Kansas City boasts top US rating for USMNT-England soccer match

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Metropolis burnished its credentials as the “Soccer Capital of America,” posting the highest score amongst all U.S. markets for the U.S. Males’s Nationwide Staff’s scoreless draw Friday towards England.

It’s a self-proclaimed title, however one which appears much more deserved after the market’s exhibiting for the most-watched English-language soccer broadcast within the nation’s historical past.

USMNT-England drew a file 15.38 million common viewers for the English-language broadcast, peaking late within the match with almost 19.65 million viewers, in line with Fox Sports activities PR.

Kansas Metropolis, which as soon as once more has had its watch events at Energy and Gentle prominently featured on World Cup broadcasts, boasted the highest score (8.5) amongst all U.S. cities.

Hartford, Connecticut, checked in second (8.3/27) adopted by Boston (8.0/25), Dallas (8.0/28) and Washington D.C. (7.9/28). Kansas Metropolis posted a 26 share.

The U.S. viewers for the English-language broadcast was greater than the 15.1 million individuals who tuned in for the broadcast on British television.

Viewership for the USMNT-England match set a brand new benchmark for an English-language males’s soccer broadcast within the U.S., in line with The Related Press.

The earlier file for an English-language soccer broadcast within the U.S. was 14.51 million for Brazil’s win towards Italy within the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which is the final time the occasion befell on U.S. soil.

Kansas Metropolis can be among the many host cities when the World Cup returns to North America in 2026.

General, almost 20 million folks within the U.S. tuned to the English- and Spanish-language broadcasts mixed, making it the third-most watched males’s soccer match ever in U.S. tv historical past and the most-watched non-FIFA World Cup ultimate.

Solely the 2014 World Cup ultimate between Germany and Argentina (22.67 million) and the 2010 World Cup ultimate between Spain and the Netherlands (21.36 million) have drawn bigger U.S. TV audiences for a males’s soccer match, the AP reported.

The U.S. Girls’s Nationwide Staff’s 2015 World Cup ultimate towards Japan, which drew 25.4 million viewers, stays the most important viewers for any soccer match in U.S. historical past.

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