New York – More than 11 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch the U.S. beat Ghana, during a World Cup soccer match on Monday.

The development set a new record for soccer viewership on ESPN, according to Nielsen.

The game was the highest-rated men’s soccer match for the sports cable network, owned by Walt Disney.

The Watch ESPN app, meanwhile, garnered it’s largest-ever audience, with 1.4 million viewers streaming the match.

The game also set a record at Univision [UVN.UL], the Spanish-language broadcast network, attracting 4.8 million people, which made it the most-viewed U.S. World Cup match in the network’s history.

The U.S.-Ghana game was the most viewed programme on ESPN since Jan. 6, when college football’s BCS National Championship pulled in 26.6 million viewers.

On Monday, the U.S. beat Ghana by 2-1, snapping an eight-year losing streak against the West African country, which knocked the U.S. out of the past two World Cup tournaments.

The U.S. will take on Portugal in the Amazon city of Manaus on Sunday.

While the sport of soccer has been gaining ground in the United States, it still does not reach the level of television viewership for some other sports.

For example, the National Football League’s annual Super Bowl drew in more than 111 million U.S. viewers this year.

Brad Adgate, Senior-Vice president at Horizon Media, said the number of people watching the U.S.-Ghana match for both networks was probably higher.

“It’s a respectable number,” Adgate said about the number of viewers. “It’s growing in the right direction.”(Reuters/NAN)