Attendance

Major League Soccer

Taking Attendance 5/20/2013

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Latest attendance numbers for MLS, the NASL, USL Pro and the NWSL, through games of May 19:

THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER G Total Average
Seattle 5 195,330 39,066
Montreal 5 115,090 23,018
Los Angeles 5 105,156 21,031
Portland 6 124,044 20,674
Vancouver 6 118,480 19,747
Kansas City 6 115,064 19,177
Toronto 6 114,717 19,120
Houston 7 133,686 19,098
Salt Lake 5 90,764 18,153
New York 6 105,324 17,554
Philadelphia 6 104,981 17,497
Dallas 7 104,117 14,874
DC United 6 82,202 13,700
Colorado 5 66,843 13,369
New England 5 65,362 13,072
Columbus 5 64,200 12,840
Chicago 5 60,540 12,108
San Jose 8 83,272 10,409
Chivas USA 6 48,352 8,059
MLS TOTAL 110 1,897,524 17,250
NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE G Total Average
San Antonio 3 22,119 7,373
Carolina 3 15,502 5,167
Atlanta 3 15,118 5,039
Minnesota 4 19,767 4,942
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Monday After

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Busy week in Major League Soccer with a host of mid-week games and a packed weekend, so we will jump right into attendance. The early games started in with DC United, with less than 11k at RFK to watch DC fall 4-0 in another disappointing outing for the Black and Red. The Red Bulls fell just short of 12k in their mid-week effort, while KC managed its usual 18,500 plus.

Taking Attendance 5/6/2013: The Pros

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Now that every professional (men's and women's) team in MLS, the NASL, USL Pro and the NWSL has had at least one home match, we can take a look at the attendance figures for each team in the various leagues through games of May 5. (As always, corrections are welcome.)

THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER G
Total
Average
Seattle Sounders 3 117,471 39,157
Montreal Impact 4 100,512 25,128
Los Angeles Galaxy 5 105,156 21,031
Portland Timbers 5 103,370 20,674
Vancouver Whitecaps 4 77,657 19,414
Sporting KC 5 96,462 19,292
Toronto FC 5 96,439 19,288
Houston Dynamo 5 92,643 18,529
Real Salt Lake 5 90,764 18,153
Philadelphia Union 4 69,375 17,344
New York Red Bulls 4 68,213 17,053
FC Dallas 5 79,683 15,937
DC United 4 58,474 14,619
New England Revolution 3 40,882 13,627
Colorado Rapids 5 66,843 13,369
Columbus Crew 4 52,931 13,233
Chicago Fire 4 48,335 12,084
San Jose Earthquakes 6 62,699 10,450
Chivas USA 5 40,227 8,045
MLS TOTAL 85 1,468,136 17,272
NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE G
Total
Average
San Antonio Scorpions 2 15,230 7,615
Minnesota Stars FC 3 15,714 5,238
Atlanta Silverbacks 2 10,402 5,201
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 9,764 4,882
Carolina RailHawks 2 8,794 4,397
Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 11,219 3,740
FC Edmonton 1 921 921
NASL TOTAL 15 72,044 4,803
USL PRO G
Total
Average
Orlando City 4 31,660 7,915
Rochester Rhinos 1 5,963 5,963
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1 4,000 4,000
Charleston Battery 2 7,808 3,904
Wilmington Hammerheads 2 5,955 2,978
Richmond Kickers 4 10,066 2,517
Phoenix FC 5 11,928 2,386
Dayton Dutch Lions *1 1,436 1,436
Harrisburg City Islanders 2 2,769 1,385
Los Angeles Blues *4 2,637 659
Charlotte Eagles 4 2,373 593
VSI Tampa FC 4 2,264 566
MLS Reserve Teams 3 10,373 3,458
USL PRO TOTAL 37 99,232 2,682
*=Missing one game
NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE G
Total
Average
Portland Thorns FC 1 16,479 16,479
FC Kansas City 2 10,848 5,424
Washington Spirit 3 12,682 4,227
Western NY Flash 2 6,192 3,096
Boston Breakers 2 5,747 2,874
Seattle Reign FC 1 2,618 2,618
Sky Blue FC 1 2,611 2,611
Chicago Red Stars 2 4,110 2,055
NWSL TOTAL 14 61,287 4,378

NOTES:

  • MLS, which drew six million fans for the first time ever in 2012, is on pace to do slightly below that (if every team holds its average for the rest of the season), but at 17,272 and playing to about 83% capacity, its numbers are healthier than ever overall.

2012 Attendance Figures

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Sporting KC once again set an attendance record this year for KC. As a whole, Sporting finished the season 7th in the attendance table, which in percentage terms is probably close to, if not the highest Kansas City has ever finished in the league, averaging 19,404 per game, almost 1,000 over the capacity of Livestrong Sporting Park.

