Atlanta United’s 2-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls on Sunday drew the second-highest rating in history for an MLS regular-season game on Fox Sports 1.
Fox Sports said the game delivered 375,000 viewers, second only on its network to the game between Orlando and D.C. United on June 14, 2015, which delivered 378,000 viewers.
The viewership for Atlanta United’s game was 60 percent more than the first Sunday match in the 2016 season, according to Fox Sports.
Atlanta United will have 14 more nationally televised games this season, including Sunday’s at Minnesota United. It will be on ESPN2.
According to MLS, opening weekend viewership was the highest in the U.S. since 2004. That includes the most-viewed opening weekend game on a Spanish-language channel (Univision, Dallas vs. L.S. Galaxy drew 509,000 viewers). ESPN saw a 14-percent increase in viewership this year for Orlando City vs. NYCFC compared to its opening game last season.
including the highest viewed MLS Opening Weekend on Spanish-language ever (Univision, FC Dallas vs. LA Galaxy, 509K viewers), the highest MLS Opening Weekend ever, and 2nd highest on the network of all time, for FS1 (Atlanta United vs. NYRB, 441K viewers), and ESPN1 seeing 14% increase in viewership year-over-year (Orlando City SC vs. NYCFC).
Top five most-watched single-network games in MLS history
Oct. 26, 1997 MLS Cup D.C. United vs. Colorado, ABC, 3:30 p.m., 2,217,000
Oct. 20, 1996 MLS Cup L.A. Galaxy vs. D.C. United, ABC, 3:30 p.m., 2,111,000
April 3, 2004 Regular Season D.C. United vs. San Jose, ABC, 4 p.m., 1,969,000
Oct. 21, 2001 MLS Cup L.A. Galaxy vs. San Jose, ABC, 12:30 p.m., 1,501,000
March 15, 1998 Regular Season Miami vs. D.C. United, ABC, 4 p.m., 1,438,000
Information provided by MLS
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