MLS: what was the most watched match of Week 1?

Undoubtedly, the best game of the first week of the 2021 season in Major League Soccer (MLS) was the Los Angeles Galaxy's 3-2 away win against Inter Miami, with two scores from Mexican Javier Chicharito Hernández.

Well, this meeting played in Florida was one of the five games that were broadcast on national television in the United States, and it ended up being the one with the best tuning numbers, through the ABC network, with an audience of 557 thousand viewers, as revealed by the ShowBuzzDaily portal.

Along these lines, who followed in the rating to the victory of LA Galaxy, was the premiere in the MLS of Austin FC, who lost 0-2 in his visit to Los Angeles FC of the Aztec Carlos Vela, which had a presence of approximately 485,000 spectators, beating Orlando City's goalless draw with Atlanta United.

Between the two games of the Los Angeles squads, and which were by open signal, a total of 1,042 million viewers were reached, together beating the most watched game of last season, the final between the Columbus Crew and Seattle Sounders, that reached the ceiling of 1,007 million people.

However, these figures are far from the most followed game on national TV in MLS history, which dates back to July 7, 2019, in Atlanta United's 3-3 tie with New York Red Bulls, which was followed, for the FOX signal, for 1 million 609 thousand viewers.

Inter Miami vs Los Angeles Galaxy: highlights