T&T-USA: NBC Universo outdraws BeIN Sports

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Nov 18, 2015

Tuesday's Trinidad & Tobago-USA match on Spanish-language cable network NBC Universo drew more viewers (289,000) than on BeIN Sports (182,000).

Rights to U.S. road matches in World Cup 2018 qualifying other than in Mexico are held by beIN Sports in English and NBC Deportes (Telemundo and NBC Universo) in Spanish.

Friday's USA-St. Vincent & the Grenadines opener averaged 491,000 viewers on ESPN2. Three years ago, the USA's opening qualifier against Antigua & Barbuda averaged 899,000 viewers on ESPN.

The lowest viewership for a home game in the semifinal round leading up to the World Cup 2018 qualifying was 730,000 on ESPN2 for the final match against Guatemala.

2015 U.S. Men's National Team English-Language Viewers:
AVG. MATCH (DATE), NETWORK
1,561,000 Concacaf Cup: USA-Mexico (Oct. 10), Fox Sports 1
1,500,000 Gold Cup: USA-Cuba (July 18), Fox
1,231,000 Gold Cup: USA-Jamaica (July 24), Fox Sports 1
1,085,000 Gold Cup: USA-Panama (July 13), Fox Sports 1
1,035,000 Gold Cup: USA-Haiti (July 10), Fox Sports 1
1,012,000 Friendly: USA-Brazil (Sept. 8), ESPN
986,000 Gold Cup: USA-Honduras (July 7), Fox Sports 1
806,000 Friendly: USA-Mexico (April 15), Fox Sports 1
680,000 Friendly: Netherlands-USA (June 5), ESPN
668,000 Friendly: Germany-USA (June 10), Fox Sports 1
674,000 Friendly: USA-Panama (Feb. 8), ESPN
491,000 World Cup qualifying: USA-St. Vincent & Gren. (Nov. 13), ESPN2
469,000 Friendly: USA-Guatemala (July 3), Fox Sports 1
445,000 Friendly: USA-Peru (Sept. 4), Fox Sports 1
400,000 Friendly: Denmark-USA (March 25), ESPN2
290,000 Gold Cup: USA-Panama (July 25), Fox Sports 2
261,000 Friendly: Switzerland-USA (March 29), Fox Sports 1
254,000 Friendly: Chile-USA (Jan. 28), Fox Sports 1
182,000 World Cup qualifying: Trinidad & Tobago-USA (Nov. 17), BeIN Sports