MLS Has The Seventh Highest Average Attendance In World Football

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New data from FIFA shows that Major League Soccer past the 6 million fans mark for the first time this season.

Total attendance for MLS games was 6,072,854. The game in the U.S. continues to show strong growth as the MLS broke through the 4 million barrier in 2010 and 5 million in 2011.

With an average attendance of 18,807, MLS ranks seventh in the world by that metric.

MLS Attendance Up, Now 7th In the World

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Time for some positive news before we get into the playoff discussion (full predictions coming up later today).

Attendance for Major League Soccer reached a new high in 2012. Theleague beat last year's mark by nearly 1,000 per game. In fact, with an average attendance of 18,807, MLS ranks seventh in the world.

Monday After

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Major League Soccer returned with a vengeance this weekend with a series of meaningful games, big crowds and exciting soccer. Before we get to the attendance numbers, the big business story from the weekend was the revelation that the Hunt family is looking to sell the Crew to a local ownership group.

MLS Hits 5 Million Mark In Attendance

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Major League Soccer has hit the 5 million mark for attendance this season with a few weeks to go. MLS has also been averaging around 18,500 per game this season.

MLS's highest season attendance averages were 17,872 in 2011 and 17,406 in its inaugural season of 1996. Obviously the more clubs the league has added, the higher the attendance overall.

Monday After

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Back to a full slate of games in Major League Soccer after a break for international competition. Before we get to the attendance, here are a couple of business items from the weekend. We'll start on television, where the broadcast version of NBC made its debut on Saturday afternoon. The network did a great job with the telecast and everything about the broadcast screamed professionalism.

The Monday (Tuesday) After

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I hope everyone had wonderful holiday weekend and enjoyable end of Summer. For fans of Major League Soccer, the post-labor day period means its time for the final push to the playoffs. Fall is a great time for soccer in the United States and the playoffs are now just weeks away.

In truth the biggest business news over the last few days came from across the sea, with the transfer window closing across Europe.

Goals, Goals, and More MLS Goals

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Article by Leanne Elston

Quantifying the entertainment value of a soccer league is, obviously, difficult. You might want to look at attendance, because people tend to show up to events they find entertaining. You might want to look at disciplinary statistics, because games with a lot of cards can be pretty entertaining in a trainwreck sort of way.

Ref talk continues, “teachable moments,” vote Union youth, more news

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Talk about Sunday's refereeing disaster continues across the league. Hackworth says DC game had plenty of "teachable moments." Valdes named to PST Team of the Week. MLS ranked 8th in the world for pro soccer attendance. Mexico v USA top primetime broadcast. More news.

via @courtemancheMLS While MLS still trails the likes of Mexico and even China on attendance, the...

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While MLS still trails the likes of Mexico and even China on attendance, the league has made many inroads this season and is well on track to beat last year's record.

Thoughts?

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Indoor Soccer

(Nearly) Final MISL Attendance Numbers

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The indoor soccer season officially ended Saturday night with the Baltimore Blast's 8-6 win over the Missouri Comets in the second game of the Major Indoor Soccer League finals. It's Baltimore's seventh championship (including one by the original Blast in 1984), second only to San Diego's 10 among top-flight indoor leagues.

Oooh, I Know This One!

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Syracuse Silver Knights president Tommy Tanner, who famously said his MISL team would "sell out every game" before it played one, is perplexed about why they haven't actually sold out every game. Or come close, even.

"We're still not where we need to be," said Tanner, who vowed there will be, at least, a third campaign for his bunch.

Taking Attendance: Better Get Indoors 1/28/2013

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Here's the first look this season at attendance figures from the Major Indoor Soccer League, now in its second season under the United Soccer Leagues' umbrella.

Team G Total Average Median High Low
Rochester *9 55,747 6,194 5,365 10,320 4,191
Baltimore 10 52,321 5,232 5,540 6,711 3,038
Milwaukee 9 40,380 4,487 4,307 5,543 3,733
Missouri 8 35,015 4,377 4,548 5,481 3,026
Syracuse 10 34,662 3,466 3,394 4,567 2,617
Wichita Wings 11 30,175 2,743 2,500 4,200 2,200
Chicago #4 9,671 2,418 2,256 3,488 1,671
MISL TOTAL 61 257,971 4,229 3,967 10,320 1,671


*Missing one game.

Fashion

Video: Double dog pitch invaders at Galatasaray vs Aalen friendly

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You'll often find 'one man and his dog' in attendance at mid-season friendly matches... but it looks like the dogs might have actually outnumbered the human spectators at a recent Galatasaray friendly. The canine crowd decided to mount a pitch invasion, with two labradors bounding around the playing surface with glee.

