--- description: More than 25 million people watched the game. title: World Cup Final Was the U.S.'s Most Watched Soccer Game image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d987fa46225d605/698859ccf887dc746ee91412/ap132854969696.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sunday’s World Cup Final Was the Most Watched Soccer Game in U.S. History by [Ben Geier/Fortune](/author/ben-geierfortune/) ## Ben Geier/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2015 2:43 PM CUT  Alex Morgan of the U.S. Women's National Soccer team. Alex Morgan of the U.S. Women's National Soccer team.Steven Kingsman—AP by [Ben Geier/Fortune](/author/ben-geierfortune/) ## Ben Geier/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2015 2:43 PM CUT As if the seemingly nationwide chants of “USA! USA!” weren’t enough, it turns out that Sunday’s final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup was the most watched soccer game — played by women or men — in U.S. history. Around 25.4 million people watched the game on Fox, according to the [_New York Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/sports/soccer/womens-world-cup-final-was-most-watched-soccer-game-in-united-states-history.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=1 "undefined"), to go along with nearly 1.3 million people watching the Spanish-language telecast on Telemundo. One important thing to consider is that not only did people tune in, they also kept watching the game even after the United States put the rout on Japan, going up 4-0 early in the first half. Non-close games often cause people to tune out, but the _Times_ notes that the thrill of watching an American victory and of seeing Abby Wambach — the U.S. star who was playing in her last game and came on as a substitute late in the second half — likely caused more people to keep watching than normal. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3947842/womens-world-cup-final/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3947842/womens-world-cup-final/"},"headline":"Sunday’s World Cup Final Was the Most Watched Soccer Game in U.S. History","datePublished":"2015-07-07T14:43:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:01:09.720Z","description":"Add that to your trophy case, Carli Lloyd","url":"https://time.com/3947842/womens-world-cup-final/","keywords":["Football","Soccer","FIFA","Abby Wambach","Women's World Cup","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d987fa46225d605/698859ccf887dc746ee91412/ap132854969696.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ben Geier/Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ben-geierfortune/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d987fa46225d605/698859ccf887dc746ee91412/ap132854969696.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SOCCER: JUN 26 FIFA Women's World Cup - Quarter-Final - China v USA","caption":"SOCCER: JUN 26 FIFA Women's World Cup - Quarter-Final - China v USA","creditText":"Steven Kingsman—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3947842/womens-world-cup-final/","name":"Sunday’s World Cup Final Was the Most Watched Soccer Game in U.S. History"}}]}] ```