The Week 22 numbers look like this…

5 year comparison
Week 22 170 GP YTD
Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP
 2006  13,932  6  15,082  15,361  143
 2007  16,209  16.34%  6  16,311  8.15%  16,005  4.19%  144
 2008  15,294  -5.64%  9  16,350  0.24%  17,036  6.45%  148
 2009  16,236  6.16%  6  15,903  -2.73%  16,559  -2.80%  155
 2010  19,215  18.35%  8  16,628  4.56%  16,628  0.41%  170
YTD – 170 Games
Average Median %<10K %>20k
 2006    15,082   13,036  21.18%  17.06%
 2007    16,311   14,804  8.82%  25.29%
 2008    16,350   15,078  11.76%  24.12%
 2009    15,903   14,629  15.88%  20.00%
 2010    16,628   14,434  7.65%  22.94%

Here are the attendance comparisons to 2009:

MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games
2009 2010
Att Cap % Att Att +/- GP Cap % Cap
 Seattle  30,412  93.87%  36,174  18.94%  12  101.90%  35,500
 Toronto  20,220  92.00%  20,688  2.31%  12  94.13%  21,978
 Philadelphia NA NA  20,343 NA  9  89.09%  18,500
 LA Galaxy  19,379  71.78%  20,298  4.74%  10  75.18%  27,000
 N.Y./N.J. Red Bulls  12,229  48.55%  17,828  45.79%  11  70.78%  25,189
 Houston  15,836  70.38%  17,061  7.74%  11  75.83%  22,500
 Real Salt Lake  16,213  78.95%  16,755  3.35%  11  86.64%  19,340
 Chicago  13,027  65.13%  15,486  18.87%  9  77.43%  20,000
 D.C. United  15,173  67.44%  14,471  -4.63%   11  64.32%  22,500
 Columbus Crew  13,714  68.57%  14,384  4.89%  12  71.92%  20,000
 ChivasUSA  16,107  59.65%  14,093  -12.50%   10  52.20%  27,000
 Colorado Rapids  12,711  70.28%  12,993  2.22%  10  71.84%  18,086
 NE Revolution  13,561  60.27%  11,974  -11.70%   11  53.22%  22,500
 FC Dallas  9,407  44.39%  10,889  15.75%  10  51.38%  21,193
 KC Wizards  10,010  96.39%  10,109  0.99%  11  97.34%  10,385
 San Jose  11,104  62.65%  9,638  -13.21%   10  93.57%  10,300

My disclaimer about the capacity calculations

For my calculations, I’ve taken the 3 teams playing in Amercan football stadiums, DCU in RFK, Houston in Robertson and New England in Foxboro and assigned maximum capacities at 22,500. I took the 22,500 number from an approximate average of the soccer specific stadiums in use.

  • Philly’s first two home games were played at Lincoln Financial Field. The announced capacity for the Union was published as 38,000 and will be calculated as such.
  • San Jose’s 4th match in 2009 was at Oakland Alameda Coliseum and drew over 15,800. Their 7th match was also at OAC and they drew over 17,100. Their 11th was part of a doubleheader with Barcelona and drew over 61,500.Observations

    Columbus drew 16,700+ for its match with streaking Dallas. A full house in Toronto. Red Bulls draw 21,800+. The Rapids seem to only draw on July 4, only 11,511 turned out. Over 20,000 at HDC for the Galaxy. The usual packed house in Seattle, 36,000+. Chivas USA continues to struggle at the gate with 12,500 coming out on Sunday night.

    Rookie Watch: Jack McInerney scored for the Union. Zach Loyd named Man of the Match for Dallas. Andy Najar showed why he’s going to be a star.

    Kai Kamara, on my preseason ‘watch list'(bottom of post) got an assist vs LA. Joel Lindpere had a strong match in RBNY’s victory.

