Final Ratings: MLS All-Star Game Sees Best Audience In Years On ESPN2

ESPN2 drew 862,000 viewers for the MLS All-Stars’ win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday night, marking the game’s best audience since ’04, when it drew 1.07 million viewers on ABC. The telecast on Wednesday outdrew both MLS ASGs featuring Manchester United in ’11 (781,000 viewers) and ’10 (714,000 viewers). Last year’s game featuring AS Roma drew 319,000 viewers, while the ’12 match against Chelsea drew 530,000 viewers. Meanwhile, UniMas drew another 410,000 viewers for the match, for a combined audience of 1.27 million viewers. That figure is the second-best for the MLS ASG all-time, behind only ’11, which drew 1.45 million viewers.

NOTES : Fox drew 726,000 viewers for the ManU-Real Madrid match as part of the Guinness Int’l Champions Cup last Saturday, up from the net’s 555,000 viewers for ManU-AS Roma on July 26. Last year, Fox had only one ICC match, drawing 990,000 viewers for Real Madrid-Everton….FS West on Thursday night once again drew a season-best audience for an Angels game. The finale of the Freeway Series drew a 4.74 local rating in L.A., compared to a 1.0 on SportsNet LA (home to the Dodgers).

The charts below list final ratings and viewership from recent sports telecasts.