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Team USA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup dreams were scuttled on Saturday, but ABC can be consoled by the deliveries the Group of 16 match served up.
Per Nielsen, U.S.-Ghana averaged 14.9 million total viewers between 2:30 p.m. and 5:12 p.m., making it the most-watched men’s World Cup broadcast in U.S. history.
Only the U.S.team’s triumph in the 1999 Women’s World Cup out-delivered the U.S.-Ghana match, averaging just a hair under 18 million viewers. Saturday’s game beat the previous record for a men’s World Cup telecast; the 1994 Brazil-Italy final drew 14.5
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