USA: Dortmund-Bayern draws highest ever TV audience for Bundesliga, Premier League still dominates

Borussia Dortmund - FC Bayern Munich (0-0, Matchday 25 of the Bundesliga on 05/03/2016), drew 192,000 viewers on average in the United States on the pay-TV channel FX (property of 21^st Century Fox), announced Fox Sports on 08/03/2016. This is the largest ever TV audience for a game of the German championship in the United States.

However, this record high for a Bundesliga match broadcast in the USA still only ranked the game in 18^th place out of all the football matches broadcast on the weekend of 05 and 06/03/2016. The Premier League, broadcast in the USA on the sports pay-TV channel NBCSN, dominates the rankings, comprising 6 of the top 18 football TV audiences during the weekend. West Bromwich Albion FC - Manchester United FC (1-0, Matchday 29 of the Premier League on 06/03/2016) drew the best audience with 601,000 viewers on average.

The three national TV broadcasts of MLS matches, whose opening weekend of the 2016 season was on 06/03/2016, ranked 6^th, 11^th, and 14^th, respectively, with the LA Galaxy - DC United (4-1) match drawing a total of 468,000 viewers on average during the…