U.S. Women’s World Cup tie vs. Netherlands attracts mixed viewers of seven.93 million on Fox, Telemundo

LOS ANGELES — The United States’ 1-1 draw in opposition to the Netherlands within the Women’s World Cup drew 7.93 million viewers, making it the most important mixed English- and Spanish-language viewers for a gaggle stage match involving the American ladies.

The first U.S. match on Friday evening in opposition to Vietnam had a mixed viewers of 6.26 million.

The recreation on Thursday afternoon in Wellington, New Zealand, which kicked off at 9 p.m. EDT Wednesday evening, averaged 6,429,000 viewers on Fox, making it the most-watched group stage telecast since Fox began masking it in 2015. Fox and Nielsen stated the viewers peaked at 8.45 million for the ultimate quarter-hour.

The earlier U.S. English-language Women’s World Cup group stage mark was 5,337,000 in 2019 for a recreation in opposition to Chile.

Wednesday evening’s match ranks seventh in most viewers for a Women’s World Cup match on Fox, ABC or ESPN. It is the third most-watched, non-final, surpassed solely by the 2015 and 2019 U.S. semifinal matches.

The Spanish-language viewers of 1.51 million throughout Telemundo, Peacock, Universo and Telemundo streaming platforms was the second-largest Women’s World Cup viewers no matter spherical. It was simply shy of the 1.55 million that seen the 2019 remaining, which was additionally between the Americans and the Dutch.

Telemundo is a division of Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal.