NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The United States鈥� 0-0 draw against England in the drew 19.98 million viewers for English- and Spanish-language broadcasts, the third-most watched men鈥檚 soccer game on U.S. television.
, which kicked off at 2 p.m. EST on Friday, was seen by 15,377,000 viewers on Fox, the most for a U.S. English-language men鈥檚 soccer telecast. The figure was 6% above the 14.51 million for Brazil鈥檚 penalty-kicks win over Italy in the 1994 final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, a Sunday 3:30 p.m. EDT start that July 17 viewed by 14,510,000 on ABC, according to Fox.
The U.S.-England game was viewed by 4.6 million on Telemundo, a division of Comcast Corp.鈥榮 NBCUniversal. It was the third-most-watched Spanish language World Cup telecast in the U.S. since at least 2006, topped by the United States鈥� 2-2 group-stage draw with Portugal in 2014, seen by 6.5 million on Univision with a 6 p.m. EDT start in mid-June, and Brazil鈥檚 2-0 win over Serbia on Thursday, a 2 p.m. EDT game seen by 5.7 million on Thanksgiving.
According to Nielsen, the only men鈥檚 soccer matches with more viewership on U.S. television were Germany鈥檚 win over Argentina in the 2014 final, seen by 22.67 million, and Spain鈥檚 victory over the Netherlands in 2010, seen by 21.36 million. Both those matches, televised by ABC and Univision, were on Sundays in July, with kickoff at 2:30 p.m. EDT in 2010 and 3 p.m. EDT in 2014.
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