Usually after the Liga MX Femenil Championship Week, I’d use this space to talk about the series. Who won, who lost, break down the tactics, and generally talk about why the games turned out the way that they did. This time however some news broke that both makes this insignificant and very significant all at once.

It came out that the most watched women’s soccer league in the entire world is Liga MX Femenil. It beat out such luminary leagues such as England’s Women’s Super League, Germany’s Frauen Bundesliga, Australia’s A-League Women, and the league largely viewed as one of the top in the world in terms of quality with a huge viewer base, the National Women’s Soccer League of the United States.

While I’m not going to conflate viewership and overall quality, I will point out that this figure does lend an air of legitimacy to the quality of the Mexican league. If it wasn’t at least decent quality soccer, it most likely wouldn’t have beaten out the quality leagues listed above whose viewer bases are also passionate about the women’s game.

This is the culmination of a lot of factors. First, a lot of the league’s matches are available to watch, and importantly, they’re available domestically and abroad. The rights to the games are sold by the home team, and there are some teams whose matches are only available in a limited capacity domestically, forcing those of us outside México to find mirrors on YouTube. But a great deal of matches are available over-the-air (OTA) in México with legal streams in the rest of the Americas. Games are streamed on ViX, Televisa/Univision’s streaming platform throughout the Americas, and the league broadcasts these games on their YouTube page as well. And Tigres and Juárez go a step further, having their matches broadcast OTA in the US on FOX Deportes and Estrella TV, adding move viewers and greater reach into the US market. Games are often also broadcast on Facebook pages from teams and the league.

Second, it helps being neighbors with the United States. The third-most populous nation in the world is crazy for sports, and women’s soccer continues to reach dizzying heights of popularity. There’s a large Mexican-American population that knows the teams through the history of the men’s game here in the United States, and the men’s league has long been the most watched league in the US. These deep cultural ties to the teams give them a leg up on leagues from say Canada, despite Canada’s linguistic and sporting ties to the US.

There are a ton of other factors that weigh into this, from the success of Mexican players and players from Liga MX Femenil in the NWSL, to an increase of matches between NWSL and Liga MX Femenil teams, to a greater amount of understanding and coverage of these leagues on both sides of the border. I’m not saying I’m the reason, but the people who have been watching and talking about and covering the league have continually put the league and its players into the conscious of fans and media that may not have otherwise had any exposure to the league.

So why is this important? These sorts of statements and numbers are tangible metrics to take to potential sponsors and use as leverage during negotiations to get more for the league and the players. Most watched league in México? Ok whatever. Most watched in the world with over just under 70 million viewers in 2025 and heading into a World Cup year in 2027? Now we’re talking. And the more money that goes into the league, its teams, and its players from sponsors, the better quality of play as well as the quality of life for its players should be as well. And that’s (slightly) more exciting than whose name got engraved on the trophy.

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