Start chanting “D.C.! D.C.!” along your “USA! USA!” chants because we’re number one…when it comes to who had ESPN’s highest rating for watching the USA-Ghana World Cup match yesterday.
According to ESPN, USA’s 2-1 victory of Ghana yesterday set numerous records for the station, including being the highest-rated men’s soccer match ever and the largest audience for WatchESPN, the station’s online streaming service to watch games. Of all the markets who tuned in to watch the game, D.C. was the highest, with an 11.8 rating. Coming in behind D.C. was New York at 10.2, Hartford-New Haven at 10.1, and Boston at 10.0.
Additionally, D.C. is the leading market for watching World Cup matches on ESPN, ESPN 2, and ABC, with a 5.0 average rating through the first 14 games. Someone figure out how this can get us statehood.
People in D.C. were, to say the least, stoked:
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