Dirk Kuyt: When All Else Fails, Fancy Dress Doesn’t

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Images: KCKRS, Tumblr. We look forward to seeing more photos from Dirk Kuyt's feature in Fenerbahce's magazine so that the inevitable speculation about his attendance at Liverpool's annual fancy dress Christmas party can begin in earnest.

livestrong sporting park

Attendance Comparison After 17 Home Games

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Sporting KC closed out the regular season last night, and their final home game. As mentioned in the last one, Sporting set a new record for average attendance and overall attendance. For the second time in KC's history the team has averaged over the capacity of their venue, the other time that was done was the was the 2008 season, the team's first year at CAB when they played one game at Arrowhead.

Attendance Comparison After 16 Home Games

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Last night at Livestrong Sporting Park, Sporting set a new attendance record for the stadium, drawing 21,010, 2,543 above the announced capacity of the stadium. The attendance also guarantees that KC will set a new team record again this year in terms of average attendance and total attendance as they've already topped last year's total attendance total with one game left.

Attendance Comparison After 15 Home Games

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It wasn't the highest attended game in Livestrong Sporting Park history as Don Garber mentioned on Twitter on Friday, but it was still another game where KC pulled over the capacity of LSP. Here's the comparison of 15 home games.

1996 - Arrowhead
12,141
Sunday September 7, 1996 vs Columbus 1-5 loss
Average - 12,612

1997 - Arrowhead
8,761
Friday September 12, 1997 vs New York 0-0 (2-3) shootout loss
Average - 8,830

1998 - Arrowhead
6,755
Saturday September 5, 1998 vs San Jose 5-1 win
Average - 7,734

1999 - Arrowhead
9,592
Saturday September 25, 1999 vs Colorado 0-0 (2-3) shootout loss
Average - 9,516

2000 - Arrowhead
8,485
Friday August 18, 2000 vs Miami 1-2 loss
Average - 9,202

2001 - Arrowhead
Season finished
Average - 10,954

2002 - Arrowhead
Season finished
Average - 12,287

2003 - Arrowhead
14,923
Saturday October 18, 2003 vs Dallas 1-0 win
Final home game of the season
Average - 15,573

2004 - Arrowhead
20,435
Saturday October 16, 2004 vs Los Angeles 1-0 win
Final home game of the season.

Attendance Comparison for the 14th Home Game

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Another comparison of the home attendance, with the stage out, Sporting still had a sell out crowd at Livestrong Sporting Park. Here's a look at the rest of the attendance comparisons for the 14th home game of the season.

1996 - Arrowhead
11,139
Sunday September 1, 1996 vs New York 2-2(3-1) shootout win
Average - 12,646

1997 - Arrowhead
7,619
Thursday August 28, 1997 vs Colorado 1-0 win
Average - 8,835

1998 - Arrowhead
8,621
Saturday August 29, 1998 vs Chicago 2-2 (2-3) shootout loss
Average - 7,804

1999 - Arrowhead
17,832
Saturday September 18, 1999 vs Dallas 1-1(0-3) shootout loss
Average - 9,511

2000 - Arrowhead
10,530
Saturday August 5, 2000 vs Los Angeles 1-5 loss
Average - 9,253

2001 - Arrowhead
Season finished
Average - 10,954

2002 - Arrowhead
19,270
Saturday September 14, 2002 vs Colorado 1-2 loss
Final home game of the 2002 season.

Attendance Comparison for the 13th Home Game

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Here's this week's comparison for home games. Through 13 home games, Kansas City has once again gotten another sellout at Livestrong keeping the 2012 season well ahead of last year's pace for the most well attended season.


1996 - Arrowhead
7,891
Thursday August 15, 1996 vs San Jose 4-1 win
Average - 12,762

1997 - Arrowhead
9,278
Saturday August 17, 1997 vs New York 3-3(2-0) shootout win
Average - 8,928

1998 - Arrowhead
6,401
Wednesday August 26, 1998 vs DC 1-2 loss.

Seattle Sounders

Schellas Hyndman: Brek Shea Came off Early Because We Needed Some Fresh Legs

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When FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman brought Brek Shea off the field in the 86th minute of Sunday's 1-1 draw with Seattle Sounders FC, many of those in attendance at FC Dallas Stadium and watching on TV were a bit perplexed. They wondered why Hyndman would bring off one of his top attacking players in what was still a 1-1 tie but a match where the final outcome remained very much in doubt.

Sounders at Chivas USA - Three Questions

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Saturday's 7:30 PM match between the aspiring Seattle Sounders and struggling Goats features one of the hottest teams in MLS and a team that is bewildering. Despite several name brand players on offense Chivas USA has 9 fewer goals than the next worst in the league. If it wasn't for Dan Kennedy and the strong defense there would be no chance for the other SoCal team to make the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Portland Timbers

Portland Timbers Training Quotes and Notes: Caleb Confirmed Edition

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The Portland Timbers held a closed practice today at the team's Beaverton training facility, but like yesterday very little attention was being paid to what was happening on the field. Instead, everyone in attendance was waiting for team owner Merritt Paulson to arrive and make the formal announcement that Caleb Porter had been hired on as the Timbers' new coach, which he did as practice was wrapping up.

