Despite having the lowest average attendance in Major League Soccer this season, Chicago Fire had a surprising turnout of more than 19,000 for its Friday night win against New York City FC in Bridgeview, Illinois.

Meanwhile, Seattle Sounders have climbed above Orlando City Soccer Club with the highest average attendance in MLS. The Sounders hit the 40,067 average attendance number, which is 3% more than last season. Seattle’s number was helped by Sunday night’s attendance of 41,451 that watched Seattle win 1-0 against Portland Timbers in the Cascadia Cup.

Speaking of Orlando City Soccer Club, the Florida team has settled into the 30,000-32,000 range after 30,908 showed up on Sunday to watch the 0-2 loss to Toronto FC.

Unfortunately, there was nothing special about the attendances in Colorado, Columbus or New England this week.

However, Houston drew well, and Vancouver sold out. Red Bull Arena drew more than normal for the Galaxy’s visit.

Here are the latest numbers for MLS gameweek 8:

 

Gameweek 8 attendances
 
Chicago 19,124
Colorado 12,944
Columbus 15,553
Houston 21,046
New England 17,982
NY Red Bull 20,062
Orlando 30,908
Seattle 41,451
Vancouver 21,000

 

2014 2015
MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games
2014 2015
Att Cap Att Att +/- GP % of Cap Cap
Seattle 38,683 43,426 40,067 3.58% 4 94.50% 40,729
Orlando NA NA 39,328 NA 4 101.92% 38,587
NYCFC NA NA 28,328 NA 4 89.87% 31,521
Montreal 27,207 27,340 25,245 -7.21% 1 42.08% 60,000
LA Galaxy 20,527 27,000 23,276 13.40% 4 86.21% 27,000
Portland 20,779 20,674 21,144 1.76% 4 100.00% 21,144
Red Bulls 19,671 22,039 20,866 6.08% 5 94.68% 22,039
Houston 21,000 21,000 20,717 -1.35% 5 98.65% 21,000
Vancouver 19,948 20,472 20,496 2.75% 3 100.12% 20,472
Salt Lake 19,736 18,467 20,066 1.67% 4 108.66% 18,467
Sporting KC 16,844 25,189 19,168 13.80% 3 76.10% 25,189
San Jose 10,525 16,407 18,000 71.02% 3 100.00% 18,000
Philadelphia 17,415 18,500 17,691 1.58% 4 95.62% 18,500
Colorado 14,893 20,000 15,372 3.21% 4 76.86% 20,000
FC Dallas 16,819 20,500 15,365 -8.65% 5 74.95% 20,500
D.C. United 14,756 20,145 14,334 -2.86% 4 71.15% 20,145
NE Revs 13,365 22,500 13,983 4.62% 4 62.15% 22,500
Columbus 11,544 23,491 13,841 19.90% 4 70.45% 19,647
Chicago 13,421 17,424 13,805 2.86% 4 79.23% 17,424