As one would expect given the presence of Mexico and the United States, the Gold Cup semifinals did well in the Nielsens.
The Mexico/Panama CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal drew 4.3 million viewers across UniMas and Univision Deportes Network, up 29% from the same matchup on the same networks in 2013 (3.3M), but down 40% from Mexico/Honduras on Univision in 2011 (7.1M). The match had an additional 287,000 viewers on Fox Sports 2, equaling a combined audience of 4.6 million.
Mexico’s win earned the second-largest audience of the tournament thus far, trailing only Sunday’s Mexico/Costa Rica quarterfinal — which drew 4.7 million on Univision/UDN and 5.3 million overall.
Earlier in the night, Jamaica’s upset win over the United States drew 1.8 million on UniMas/UDN and 1.2 million on Fox Sports 1, equaling a combined audience of 3.0 million. The FS1 audience is the largest ever for men’s soccer on the network, which rebranded from Speed Channel two years ago.
(Wed. numbers from Univision, TV Media Insights)
