The list of most-watched soccer games in the USA from April 29 to May 5, 2024, has been revealed, with the UEFA Champions League semifinal stage taking center stage. The penultimate round of everyone's favorite European club soccer tournament grabbed two slots in the top three, with Real Madrid's thrilling trip to Bayern Munich taking the number one spot.
Los Blancos drew 2-2 in Munich, with Vinicius Jr. scoring twice to help the visitors secure a first-leg advantage as nearly one million average viewers – 958,000, to be precise – tuned in to CBS to catch the actions. That's not all as an additional 760,000 additional average viewers tuned in via other platforms (606,000 on Univision and 154,000 on TUDN), meaning over 1.5 million saw this thriller.
Dortmund vs. PSG, the other UEFA Champions League semifinal that took place last week, also made it to the podium. However, that first-leg showdown nabbed the third spot on this list, earning 782,000 average viewers and a rating of 0.47 for CBS. Niclas Füllkrug scored the only goal in that tie, thus securing the German giants a 1-0 victory.
Sandwiched in between those two UEFA Champions League fixtures is Manchester City's weekend demolition of Wolves. The reigning Premier League champions thrashed Gary O'Neil's side 5-1 in a match that earned NBC 906,000 average viewers, with Erling Haaland grabbing a super hat-trick.
No MLS fixtures made last week's list but the Liga MX Play-in made the cut, as well as the CONCACAF Champions Cup second-leg semifinals, with Pachuca and Columbus Crew securing progression to the prestigious final.
Check out the most-watched soccer games in the USA for the week of April 29-May 5, 2024 below.
NBC
Saturday, May 4
English Premier League: Man City 5-1 Wolves at 12:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 906,000
Rating: 0.51
USA Network
Saturday, May 4
English Premier League: Sheffield United 1-3 Nottingham Forest at 9:57 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 429,000
Rating: 0.21
English Premier League: Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth at 7:27 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 347,000
Rating: 0.21
Sunday, May 5
English Premier League: Brighton 1-0 Aston Villa at 8:57 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 324,000
Rating: 0.18
Telemundo
Saturday, May 4
English Premier League: Manchester City 5-1 Wolves at 12 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 241,000
Rating: 0.12
Sunday, May 5
English Premier League: Liverpool 4-2 Tottenham at 11:09 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 412,000
Rating: 0.24
English Premier League: Brighton 1-0 Aston Villa at 8:56 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 200,000
Rating: 0.12
ESPN Deportes
Monday, April 29
La Liga: Barcelona 4-2 Valencia at 2:55 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 147,000
Rating: 0.09
Saturday, May 4
La Liga: Girona 2-4 Barcelona at 12:15 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 195,000
Rating: 0.12
La Liga: Real Madrid 3-0 Cadiz at 10 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 148,000
Rating: 0.09
CBS
Tuesday, April 30
UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid at 2:51 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 958,000
Rating: 0.53
Wednesday, May 1
UEFA Champions League: Dortmund 1-0 PSG at 2:46 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 782,000
Rating: 0.47
Sunday, May 5
NWSL: Houston Dash 1-1 KC Current at 1 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 392,000
Rating: 0.24
Univision
Tuesday, April 30
UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid at 2:29 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 606,000
Rating: 0.30
UEFA Champions League: Dortmund 1-0 PSG at 2:29 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 473,000
Rating: 0.21
TUDN
Tuesday, April 30
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Pachuca 2-1 Club America at 8:34 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 201,000
Rating: 0.10
UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid at 2:29 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 154,000
Rating: 0.07
Wednesday, May 1
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Columbus Crew 2-1 Monterrey at 9:33 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 180,000
Rating: 0.11
Thursday, May 2
Liga MX: Pachuca 0-0 Pumas UNAM (3-5 on penalties) at 11:10 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 160,000
Rating: 0.09
Liga MX: Necaxa 1-1 Queretaro (3-2 on penalties) at 8:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 109,000
Rating: 0.07
Sunday, May 5
Liga MX: Pachuca 2-1 Necaxa at 9:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 180,000
Rating: 0.10
UniMas
Thursday, May 2
UEFA Europa League: Roma 0-2 Leverkusen at 2:32 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 189,000
Rating: 0.10
ION
Saturday, May 4
NWSL: NJ/NY Gotham 1-0 North Carolina Courage at 7:29 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 219,000
Rating: 0.13
NWSL: Portland Thorns 2-1 Washington Spirit at 10:03 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 178,000
Rating: 0.11