Women's World Cup

[Midpack]

Guess we might as well post the (supposed) longest goal ever, 92 meters by one goalie vs the other. I didn't realize anyone could kick that far, much less score. You can't blame the losing goalie for not expecting this...

http://youtu.be/yU4_zv9DMz0

[MBAustin]

Excellent game and wonderful result for USWNT! That was quite the start - I rewound the DVR to replay the 1st goal for DH who hadn't joined us to watch yet - and by the time I finished that, we had missed the 2nd goal - amazing!

[RockyMtn]

Highest viewership ever for a US Soccer match, men or women!


Fox and Telemundo finished with a combined 26.7 million viewers for the U.S.-Japan FIFA Women’s World Cup final last night, marking the most-viewed soccer match ever on U.S. TV. The match passes the '14 men’s World Cup final, which saw ABC and Univision draw 26.5 million viewers for Germany-Argentina. Fox finished with 25.4 million viewers for its telecast last night, passing last year’s U.S.-Portugal World Cup group stage match (18.22 million viewers) as the most-viewed English-language soccer telecast ever in the U.S. The ’99 WWC final on ABC – featuring U.S.-China – now ranks third with 17.98 million viewers.

Telemundo on its own drew 1.27 million viewers for last night’s U.S.-Japan match, marking the best Spanish-language WWC match ever, but well below the 9.2 million viewers for Germany-Argentina last year.