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Eleazar 07-03-2014 04:15 AM

U.S. soccer ratings top NBA Finals
 
NEW YORK -- An estimated 21.6 million people watched Belgium knock out the United States in the World Cup on U.S. television -- an impressive total for a weekday afternoon that almost certainly undercounts how many people actually saw it.

The Nielsen company said Wednesday that 16.5 million people watched the game on ESPN, with 5.1 million more seeing it on the Spanish-language Univision network. In addition, nearly 1.7 million people watched an online stream of the event, Nielsen said.

The record U.S. television audience for soccer is the 24.7 million who saw the United States play Portugal on June 24, which tied the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands.

The Portugal game took place on a weekend, however, when there were more people with free time available to watch. The U.S.-Belgium game started at 4 p.m. on the East Coast, earlier in other time zones, during a working day.

Nielsen does not measure viewership in bars, offices or other public places. In 2010, ESPN estimated that the stated audience size for weekday World Cup games would increase by 23 percent if public viewing were taken into account.

Still, Tuesday's knockout game exceeded the average viewership for the most recent World Series and NBA Finals, events that took place during prime-time when more people were home to watch.


The just-concluded NBA Finals where the San Antonio Spurs beat the Miami Heat averaged 15.5 million viewers, with 18 million watching the final game. Last fall's World Series averaged 14.9 million viewers, with 19.2 million watching the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals in the last game.

U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said on Wednesday that everyone connected with the soccer team is excited to see how the sport is reaching a U.S. audience. He could see it coming, given the popularity of the game among young people and the large crowds that turned out for the team's sendoff games before the World Cup.

"Soccer is breaking through and gets its deserved recognition without taking anything away from the other big American sports," Klinsmann said.

He said it's important for people to identify with the way Americans played the game.

"The energy and the commitment and the tempo and the aggressiveness that we played with kind of made people proud at home and surprised a lot of people outside of the United States, maybe in Brazil or in Europe," he said.

The highest overall ratings for the U.S.-Belgium game came in New York, Nielsen said.

ESPN said that overall viewership for the World Cup is up 44 percent over 2010.

Jimmya 07-03-2014 05:25 AM

Soccer will only be popular in the US every 4 years.

Simply Red 07-03-2014 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmya (Post 10728846)
Soccer will only be popular in the US every 4 years.

What can I say? I'm of this population that will be only watching the World Cup.

The Olympic 'feel' to it makes it exciting. I would have a harder time getting into

Soccer if/when it's US cities battling each other.

Really have enjoyed the WC though, no question.

Deberg_1990 07-03-2014 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmya (Post 10728846)
Soccer will only be popular in the US every 4 years.

Somewhat true because the MLS ratings are still generally very low.

The MLS has made enormous gains in 20 years, but I guess the perception that it's a "lesser" league hurts it amongst a lot of soccer fans.

Rausch 07-03-2014 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmya (Post 10728846)
Soccer will only be popular in the US every 4 years.

Yup, but the fact it's even popular at all is a huge step forward...

KCUnited 07-03-2014 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 10728857)
Somewhat true because the MLS ratings are still generally very low.

The MLS has made enormous gains in 20 years, but I guess the perception that it's a "lesser" league hurts it amongst a lot of soccer fans.

Honest question, is the MLS televised regularly? Do the majority of MLS fans watch other MLS games that don't include the team in their market? I'm a Royals fan, but I rarely watch other MLB baseball games. Living in KC, could I watch a San Jose/Salt Lake game on tv?

I might be more apt to check out some premiere league games now that I have some name recognition from the WC. I'd like to check out some MLS games as well.

redfan 07-03-2014 06:50 AM

Currently as big as hockey? In 20 years, bigger than baseball?

:hmmm:

Prison Bitch 07-03-2014 07:06 AM

The NBA is gawd-awful. Not a shock. I cannot believe anybody watches a second of that garbage. WHAT WILL THE BIG 3 DO ZOMG!?!?!

Eleazar 07-03-2014 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 10728912)
The NBA is gawd-awful. Not a shock. I cannot believe anybody watches a second of that garbage. WHAT WILL THE BIG 3 DO ZOMG!?!?!

75% of the broadcast is players just standing around. It's boring.

Prison Bitch 07-03-2014 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Cochise (Post 10728918)
75% of the broadcast is players just standing around. It's boring.

Do you agree with me, that anybody who mentions that stupid phrase "The Big 3" should be zapped with a taser?

Eleazar 07-03-2014 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 10728857)
Somewhat true because the MLS ratings are still generally very low.

The MLS has made enormous gains in 20 years, but I guess the perception that it's a "lesser" league hurts it amongst a lot of soccer fans.

We haven't seen yet what kind of a boost MLS will get from the World Cup. You can go to MLS and see many or most of the players from the National Team, who just competed and held their own in the World Cup. That can only help.

Eleazar 07-03-2014 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 10728920)
Do you agree with me, that anybody who mentions that stupid phrase "The Big 3" should be zapped with a taser?

I don't watch that garbage league, but isn't it the big 1, and two guys who are over the hill?

TEX 07-03-2014 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmya (Post 10728846)
Soccer will only be popular in the US every 4 years.

Yep.

morphius 07-03-2014 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by KCUnited (Post 10728899)
Honest question, is the MLS televised regularly? Do the majority of MLS fans watch other MLS games that don't include the team in their market? I'm a Royals fan, but I rarely watch other MLB baseball games. Living in KC, could I watch a San Jose/Salt Lake game on tv?

I might be more apt to check out some premiere league games now that I have some name recognition from the WC. I'd like to check out some MLS games as well.

I can't remember which channel it is, either Fox Sports 1 or NBC Sports will have a national game every week I believe. But I'm generally the same with Soccer as with Baseball, I watch Sporting and the Royals and that is it. Though I have pretty much reached that level with the NFL lately as well.

KCFaninSEA 07-03-2014 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 10728912)
The NBA is gawd-awful. Not a shock. I cannot believe anybody watches a second of that garbage. WHAT WILL THE BIG 3 DO ZOMG!?!?!

Could not agree more.


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