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This past weekend's MLS national TV ratings are out, and relative to MLS they look quite healthy:
MLS numbers: ESPN's Philly-NY Red Bulls game Sunday averaged 323K viewers. NBCSN's Colorado-Portland on Sunday averaged 133K.
— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) June 25, 2013
The Confederations Cup bump following Spain vs. Nigeria proved effective for ESPN, and NBC Sports didn't do too bad either. It shouldn't be surprising that MLS' two best rated matches this year were shown on ESPN not ESPN2 (ESPN has more carriage that ESPN2) after big international matches. The two ESPN matches this year are:
POR v. DAL [6/15/2013] | 262k |
PHI v. NY [6/23/2013] | 323k |
NBC Sports has broadcast many more matches than ESPN and ESPN2, and last Sunday's was one of several that cracked the 100k barrier. Those matches are:
3/2/2013 | HOU v DC | 107k |
3/16/2013 | SEA v POR | 209k |
3/30/2013 | NY v PHI | 100k |
4/14/2013 | POR v SJ | 108k |
5/4/2013 | COL v NY | 122k |
6/8/2013 | SEA v VAN | 149k |
6/23/2013 | POR v COL | 133k |