• Amy Hinrichs raises her arm to celebrate the first goal by the United States against Germany on June 30 as fans watched television coverage in Minneapolis of a semifinal of the Women's World Cup soccer tournament taking place in Montreal. With many matches in prime time, this Women's World Cup has set all sorts of TV viewership records in the U.S. America's victorious Sunday final with Japan saw viewer ratings set a U.S. soccer record. | RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER / STAR TRIBUNE VIA AP, FILE
    Amy Hinrichs raises her arm to celebrate the first goal by the United States against Germany on June 30 as fans watched television coverage in Minneapolis of a semifinal of the Women's World Cup soccer tournament taking place in Montreal. With many matches in prime time, this Women's World Cup has set all sorts of TV viewership records in the U.S. America's victorious Sunday final with Japan saw viewer ratings set a U.S. soccer record. | RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER / STAR TRIBUNE VIA AP, FILE

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NEW YORK – The Women’s World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan drew a record U.S. audience for a soccer game carried by a single network, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings released by Fox.

An estimated 15.2 percent of U.S. TV households tuned in to the network’s coverage, surpassing the record 13.3 percent set during the 1999 Women’s World Cup final between the U.S. and China on ABC, Fox said Monday in a statement.

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