United States-Bosnia and Herzegovina World Cup match delivers massive TV ratings

Unprecedented watch parties across the country are transforming the sport of soccer into a national phenomenon during the U.S. Men's National Team's World Cup knockout run.

Any time the U.S. men's national team steps on the pitch, it's going to draw a lot of eyeballs, but Wednesday's match against Bosnia and Herzegovina was historic.

Preliminary numbers from Nielsen report that the broadcast on Fox averaged 24.43 million viewers, peaking at 31.88 million late in the game.

That was enough to make it the largest English-language audience for a soccer broadcast in U.S. history.

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The knockout stage match between the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina broke U.S. viewership records. (Charlotte Wilson/Getty Images)

It edged out the previous record holder — the 2015 Women's World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan — which averaged 22.32 million viewers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Telemundo's Spanish telecast of the game brought in 9.1 million viewers for a combined total of 33.53 million, easily a record for a soccer match broadcast in the United States.

But what else is new? This World Cup has been obliterating ratings records since it started.

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U.S. World Cup matches have been drawing massive ratings. (Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The highly anticipated clash saw the U.S. trying to win its first knockout stage match since 2002 and bounce back from a disappointing loss to Turkey that capped off the group stage.

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Meanwhile, Bosnia and Herzegovina looked to play spoiler after advancing from Group B as a third-place team, hoping to eliminate the United States on its home