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The least viewed MLS Championship ever
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Saturday’s live broadcast of the 2013 MLS Cup on ESPN had an average viewing audience of 505,000, which is the least-viewed MLS Cup ever on English-language television. The previous record low was the 748,000 viewers who watched the 2010 MLS Cup between Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas. That game had a 0.44 TV rating, but the viewing audience was greater than the 2013 MLS Cup due to the 2010 game being shown at night instead of the 4pm ET broadcast between Sporting KC-Real Salt Lake. The 2012 MLS Cup between between LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo had a 0.7 TV rating and was viewed by an average of 797,000 people. The 2013 MLS Cup viewership was down 44% from 2012. The disappointing 505,000 viewing audience figure for the Sporting Kansas City against Real Salt Lake game follows the 29% decline in regular season MLS TV ratings on ESPN compared to last year, as well as a 8% decline on NBCSN. The 505,000 number is the same as the viewing audience for a repeat of Everybody Loves Raymond, which was shown on TBS at the same time as the second half of the 2013 MLS Cup. In contrast, 514,000 viewers watched MLS Cup 2013 on UniMas. In comparison to Premier League matches, the 505,000 people who watched MLS Cup 2013 was fewer than the 507,000 who watched Chelsea-Southampton on Sunday, December 1 at 11am ET on NBCSN but slightly greater than the 499,000 viewers who watched Arsenal versus Everton (played on Sunday at 11am ET on NBCSN). Read: Why Major League Soccer Has Bigger Issues Than Just Poor TV Ratings TV ratings for MLS’s premier game, MLS Cup, from 1996 to 2013 are: 0.5 2013: *Sporting Kansas City-Real Salt Lake (ESPN) 0.7 2012: Los Angeles-Houston (ESPN) 0.8 2011: Los Angeles-Houston (ESPN) 0.4 2010: Colorado-FC Dallas (ESPN) 0.8 2009: Real Salt Lake-Los Angeles (ESPN) 0.6 2008: Columbus-New York (ABC) 0.8 2007: Houston-New England (ABC) 0.8 2006: Houston-New England (ABC) 0.8 2005: Los Angeles-New England (ABC) 0.8 2004: D.C. United-Kansas City (ABC) 0.6 2003: San Jose-Chicago (ABC) 0.8 2002: Los Angeles-New England (ABC) 1.0 2001: San Jose-Los Angeles (ABC) 0.7 2000: Kansas City-Chicago (ABC) 0.7 1999: D.C. United-Los Angeles (ABC) 1.0 1998: Chicago-D.C. United (ABC) 1.4 1997: D.C. United-Colorado (ABC) 1.4 1996: D.C. United-Los Angeles (ABC) Read more at http://worldsoccertalk.com/2013/12/1...ebkM75kppwd.99 |
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12-10-2013, 07:17 PM | #61 |
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12-10-2013, 07:20 PM | #62 | |
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12-10-2013, 07:22 PM | #63 |
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Wow, it isn't already? I guess I'm surprised by that for some reason.
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Where the hell do you live that soccer isnt already a HS sport?
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Cause football is the best thing on tv 99.999% of the time. Love it.
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12-10-2013, 07:39 PM | #66 | |
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It is dumb to compare viewership of the MLS to the big 3 or even college. Just like Bo, tons of stupid people just pass judgement without ever going to a game. Most of them I have a feeling learned it from their drunk dad who claimed he could throw a football over a mountain and soccer players are all bundle of stickss. Go to one sporting game and you will enjoy yourself. On that, I love watching football over futbol. Playing is even more fun, oder Americans playing indoor soccer is basically football. If you try flopping I will hammer you the next time. And even though I love sporting, I was watching MU football and basketball. I agree it would have done better the next weekend. |
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12-10-2013, 07:41 PM | #67 |
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Why the need to run the MLS down since Sporting won the cup, anyway? They are a Kansas City team. They are successful. Why the hate?
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12-10-2013, 07:41 PM | #68 |
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12-10-2013, 07:48 PM | #69 |
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Where was all this excitement back in 2000 and 2004 when KC played for the cup?
I dare someone to find me a thread on here from back then.
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If it is not found, that means soccer is growing? I kind of remember talking about the championship, not the loss though.. |
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I want to pinpoint the win over Manchester United in a friendly as a turning point in the fanbase. |
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The Blues regular season games are getting a 3.5 rating in St. Louis. Sporting KC for their championship game got a 4.5 rating in Kansas City. |
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12-10-2013, 08:01 PM | #73 |
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Pretty sure that has to do with the MLS's stupid decision to broadcast it on CFB Championship weekend. They literally started at almost the same time as the SECCG.
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It is not a high school sport in most rural or smaller towns. Springfield is the only city that I have lived in where soccer was a high school sport. IIRC not all the schools up there had soccer teams either. Springfield is the only city/town that I have lived in that was larger than 50,000 in population.
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