Argentina’s dramatic victory over France in penalty kicks in the World Cup final was the second most-watched soccer match of any kind in the United States.
The early numbers from Nielsen, Fox and Telemundo show Sunday’s match had an English- and Spanish-language combined audience of 25,783,000.
That trails the 26.7 million that tuned in to the 2015 Women’s World Cup final, when the United States beat Japan 5–2 in a match that aired in prime time for most of the United States because the tournament was held in Canada.
Fox’s numbers from Sunday should increase when the “match-only” rating is released later Tuesday. The 16,783,000 average released by Fox and Nielsen includes some pre- and post-match coverage….