MLS attendance report: Nov. 23, 2009

The playoff numbers look like this…

5 year comparison
Quarterfinals Totals(both legs)
	Avg	+/-	Teams
2005	13,273	NA	CHI, COL, DAL, DCU, LA, NE, RBNY, SJ
2006	12,736	-4.05%	CHI, COL, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, NE, RBNY
2007	17,041	33.81%	CHI, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, KC, NE, RBNY
2008	14,960	-12.22%	CHI, CHV, CLB, HOU, KC, NE, RBNY, RSL
2009	20,755	38.74%	CHI, CHV, CLB, HOU, LA, NE, RSL, SEA
Semifinals Totals
	Avg	+/-	Teams
2005	15,454	NA	NE v CHI – COL v LA
2006	21,330	38.02%	DCU v NE – HOU v COL
2007	20,645	-3.21%	NE v CHI – HOU v KC
2008	17,348	-15.97%	CLB v CHI – RSL v RBNY
2009	23,548	35.74%	LA v HOU – CHI v RSL

Finals Totals
	Avg	+/-	Teams	Venue
2005	21,193	NA	NE v LA	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
2006	22,427	5.82%	NE v HOU	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
2007	39,859	77.73%	NE v HOU	RFK Stadium, Wash DC
2008	27,000	-32.26%	RBNY v CLB	Home Depot Center, LA, CA
2009	46,011	70.41%	RSL v LA	Qwest Field, Seattle, WA

Playoff Totals
	Avg	+/-
2005	14,390	NA
2006	15,179	5.49%
2007	19,771	30.25%
2008	16,488	-16.60%
2009	23,559	42.88%

Observations

A great finale to the MLS season. With the 46,000+ at Qwest Field, the average for the 8 finals played at football sized stadia is 46,835. The 6 finals played at ‘soccer specific stadia’ have averaged 24,174.

Obviously the Final Match percentage increase over last year is a useless number, given the different capacities of the of the venues.

MLS Quarterfinals – 2nd Leg
RSL Advances 4-2
Columbus	2	Columbus Dispatch – Crew XTra
Real Salt Lake	3	RSL – Behind the Shield
Chicago Advances 3-2
Chicago	2	Chicago Fire Confidential
New England	0	Revolution Soccer
Houston Advances 1-0
Houston	1	Soccer y Fútbol – Barnard Fallas
Seattle	0	Seattle Times
Los Angeles Advances 3-2
Los Angeles	1	LA – Official Blog
Chivas USA	0	Chivas USA – MLSNet

MLS Semifinals
Los Angeles	2	LA – Official Blog
Houston	0	Soccer y Fútbol – Barnard Fallas

Chicago	0(4)	Chicago Fire Confidential
Real Salt Lake	0(5)	RSL – Behind the Shield

MLS Cup
Los Angeles	1(4)	LA – Official Blog
Real Salt Lake	1(5)	RSL – Behind the Shield