Why Big USA-Mexico Gold Cup TV Numbers Are Good And Bad News
The post Why Big USA-Mexico Gold Cup TV Numbers Are Good And Bad News appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Mexico midfielder Roberto Alvarado, left, fights for the ball with United States’ midfielder Max … More Arfsten during the Concacaf Gold Cup final on Sunday in Houston. AFP via Getty Images Amid lots of fretting over the future of the United States men’s national team less than a year out from the 2026 FIFA World Cup comes TV viewership data that suggests there are still a lot of American fans who care deeply about the program. The English-language broadcast of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup final between the USA and Mexico on Fox drew an average of 3.73 million viewers and peaked at 5.2 million. The telecast marks the largest English-language audience ever for a Gold Cup match, and the largest for any soccer game on Fox since last year’s Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia. And that’s even before Univision’s Spanish-language American numbers are added in, which are typically even higher than Fox for matches involving Mexico. (Those numbers don’t appear to be available yet). If nothing else, the data tells us that viewers are far from tired of seeing Concacaf’s biggest rivalry. That’s true even in an era where international relations have become more fraught between the two nations, and while Mexican immigrants to the U.S. are among the most directly impacted by ramped up immigration enforcement efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration. And it’s true despite more direct competition than ever between the nations’ two domestic leagues in the annual Leagues Cup and recently expanded Concacaf Champions Cup. For the sake of both nations’ future competitive development, the lack of fatigue with the rivalry may be more of a mixed blessing than it first appears. Does USA Care Too Much About Beating Mexico? There’s no denying the rivalry is commercially beneficial for both nations. The Mexican…
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Mexico midfielder Roberto Alvarado, left, fights for the ball with United States’ midfielder Max … More Arfsten during the Concacaf Gold Cup final on Sunday in Houston. AFP via Getty Images Amid lots of fretting over the future of the United States men’s national team less than a year out from the 2026 FIFA World Cup comes TV viewership data that suggests there are still a lot of American fans who care deeply about the program. The English-language broadcast of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup final between the USA and Mexico on Fox drew an average of 3.73 million viewers and peaked at 5.2 million. The telecast marks the largest English-language audience ever for a Gold Cup match, and the largest for any soccer game on Fox since last year’s Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia. And that’s even before Univision’s Spanish-language American numbers are added in, which are typically even higher than Fox for matches involving Mexico. (Those numbers don’t appear to be available yet). If nothing else, the data tells us that viewers are far from tired of seeing Concacaf’s biggest rivalry. That’s true even in an era where international relations have become more fraught between the two nations, and while Mexican immigrants to the U.S. are among the most directly impacted by ramped up immigration enforcement efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration. And it’s true despite more direct competition than ever between the nations’ two domestic leagues in the annual Leagues Cup and recently expanded Concacaf Champions Cup. For the sake of both nations’ future competitive development, the lack of fatigue with the rivalry may be more of a mixed blessing than it first appears. Does USA Care Too Much About Beating Mexico? There’s no denying the rivalry is commercially beneficial for both nations. The Mexican…
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