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Baltimore was the top market for yesterday’s Women’s World Cup Finals, delivering a 12.3 rating.  Rounding out the top five were: San Diego (11.8), West Palm Beach (11.7), Washington, D.C. (11.5), and Norfolk, Va. (11.1).

 

Sunday’s 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Finals between the United States and Japan – which crowned Japan as tournament champion on a penalty shootout after the match ended in a 2-2 tie – was seen by an average 13.458 million viewers, based on a 7.4 U.S. household rating (8.58 million household impressions), making it the most-watched and highest-rated soccer telecast on an ESPN network, based on fast nationals by the Nielsen Company.

The USA-Japan thriller bests the USA-Algeria men’s match (June 23, 2010) from last summer’s FIFA World Cup, which set the previous ESPN records for both ratings and viewership – 6.16 million viewers, based on a 4.0 household U.S. rating (4.58 million households).

The match also ranks as the sixth most-viewed soccer telecast ever in the United States.

 

Most-Viewed Soccer Events in the United States:

Date	Match	Network	U.S. Rating	P2+ (Viewers)
Sat., July 10, 1999	USA vs. China – Final	ABC	11.4	17,975,000
Sun., July 11, 2010	Netherlands vs. Spain – Final	ABC	8.4	15,905,000
Sat., June 26, 2010	USA vs. Ghana – Round of 16	ABC	8.5	15,193,000
Sun., July 17, 1994	Italy vs. Brazil – Final	ABC	9.5	14,510,000
Mon., July 4, 1994	Brazil vs. USA – Round of 16	ABC	9.3	13,694,000
Sun., July 17, 2011	USA vs. Japan – Final	ESPN	7.4	13,458,000
Sun., July 9, 2006	Italy vs. France – Final	ABC	7.0	11,961,000