USA Victory Over France Draws More Than 6 Million Viewers

The USA’s exciting 2-1 victory over host nation France Friday in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019™ quarterfinals pulled in 6,335,000 viewers on FOX and FOX streaming sources, peaking at 8,239,000 viewers from 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM on the FOX Network, according to Nielsen fast national numbers. With 6,124,000 viewers on the FOX Network alone, the match is the most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup™ quarterfinal on record in the U.S. and the most-watched soccer match on English-language U.S. television since last summer’s FIFA World Cup final.

On FOX, USA-France posted a +7% increase over the United States’ 2015 quarterfinal win over China (5,736,000) – a match which aired in prime time. It was also up +57% over the comparable quarterfinal match in 2011 (3,890,000), which also was played in a European time zone.

Following the match’s thrilling conclusion, FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP NOW™ live on Twitter posted a record day with 1.05 million views, more than doubling its previous high. Across FOX owned digital and social platforms, FIFA Women’s World Cup™ content drew 13 million views.

On FOX streaming sources, the match drew an average minute audience of 211,000, making USA-France the most-streamed FIFA Women’s World Cup match ever.

The U.S. WNT is next in action Tuesday vs. England in the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ semifinals. Coverage begins at 2:00 PM ET on FOX.

On Sunday, FOX Sports televises the U.S. WNT press conference at 10:00 AM ET on FS2.

SOURCE: Fox Sports