MLS All-Time Canadian Audience Records

1 million viewers : Toronto FC-Montreal Impact, Eastern Conference Championship Leg 1

: Toronto FC-Montreal Impact, Eastern Conference Championship Leg 1 1.4 million viewers : Toronto FC-Montreal Impact, Eastern Conference Championship Leg 2

: Toronto FC-Montreal Impact, Eastern Conference Championship Leg 2 1.5 million viewers: Toronto FC-Seattle Sounders, MLS CUP 2016

Soccer on TSN

has broken the all-time MLS audience record yet again , after their storybook run through theculminated with a penalty kick showdown in the one of 60+ iconic championships that live on TSN . Overnight data from Numeris confirms that anof more thantuned in to TFC’s penalty kick loss to the Seattle Sounders onto become Canada’s most-watched MLS game in history. The game was the most-watched television program – including sports broadcasts – in Canada on Saturday night. Themarked aover the previous record , set on Nov. 30 in the MLS Eastern Conference Championship matchup between Toronto FC and Montreal Impact, with the TSN audience for Saturday night’s match almost doubling that of the conference final. Audience levels peaked at 11 p.m. ET withas Sounders defender Román Torres slotted home his penalty kick to seal the victory for Seattle. Overall,watched some part of Saturday night’s championship game on TSN and RDS. TFC fans rallied around the Reds on Saturday night, as thewas thein the Greater Toronto Area – more than doubling the audience of the next-highest broadcast in the team’s home market and delivering a 35% share. As well, TSN’s official Instagram and Snapchat stories attractedand, respectively, bringing fans closer to the game with behind-the-scenes content from the TFC-Sounders clash at Toronto’s BMO Field.Throughout the thrilling, Canadian teams have broken the all-time MLS audience record three times:TSN is Canada’s official broadcaster of Major League Soccer (MLS), with coverage of Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Toronto FC, and Montreal Impact, including MLS DECISION DAY, the AUDI 2016 MLS CUP PLAYOFFS,, and the 2016 AT&T MLS ALL-STAR GAME. Through a multi-year broadcast rights agreement with UEFA, TSN and RDS are the primary Canadian broadcasters of the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE and UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE. The agreement sees TSN broadcast more than 190 games, including up to 16 group stage games weekly, extensive coverage of the knockout phase, as well as the UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL and the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL. RDS delivers live coverage of three of the best matches each week. Bell Media’s CTV, TSN, and RDS own exclusive Canadian media rights to the FIFA World Cup™ package through to 2026, which includes the 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA™, 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR™, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup™, as well as a slate of additional FIFA tournaments. TSN and RDS hold a multi-year broadcast agreement that gives the networks Canadian media rights to half of all games from the PREMIER LEAGUE. As the official broadcast partners of Canada Soccer, TSN and RDS deliver a slate of marquee Canada Soccer matches and events featuring the Canadian men’s and women’s national teams, as well as the AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP.