Q&A: Major League Soccer commissioner sees 'can-do attitude' in Nashville

Of the expansion markets only Tampa Bay, detroit and Phoenix have larger than markets than Sacramento. Not sure why we are lumped in with Nashville and Cincinnati when people discuss small TV markets. Both Nashville and Cincinnati would share broadcast time with NFL teams. Here are the actual numbers.

1 New York 7,348,620 6.407

2 Los Angeles 5,476,830 4.775

3 Chicago 3,463,060 3.019

4 Philadelphia 2,942,800 2.566

5 Dallas-Ft. Worth 2,713,380 2.366

6 San Francisco-Oak-San Jose 2,488,090 2.169

7 Washington, DC (Hagrstwn) 2,476,680 2.159

8 Houston 2,450,800 2.137

9 Boston (Manchester) 2,424,240 2.114

10 Atlanta 2,412,730 2.104

11 Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) 1,908,590 1.664

12 Phoenix (Prescott) 1,890,100 1.648

13 Detroit 1,853,030 1.616

14 Seattle-Tacoma 1,808,530 1.577

15 Minneapolis-St. Paul 1,742,530 1.519

16 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 1,696,330 1.479

17 Denver 1,630,380 1.422

18 Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn 1,519,570 1.325

19 Cleveland-Akron (Canton) 1,498,960 1.307

20 Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto 1,379,770 1.203

21 St. Louis 1,215,570 1.06

22 Charlotte 1,189,950 1.038

23 Pittsburgh 1,160,220 1.012

24 Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle) 1,153,580 1.006

25 Portland, OR 1,143,670 0.997

26 Baltimore 1,119,480 0.976

27 Indianapolis 1,086,310 0.947

28 San Diego 1,065,700 0.929

29 Nashville 1,011,570 0.882

30 Hartford & New Haven 963,950 0.84

31 San Antonio 938,660 0.818

32 Columbus, OH 920,740 0.803

33 Kansas City 919,020 0.801

34 Salt Lake City 916,960 0.799

35 Milwaukee 895,700 0.781

36 Cincinnati 863,800 0.753

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