Sunday’s win by the US over Chile in the FIFA Women’s World Cup drove FOX Sports to an average of 5.4 million viewers across its television and streaming sources, with 5.324 alone on FOX. That makes the match the most-watched in the history of the Group Stage of the tournament in the US and most-watched English-language soccer telecast in the country since last year’s 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia final, according to Nielsen Media Research. Highlights include a rise of 19% over the second U.S. Group Stage match in 2015 (4,492,000 vs. Sweden). In addition, the win marked the second-most streamed FIFA Women’s World Cup match ever, with an average-minute audience of more than 84,000. FOX Sports social platforms delivered their second-best day of the tournament with 7.2 million.
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