Reserve Game Ruminations: San Jose Earthquakes 3 Timbers 1

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The Portland Timbers controlled play for much of last night's 3-1 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes in reserve league play but were unable to finish their chances despite out-shooting the 'Quakes 21 to 5 The game took place in a crowded Jeld-Wen Field as some beautiful weather and a GroupOn deal on tickets brought families in droves to the game.

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German Bundesliga – Season Predictions – 2012/13

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The 2012-13 German Bundesliga season is about to start with Borussia Dortmund aiming for a third straight title. It's been a fantastic run for Dortmund who are looking to match Bayern Munich's run of three consecutive league titles from 1998 to 2001.

Overall, the Bundesliga remains one of the most competitive and popular leagues in the world along with attendance averaging over 45,000 per match last season.

Union Freekicks - Tuesday, August 21

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Union Notebook: Carroll's uncanny form continues vs. DC

Carrol only has six goals in his career, and three of them have come against D.C. on the road.

Fan Voting for 24 under 24 series.

I posted yesterday, but here is where you can actually vote for the players. You can vote as many times as you want it looks like.

The Rest

Monday After

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The USWNT will play two home games in the Spring/Summer on the East Coast. Red Bull Arena and Gillette were announced as the venues. There was a some dispute about the selection of a turf venue for the matches, but for the first time in a while, Foxboro will play host a US International.

On to attendance, where the week started with a Wednesday night match featuring New England and Portland.

Monday After

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Before we get to the weekly look at attendance, a couple of quick business notes. The big weekend stories involved movement on the stadium fronts in both Washington and New York 2. Coming a few days after the announcement that the Revs were slowing moving towards a stadium in Revere, the possibility that two more soccer specific stadiums might rise in the Northeast Corridor are great news for the league.

2012 Attendance at Toyota Park

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2012 Attendance: It's getting higher but so far still middle of the MLS pack

The 2012 season has the Chicago Fire at a points per game average that is unseen since the Golden Era of 1998-2003. Forty-four points in 26 games is identical to the 2003 season pace when Chicago won its only Supporters' Shield.

Taking Attendance: Final DII and DIII Numbers for 2012

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With the end of the second official season of the new North American Soccer League, we can (almost) close the book on the Division II and Division III attendance figures for the 2012 campaign. Here are the unofficial numbers as I have them*:

Team G Total Avg Med High Low
San Antonio 14 128,458 9,176 8,877 13,151 7,007
Atlanta 14 63,064 4,505 4,806 6,000 2,357
Carolina 14 54,363 3,883 3,584 7,310 2,580
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Revs’ Attendance Still Ranks Last

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Apparently, the pitch isn't the only place the Revolution have struggled this season.

According the league's latest attendance figures, New England, which currently sits in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, remains dead last at the gate, with a league-low 12,542 average homeattendance this season through Week 28.

Honoring 9/11

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Tuesday marks the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Shanskville, Penn. In recognition of playing on 9/11, U.S. Soccer will honor the occasion by distributing American flags to all those in attendance, and will recognize three first responders from the New York City Fire Department: Captain Joseph Brosi, Battalion Chief Wayman Iriarte, and Lieutenant Jason Hickey.

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Questions: Standings and tickets

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By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Aug 30, 2012) US Soccer Players -- In Thursday's column, Tony asks what the Revolution needs to do after Wednesday's collapse, questions the ethics of consulting with a coach under contract to another entity, and wonders if Montreal will raise attendance by lowering ticket prices.

Dani Alves & Bar Rafaeli: New Couple Rumour Report

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As Lecturas first reported [Ed. Note: hellow - always the rumour starters], Bar the supermodel was not after Gerard Pique or Cesc Fabregas as people first assumed about her random attendance at Barcelona matches. While some gossipers still think there's a connection to be made between her and Pique (some argue they had a fling [.

USL Pro: A Look Back at Week 20

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By FRANCO PANIZO

The final weekend of almost every regular season has its share of drama, and the USL Pro's season finale was no different as two teams snuck into the playoffs while another saw its postseason hopes vanish.

The Harrisburg City Islanders and the Wilmington Hammerheads booked the final two spots in the postseason and the Charlotte Eagles fell out of sixth place and the playoff picture by losing on Sunday.

Friday night football

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MELBOURNE DYNAMO RESERVES 4-0 MACKWORTH ST. FRANCIS RESERVES Friday 17th August 2012 Midlands Regional Alliance Division 2 Melbourne Recreation Ground, Cockshut Lane
Why would I attend a reserve team fixture you may ask? Surely a case of scrapping the bottom of the barrel football wise?