US-Belgium is most-watched soccer telecast in US history at 30M viewers, Fox says
Summary
The soccer match between the United States and Belgium in the World Cup round of 16 had 30 million viewers in the U.S., making it the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history. The game took place in Seattle on July 6, 2026, and Belgium won 4-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.Key Facts
- The U.S.-Belgium World Cup game had 30 million viewers in the U.S. according to Fox.
- The viewing peaked at over 36.8 million people between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
- This broke the previous record of 26.4 million viewers from the U.S.-Bosnia-Herzegovina game last week.
- Belgium won the match 4-1 and moved to the quarterfinals.
- The match eliminated the last of the tournament's three co-host countries from the competition.
- The Portugal-Croatia match in the round of 32 reached 11.1 million viewers, the highest for any World Cup game without the U.S. team in the U.S. English-language broadcast.
- Fox reported these ratings based on preliminary data released after the matches.
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