UPDATE 7/9: The final viewership numbers for the U.S.-Belgium match are in, and they are the biggest for any telecast since the Super Bowl. The Round of 16 game was watched by 33.086 million viewers — the most ever for a soccer telecast in the U.S. and the largest non-NFL audience on any network in a decade, since Game 7 of the World Series on Nov. 2 2016. The viewership peaked to 41M from 9:15 pm-9:30 pm ET.
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