ridge Mahoney & Paul Kennedy

Combined viewership on FOX Soccer and FOX Deportes topped 1 million last Tuesday for the Manchester United-Real Madrid UEFA Champions League match.

According to Nielsen Media Research figures released by the network, FOX Soccer’s telecast drew 520,000 viewers and another 582,000 viewers watched on FOX Deportes for a combined viewership of 1.102 million
viewers.

Real rallied from a 1-0 deficit to win the match, 2-1, after a controversial red card to Nani left United down to 10 men, and thus took the series, 3-2, on aggregate.

The FOX Soccer rating is the third highest recorded by the channel since its launch as Fox Sports World in 1997. The 2011 Gold Cup final between the United States and Mexico rated at 1.1 million viewers and
a Chelsea-Liverpool telecast prior to the Super Bowl that same year generated a figure of 579,000.

CHIVAS USA, WEEK 2. There was good news and bad news Sunday afternoon on the Chivas USA front. Its crowd for Week 2 was 6,801, down from the announced crowd of 7,121 -- the lowest for an MLS home opener in league history -- for its game against Columbus. The good news: the Rojiblancos rallied from a goal down to beat FC Dallas, 3-1, for their first win under new coach Jose Luis Sanchez Sola. Chivas USA will be the visiting team at the Home Depot Center Sunday night when it plays the LA Galaxy in the SuperClasico.

MLS ATTENDANCE WATCH. Crowds for three of the four MLS teams who played their home openers over the weekend increased compared to their 2012 home openers. Toronto FC's crowd was up almost 6,000 as it moved its game against Sporting Kansas City indoors to Rogers Centre from BMO Field. The only club whose crowd was down was Chicago, which attracted only 13,242 for its opener against New England.

2013 MLS Home Openers, Week 3
CROWD MATCH (2012 CROWD)
25,991 Toronto FC-Sporting KC (20,070)
17,072 D.C. United-Real Salt Lake (16,314)
15,122 Colorado-Philadelphia (14,749)
13,242 Chicago-New England (18,075)
-----------------------------
Soccer America on Twitter:
Follow
Soccer America | Paul Kennedy | Ridge Mahoney | Mike Woitalla
Google+: Soccer America
Facebook: Soccer America
Soccer Business Insider RSS feed



No comments yet.

Sign in to leave a comment. Don't have an account? Join Now


AUTHORS

ARCHIVES
FOLLOW SOCCERAMERICA

Recent Soccer Business Insider
MLS launches content group MLS+    
Major League Soccer has its own soccer news web site (MLSSoccer.com), it has its own YouTube ...
Kicking + Screening kicks off with soccer rebels film    
The fifth annual Kicking + Screening Soccer Film Festival kicks off Tuesday at Tribeca Cinemas in ...
ESPN goes all out for Confederations Cup    
Ian Darke and Stewart Robson will lead ESPN's coverage of the 2013 Confederations Cup that kicks ...
ESPN draws strong audience for late-night USA-Panama game    
The USA-Panama game on ESPN was the network's second most-watched and second highest-rated World Cup qualifying ...
USA-Panama ticket sales still impressive    
Tuesday's USA-Panama game is not a sellout -- the upper deck at CenturyLink Field will be ...
U.S. national team's TV audiences: better than some, worse than others    
World Cup 2014 qualifying returns to ESPN on Tuesday when the USA hosts Panama in Game ...
Seattle crowds could total nearly 100,000    
Crowds totaling nearly 100,000 are quite possible at CenturyLink Field in Seattle for a Sounders-Whitecaps MLS ...
Santiago Halty's Fair Trade Quest    
Santiago Halty, founder of fair-trade soccer ball company Senda Athletics, is the first subject of the ...
Jamaica-Mexico audience tops NHL playoff game by more than 1 million viewers    
Telemundo's coverage of Tuesday's Jamaica-Mexico game in Kingston averaged 2,867,000 viewers, making it the No. 1 ...
MLS executive joins Orlando City expansion effort     
Brett Lashbrook, the special assistant to MLS Commissioner Don Garber who was one of the point ...
>> Soccer Business Insider Archives