    Week 22 Games
     
    Columbus 0 Columbus Dispatch – Crew XTra
    FC Dallas 0 3rd Degree – Buzz Carrick
     
    Toronto 0 TFC Connected
    Real Salt Lake 0 RSL – Behind the Shield
     
    New England 1 Revolution Soccer
    Philadelphia 2 Philadelphia Union Talk
     
    RBNY 2 Red Bulls Reader
    San Jose 0 San Jose Center Line Soccer
     
    Colorado 3 Undercurrent
    Houston 0 Soccer y Fútbol – Jose de Jesus Ortiz
     
    Los Angeles 0 LA – Official Blog
    Kansas City 2 Kansas City – Hillcrest Road
     
    Seattle 2 Seattle Times
    Chicago 1 Chicago Fire Confidential
     
    Chivas USA 1 Chicago Fire Confidential
    DC United 0 DCU – Steve Goff – Soccer Insider
     GP  W  D  L  GF  GA  GFA  GAA  PPG  PTS  GD
     Los Angeles  22  13  4  5  32  16  1.45  0.73  1.95  43   16
     Columbus  22  12  5  5  31  20  1.41  0.91  1.86  41   11
     Real Salt Lake  22  11  7  4  36  16  1.64  0.73  1.82  40   20
     Dallas  21  9  10  2  28  17  1.33  0.81  1.76  37   11
     NY Red Bull  22  11  4  7  27  23  1.23  1.05  1.68  37   4
     Seattle  22  9  5  8  25  26  1.14  1.18  1.45  32   -1
     Colorado  21  8  7  6  25  21  1.19  1.00  1.48  31   4
     San Jose  20  8  5  7  22  22  1.10  1.10  1.45  29   0
     Toronto FC  21  7  6  8  22  25  1.05  1.19  1.29  27   -3
     Kansas City  21  7  5  9  21  23  1.00  1.10  1.24  26   -2
     Chicago  19  6  6  7  27  28  1.42  1.47  1.26  24   -1
     Houston  22  6  5  11  27  36  1.23  1.64  1.05  23   -9
     Chivas USA  21  6  4  11  23  26  1.10  1.24  1.05  22   -3
     New England  21  6  3  12  21  35  1.00  1.67  1.00  21   -14
     Philadelphia  21  5  5  11  25  37  1.19  1.76  0.95  20   -12
     DC United  22  4  3  15  15  36  0.68  1.64  0.68  15   -21

    Streaking

    • RSL are unbeaten in their last 21 regular season home games.
    • Dallas are unbeaten in their last 12 games.
    • Dallas are also unbeaten in their last 10 road games, an MLS record.
    • Colorado are unbeaten in their last 6 home games.
    • Houston are winless in their last 8 road games. And they’ve been scoreless in their last 4 road games.
    • Seattle are unbeaten in their last 6 games.

    MLS Throw Ins

    • LA is the only club to have earned more than 50% of its points on the road.
    • There have been 42 draws compared to 52 in ’09 thru the first 170 matches.
    • There have been 106 clean sheets in the first 170 matches, counting scoreless draws as 2.
    • Through 162 games: goal scoring is down around 6.0% from 2009, 2.39 vs 2.55.
    • RSL has lost only twice in its last 40 home matches. They lost only once in ’08 and ’09, a feat matched by Houston.
    • DC United have yielded 14 goals in the last 15 minutes.
    • Dallas have not given up more than 1 goal since April 22.
    • San Jose has gone from one the worst allowing late goals in ’09 to the stingiest in ’10(as a percentage of total goals allowed).

    N.A. SuperLiga

    The participants in the 2010 N.A. SuperLiga and their respective finishes in the last completed season are …

