{"id":631228,"date":"2026-07-07T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=631228"},"modified":"2026-07-07T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:30:00","slug":"has-the-breakthrough-moment-for-soccer-in-america-arrived-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=631228","title":{"rendered":"Has The Breakthrough Moment For Soccer In America Arrived?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has The Breakthrough Moment For Soccer In America Arrived?<\/span><\/p>\n

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The World Cup is turning into a major ratings boom for US broadcasters, with Fox Sports, Telemundo and Peacock drawing record audiences.<\/p>\n

The US Men’s National Team (USMNT) is currently 1-0 down against Belgium in a Round 16 match, a game that could mark a breakthrough moment for soccer in America.<\/p>\n

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About a month into the 39-day tournament, top matches featuring the US, Mexico, England, France and Argentina have helped drive viewership levels rarely seen outside NFL games, according to Fox Sports analytics chief Michael Mulvihill.<\/p>\n

“The U.S. matches have out-delivered expectations, but what’s been more surprising is some of these matches that are between nations where the American sports fan doesn’t know a lot of players and they don’t even have that much familiarity with the country itself. A lot of those matches have done really well,” Mulvihill said, who was quoted by Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The tournament’s broadening appeal has been a boon for advertisers, with unusually strong multi-generational viewing.<\/p>\n

The question now is whether the USMNT can secure another win and continue the momentum.<\/p>\n

Even before tonight’s USMNT results, UBS analyst Robert Krankowski believes that the breakthrough moment has already arrived.<\/p>\n

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America’s youth appears to be highly engaged in the sport.<\/p>\n

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It appears that moment has already arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 07\/06\/2026 – 20:30<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Has The Breakthrough Moment For Soccer In America Arrived? The World Cup is turning into a major ratings boom for US broadcasters, with Fox Sports, Telemundo and Peacock drawing record audiences. The US Men’s National Team (USMNT) is currently 1-0 down against Belgium in a Round 16 match, a game that could mark a breakthrough… Continue reading Has The Breakthrough Moment For Soccer In America Arrived?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":631218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-631228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=631228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/631218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=631228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=631228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=631228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}