The reported attendances for gameweek of the 2016 MLS season are in, with an average of 19,400+ this past weekend.

The attendance numbers were generally strong this week. It’s good to see Colorado’s strong number, which is hopefully due to the team’s surprising start. The same can be said for Philadelphia. I suspect this will be the trend for the season, with both clubs doing well so long as they are in the playoff hunt.

After 74 matches this season, the average is a tad over 21,100, which is 1.54% over the 74 match count in 2015.

Week 8 attendances
 
Colorado 17,294
Columbus 17,705
DC United 16,005
Los Angeles 25,867
Montreal 20,801
NY Red Bull 18,238
Philadelphia 18,681
San Jose 18,000
Vancouver 22,120
MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games
2015 2016
Att Cap Att Att +/- GP % of Cap Cap
Seattle 40,067 38,500 39,716 -0.88% 4 100.75% 39,419
Orlando 39,328 46,174 39,088 -0.61% 4 101.30% 38,587
LA Galaxy 23,276 27,000 25,717 10.49% 4 100.19% 25,667
NYCFC 28,328 35,514 25,317 -10.63% 4 84.39% 30,000
Montreal 16,808 27,340 23,466 39.62% 3 81.12% 26,780
Vancouver 20,717 21,000 23,350 12.71% 4 105.56% 22,120
Houston 20,821 22,039 21,183 1.74% 4 96.12% 22,039
Portland 21,144 20,674 21,144 0.00% 4 100.00% 21,144
Sporting KC 20,066 18,467 19,942 -0.62% 4 107.98% 18,467
Salt Lake 20,496 20,138 19,409 -5.31% 3 96.38% 20,138
Red Bulls 17,511 25,189 19,029 8.67% 4 75.54% 25,189
San Jose 21,645 18,000 18,000 -16.84% 5 100.00% 18,000
Columbus 13,928 20,145 17,145 23.10% 3 85.86% 19,968
Philadelphia 17,552 18,500 16,906 -3.68% 3 91.39% 18,500
D.C. United 13,694 19,647 15,173 10.80% 5 77.23% 19,647
NE Revs 12,650 22,500 14,962 18.28% 3 66.50% 22,500
FC Dallas 15,365 20,500 14,305 -6.90% 5 86.70% 16,500
Chicago 15,372 20,000 14,239 -7.37% 4 71.19% 20,000
Colorado 13,805 17,424 14,053 1.79% 4 80.65% 17,424

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