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U.S. tie vs. Portugal sets ratings records  More than 18.2
million U.S. viewers watched the United States tie Portugal
during a World Cup soccer match on Sunday night, making it the
most-viewed soccer match by a U.S. audience.  ESPN, which is
owned by Walt Disney Co, has been setting U.S. viewing records
during the World Cup in Brazil where some games have aired
during the U.S. prime time.  Sunday's match became the highest-
rated soccer match ever in the United States, edging out the
1999's Women's World Cup final of USA vs. China, where 18
million people tuned in to watch on Disney's broadcast network
ABC.  The Sunday match surpassed the U.S.-Ghana game last
Monday, which pulled in 11 million viewers.  The game also
attracted 6.5 million viewers for Spanish language broadcaster
Univision, making it the most viewed U.S. World Cup match in the
network's history, and beating last Monday's U.S.-Ghana game
which garnered 4.8 million viewers.  On Su