USMNT Makes History with Record TV Viewership for World Cup Win vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

The United States men's national team made broadcast history during its first FIFA World Cup knockout-round win in 24 years.

Team USA's Round of 32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina was the most-watched English language soccer telecast in United States history, according to FOX Sports.

Wednesday night's matchup drew 24.429 million viewers, with a peak audience of 31.883 million, the network reported.

Folarin Balogun and Malik Tillman scored as Team USA claimed a 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, California.

The United States will advance to face Belgium in the Round of 16 in a Monday match in Seattle.

Team USA will be tasked with taking on Belgium, to which the team most recently suffered a 5-2 loss during an international friendly this March in Atlanta, without its top scorer.

Balogun was shown a red card after video review of a foul in the 64th minute of Wednesday's win and will now be suspended for the Round of 16 match.

The match between the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina wasn't the only game that has set English-language viewership records during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

An average of more than 5 million U.S. viewers tuned into group stage games on FOX, FS1 and Tubi, the most in English-language broadcast history, according to Fox Sports.

More than 16 million viewers tuned in to watch the U.S. men's national team play Paraguay, Türkiye and Australia during that group stage, according to the network.

English- and Spanish-language broadcasts combined drew 9.65 million viewers per match in a 105 percent increase in viewership numbers from the 2022 FIFA World Cup, per Rick Porter of the Hollywood Reporter.

Mexico's three group-stage games averaged more than 10 million viewers across Telemundo and Peacock, according to Porter.

That high viewership has so far continued into the knockout round. The English-language broadcast of Monday's Round of 32 matchup between Morocco and the Netherlands attracted 10.579 million viewers, Fox Sports reported.

That set a record for the most-watched English-language American broadcast of any World Cup game not featuring the USMNT or taking place in the final, according to the network.

Fox Sports, Telemundo and Peacock could be expecting to set more records this weekend as the knockout round continues with Round of 16 matchups featuring Mexico versus England on Sunday followed by the United States versus Belgium on Monday.