Cascadia Cup leads large MLS crowds this week

Mike Woitalla of Soccer America writes of the large crowds in Major League Soccer this past week.

Week 9 games averaged nearly 2,000 more fans than the previous week as Seattle's Qwest Field filled for the "Cascadia Cup" against Northwest rival Portland and set a season record.

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