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Washington D.C. is watching a ton of World Cup soccer

MOSCOW — Washington is winning the World Cup ratings race on Fox Sports.

Through the first three days of the tournament, the D.C. market averaged a 3.39 rating, well ahead of Providence (2.77), Austin (2.66), New York (2.5) and Miami (2.47).

Washington had the best numbers for Spain-Portugal on Fox (4.6 rating), France-Australia on FS1 (1.9), Argentina-Iceland on Fox (4.4) and Croatia-Nigeria on FS1 (3.7).

Fox attracted 4,002,000 average viewers nationally for the Germany vs. Mexico and 4,086,000 for Brazil vs. Switzerland, the largest U.S. audiences for soccer on an English-language TV since 2016. Both matches were on FS1.