USA-Portugal Tie Is Most-Watched Soccer Game in American History [View all]

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/world-cup-ratings-usa-portugal-714017

UPDATED: Viewership for Sunday's 2-2 draw surged to 18.2 million viewers — making it ESPN's biggest non-football telecast ever.

The Sunday evening game time proved especially advantageous for ESPN, with viewership maxing out at 22.96 million between 7:30 and 8 p.m. ET. It nearly doubled the first American outing at the 2014 World Cup, with their 2-1 victory over Ghana averaging 11.1 million viewers.


In the West Palm Beach area (where I live) the ESPN rating was 11.4/19 - which was 4 HH ratings higher than the Ghana/US match. That made this market 4th in the country for viewing! Too bad I don't sell for ESPN today!!