Bookending a day of strong soccer ratings, the Mexico-USMNT Gold Cup Final hit an eight-year viewership high on FS1 and Univision.
Sunday’s Mexico-United States CONCACAF Gold Cup Final averaged a combined 8.8 million viewers across Univision, Univision Deportes Network and FS1, up 116% from United States-Jamaica in 2017 (4.06M) and up 34% from Mexico-Jamaica in 2015 (6.53M).
Mexico’s win delivered the largest audience for the final since 2011 (8.94M). Not coincidentally, it was also the first Gold Cup Final to pit Mexico against the U.S. since 2011.
Coverage on Univision delivered 5.9 million viewers, up 158% from 2017 (2.29M), up 3% from 2015 (5.71M), and the largest men’s soccer audience on a single network since last year’s World Cup Final.
On a crowded day of soccer, the Gold Cup Final was easily the top match on Spanish-language television, topping Telemundo’s coverage of the Women’s World Cup Final and Copa America Final combined.
FS1 scored 2.88 million for its coverage, up 63% from 2017 (1.77M) and up 252% from 2015 (818K). Excluding the World Cup, it was the most-watched soccer telecast ever on the network.
The complete Gold Cup averaged 1.3 million viewers on the Univision family of networks, down 7% from 2017 (1.4M) and down 35% from 2015 (2.0M). Despite the decline, it was the most-watched soccer tournament of this summer on Spanish-language TV.
Viewership for the Gold Cup Final, past decade
[Numbers from Univision, Fox Sports]