    MLS FMF
     Houston  3  UNAM Pumas  4
     Chicago  5  Monarchas Morelia  7
     Chivas USA  6  Pachuca  8
     New England  7  Puebla  13
    N.A. SuperLiga
    Group A
    W D L Pts GD
     Houston  2  1  0  7  2
     Puebla  2  0  1  6  2
     Chivas USA  1  1  1  4  0
     Pachuca  0  0  3  0  -5
    Group B
    W D L Pts GD
     New England  3  0  0  9  3
     Monarchas Morelia  1  1  1  4  3
     Chicago  1  0  2  3  -4
     UNAM Pumas  0  1  2  1  -2
    N.A. SuperLiga Semifinals
     New England(1)(5) v Puebla(1)(3)  Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA  Wed, Aug 4
     Houston(0) v Morelia(1)  Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX  Thu, Aug 5
    SuperLiga after Semifinals
    Total Game Dates Average
    2007  234,751  14  16,768
    2008  186,148  14  13,296
    2009  86,948  11  7,904
    2010  118,298  12  9,858
    3 Doubleheaders in 2009 – 2 in 2010

    New England will attempt to win its 2nd SuperLiga title on Sept 1 at Gillette Stadium.

    CONCACAF Champions League

    After a good showing for MLS in the first group phase matches, they pulled an oh-for four in the 2nd round.

    • Aug 17 — Toronto 2 Cruz Azul 1
    • Aug 18 — Columbus 1 Municipal 0
    • Aug 18 — Real Salt Lake 2 Arabe Unido 1
    • Aug 19 — Marathón 2 Seattle 1
    • Aug 24 – Arabe Unido 1 Toronto 0
    • Aug 24 – Santos Laguna 1 Columbus 0
    • Aug 25 – Cruz Azul 5 Real Salt Lake 4
    • Aug 25 – Seattle 0 Monterrey 2
    • Aug 19 – Marathón v Seattle–>

    Group play continues in two weeks. The matches with MLS teams are(home team listed first) …

    • Sep 14 — Columbus v Joe Public
    • Sep 14 — Saprissa v Seattle
    • Sep 15 — Real Salt Lake v Toronto
    • Sep 21 — Columbus v Santos Laguna
    • Sep 21 — Cruz Azul v Toronto
    • Sep 22 — Arabe Unido v Real Salt Lake
    • Sep 22 — Monterrey v Seattle

    Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

    The winner will compete in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League.

    In the semifinals, Columbus will play DC United on Sept 1, 7:30 p.m. ET @ RFK Stadium, Wash, DC and Seattle will play ChivasUSA on Sept 1, 10 p.m. ET @ Starfire Sports Complex, Tukwila, WA.

    And here are the possibilities for the location and date of the final.

    The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup structure

    Congestion

    You can decide if fixture congestion has had an effect so far. Of the clubs that participated in multiple non-league competitions, only Seattle and Toronto have not been bounced out yet. LA crashed out of the CCL and US Open Cup. Chicago and Houston lost in the N.A. SuperLiga and the US Open Cup. Chivas USA lost in SuperLiga but are in the US Open Cup semifinals. New England lost in the US Open Cup but are in the N.A. SuperLiga final. Columbus and RSL have the automatic berths in the group phase of the CCL, but RSL lost in the US Open Cup while Columbus are in the semifinals. It’s a matter for discussion as to whether Seattle had tougher go than Toronto vis-a-vis the Canadien Nutrilite Championship vs the US Open Cup being injected into their schedules.
    TFC and Seattle have the longest stretches without a full week between games. Seattle and RSL have no league matches between their first two CCL games. Seattle however will have to remain very sharp as they have a slim lead over playoff contenders, all of whom have games in hand.

    I think we might see Chivas USA and DC United put full efforts into their Open Cup matches. It’s their only shot at silverware and a berth in the next CCL.

    Fixture Congestion for MLS Teams
    TFC SEA CLB RSL NE DCU CHV
     8/24/10 CCL CCL
     8/25/10 CCL CCL
     8/28/10 MLS MLS MLS MLS MLS
     8/29/10 MLS MLS
     9/1/10 USOC USOC SL USOC USOC
     9/4/10 MLS MLS MLS MLS MLS MLS MLS
     Days  12  11  12  11  8  7  7
     Games 3 4 4 3 3 3 3
     Games/Day  4.0  2.8  3.0  3.7  2.7  2.3  2.3
    CCL=CONCACAF Champions League
    SL=N.A. SuperLiga – USOC=US Open Cup