The United States began its 2022 World Cup campaign on Monday against Wales, scoring nearly 12M viewers across Fox and Telemundo.
This included an impressive average of 8.3M viewers on Fox across broadcast and digital platforms as well as 3.4M viewers for the Spanish-language broadcast.
Given that the game was on a Monday morning, it bodes well for the USA’s next game against England on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, kicking off at 2pm ET which is widely expected to be one of the most watched soccer games in U.S.
TV history. The USA/Wales match, which ended in a 1-1 tie, aired at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, following the Netherlands 2-0 win over Senegal.
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