Fox’s coverage of Monday night’s World Cup match between the United States’ Men’s National Soccer Team and Belgium on Monday, July 6, scored record ratings, averaging 33,086,000 viewers — making it the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history.
That’s NFL-level numbers for the Belgium-USMNT faceoff. In fact, this made it the most-watched telecast on any network since Super Bowl LX posted 125.6 million viewers on Feb. 8.
Take the football out of the equation, and the Belgium-USMNT match was the most-watched non-NFL telecast on any network since the World Series Game 7 on Nov. 2, 2016 (40.05 million).
The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team was eliminated from the World Cup as the competition ended up being a rout by Belgium, which won 4-1 during the Round of 16 in front of a full crowd at Seattle Stadium. Viewership for the match peaked between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. ET, when an average of 41.03 million viewers were watching.
According to Fox, top local markets watching the Belgium-USMNT showdown included Kansas City (19.80 rating/51 share), Boston (14.89 rating/38 share), Seattle (14.75 rating/50 shate), St. Louis (14.48 rating/36 share) and Philadelphia (14.22 rating/38 share).
