Last week, the battle for the ratings in the United States was dominated by the FIFA World Cup, and while this past week's games also had interesting matches from that competition, audiences were a bit more selective when choosing which games they wanted to witness.
Unsurprisingly, the two most-watched games from last week featured the USMNT, with their match against the Netherlands earning the largest ratings and audience numbers. The second most-followed game featured Gregg Berhalter's men, but this time against Iran. Both games gathered over ten million viewers in their English broadcasts, adding a couple more fans in the Spanish feed provided by Telemundo.
Just as it happened last week, Argentina claimed the third spot in this ranking, this time with their game against Australia being followed by over five million viewers. La Albiceleste also had their match against Poland being watched by quite a few of their fans, with over three million average viewers watching their game against Robert Lewandowski's team.
This is the full list of games that caught the most attention in the U.S. in the past week.
(All featured games were played in the FIFA World Cup)
FOX
Monday, November 28
Brazil 1-0 Switzerland at 10:43 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,775,000
Viewership rating: 1.28
Portugal 2-0 Uruguay at 1:43 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 3,647,000
Viewership rating: 1.66
Tuesday, November 29
Netherlands 2-0 Qatar at 9:45 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,306,000
Viewership rating: 0.67
Iran 0-1 USMNT at 1:41 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 12,365,000
Viewership rating: 5.36
Wednesday, November 30
Tunisia 1-0 France at 9:44 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,819,000
Viewership rating: 0.85
Poland 0-2 Argentina at 1:43 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 3,485,000
Viewership rating: 1.56
Thursday, December 1
Croatia 0-0 Belgium at 9:43 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,923,000
Viewership rating: 0.92
Japan 2-1 Spain at 1:43 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,624,000
Viewership rating: 1.18
Friday, December 2
Korea Republic 2-1 Portugal at 9:43 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,140,000
Viewership rating: 1.00
Cameroon 1-0 Brazil at 1:43 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,928,000
Viewership rating: 1.32
Saturday, December 3
Netherlands 3-1 USMNT at 9:41 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 13,265,000
Viewership rating: 6.17
Argentina 2-1 Australia at 1:42 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 5,450,000
Viewership rating: 2.47
Fox Sports 1
Monday, November 28
Korea Republic 2-3 Ghana at 7:43 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 912,000
Viewership rating: 0.45
Tuesday, November 29
Ecuador 1-2 Senegal at 9:44 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,108,000
Viewership rating: 0.43
Wales 0-3 England at 1:40 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 481,000
Viewership rating: 0.24
Wednesday, November 30
Australia 1-0 Denmark at 9:43 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 600,000
Viewership rating: 0.29
Saudi Arabia 1-2 Mexico at 1:42 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,547,000
Viewership rating: 0.5
Thursday, December 1
Canada 1-2 Morocco at 9:42 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 365,000
Viewership rating: 0.17
Costa Rica 2-4 Germany at 1:43 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,114,000
Viewership rating: 0.53
Friday, December 2
Ghana 0-2 Uruguay at 9:43 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 697,000
Viewership rating: 0.33
Serbia 2-3 Switzerland at 1:42 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 915,000
Viewership rating: 0.47
Sunday, December 4
France 3-1 Poland at 9:42 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,448,000
Viewership rating: 1.22
England 3-0 Senegal at 1:43 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,574,000
Viewership rating: 1.19
Telemundo
Monday, November 28
Korea Republic 2-3 Ghana at 7:31 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 545,000
Viewership rating: 0.36
Brazil 1-0 Switzerland at 10:29 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,454,000
Viewership rating: 0.73
Portugal 2-0 Uruguay at 1:31 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,150,000
Viewership rating: 1.05
Tuesday, November 29
Ecuador 1-2 Senegal at 9:30 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,208,000
Viewership rating: 0.60
Iran 0-1 USMNT at 1:30 P.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,215,000
Viewership rating: 1.04
Wednesday, November 30
Tunisia 1-0 France at 9:32 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,029,000
Viewership rating: 0.57
Saudi Arabia 1-2 Mexico at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,986,000
Viewership rating: 1.41
Poland 0-2 Argentina at 4:09 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,140,000
Viewership rating: 0.55
Thursday, December 1
Croatia 0-0 Belgium at 9:31 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 728,000
Viewership rating: 0.39
Japan 2-1 Spain at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,636,000
Viewership rating: 0.76
Friday, December 2
Korea Republic 2-1 Portugal at 9:31 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 927,000
Viewership rating: 0.50
Cameroon 1-0 Brazil at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,839,000
Viewership rating: 0.87
Saturday, December 3
Netherlands 3-1 USMNT at 9:29 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 1,017,000
Viewership rating: 1.01
Argentina 2-1 Australia at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,928,000
Viewership rating: 1.22
Sunday, December 4
France 3-1 Poland at 9:30 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,011,000
Viewership rating: 1.03
England 3-0 Senegal at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 2,250,000
Viewership rating: 1.04
