Why Major League Soccer Expects Ratings Boost for Saturday’s MLS Cup Championship Game

Seattle-Toronto matchup pits popular franchises on a night without NFL competition

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The biggest game in American professional soccer, Major League Soccer’s annual MLS Cup championship match, hasn’t exactly been must-see TV in the past, delivering just a 0.4 rating last year. The contest hasn’t registered a 1.0 rating since 2001, and peaked at 1.4 in 1996 — the first MLS Cup.

But this year could be different. For one thing, the match-up pits two of the league’s most popular franchises, the Seattle Sounders and Toronto FC.

And maybe more importantly, the game will air at 8 p.m. ET Saturday on Fox, a time slot free of competition from America’s No.

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