Amazing FIFA World Cup Final viewership records show how far soccer has come in the U.S.

Welcome back to Bucholtz Sports Media! This post is an exclusive for our premium subscribers, who you can join here for just $5 a month. Now, on to the piece... World Cup Final draws 62.8 million U.S. viewers, way ahead of anything to date Spain raising the 2026 FIFA World Cup trophy (Bryan Berlin, WikiPortraits, via Wikipedia.) When I wrote about the FIFA World Cup Final's ratings potential, my conclusion was "A record for any match not involving the U.S. seems almost certain, and perhaps...