MLS Cup 2016 was the most-watched championship match in league history, MLS announced Tuesday.
Record-setting television audiences in the United States and Canada combined for the largest viewership in the 21-year history of the MLS Cup final.
A total average audience of over 3.5 million people across four networks watched the Seattle Sounders triumph over Toronto FC at BMO Field on Saturday night. Fox's English-language broadcast in the U.S. pulled in an average audience of over 1.4 million viewers, while another 601,000 watched in Spanish on UniMas.
Over 1.5 million Canadians watched as well, with TSN accounting for 1.