2019 MLS: TV audiences in the USA down for the final (-18.5%) and regular season matches (-19%)

The Audi 2019 MLS Cup final, Seattle Sounders - Toronto FC (3-1), played at the CenturyLink Field (in front of 69,274 spectators) in Seattle (Washington state, USA), drew an average of 1.27 million viewers in the United States (823,000 viewers on the free English-language TV channel ABC and 447,000 on the Spanish-language pay-TV channels Univision and TUDN) on 10/11/2019.

This audience is down 18.5% from the 2018 edition, Atlanta United FC - Portland Timbers (2-0), which drew an average of 1.563 million viewers, with a peak audience of 2.07 million, on the free English-language channel Fox on 08/12/2018.

The average audience for regular season Major League Soccer matches in 2019 is also down 19% compared to the 2018 season.

• The 2015-2022 TV rights to MLS Major League Soccer, the top professional football league in the USA and Canada and the US men's and women's national teams were awarded to sports television groups ESPN Sector: pay-TV sports channel; sports radio; broadcast in English and SpanishMajor countries and broadcasting areas: United States, Latin America…