Another round of the annual summer friendlies has come and gone. And as has been the case for the last several years, they have been a smashing success both in terms of attendance at the games and people watching on TV.
This summer saw three of the biggest clubs in the world in the US for preseason action as Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United all made their presence felt. But plenty of other clubs were here as well including Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Swansea City, AS Roma, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain.
In addition to the European clubs, a number of Liga MX teams played games here. Some of these games were against MLS teams, others were against other non-American teams and some of them were against lower division American teams.
Here are the top 34 most-attended soccer friendlies in the United States during the summer of 2017:
1. 93,098 Man City 4-1 Real Madrid, LA Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
2. 82,104, Barcelona 2-1 Juventus, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
3. 80,162, Barcelona 1-0 Man United, FedEx Field, Landover, MD
4. 67,401, Man United 2-0 Man City, NRG Stadium, Houston, TX
5. 66,014, Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, FL
6. 65,109, Man United 1-1 Real Madrid (Utd won 2-1 pens), Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
7. 61,428, MLS All-Stars 1-1 Real Madrid (Madrid won 4-2 pens), Soldier Field, Chicago, IL
8. 56,232, Man City 3-0 Spurs, Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
9. 44,444 Paris Saint-Germain 2-3 Juventus, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, FL
10. 40,667, Seattle Sounders 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt, CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA
11. 36,289, Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 (PSG won 5-3 pens), Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
12. 33,322, Spurs 4-2 Paris Saint-Germain, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL
13. 33,039, Juventus 1-1 Roma (Juve won 5-4 pens), Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
14. 26,192 AS Roma 3-2 Spurs, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ
15. 25,667, LA Galaxy 2-5 Man United, StubHub Center, Carson, CA
16. 23,144, FC Cincinnati 0-2 Valencia, Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
17. 20,241, Real Salt Lake 1-2 Man United, Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
18. 17,010, Minnesota United 1-1 Club Atlas, TCF Bank Stadium – Minneapolis, MN
19. 16,250, Philadelphia Union 2-2 Swansea, Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, PA
20. 14,355, San Jose 4-1 Eintracht Frankfurt, Avaya Stadium, San Jose, CA
21. 11,301, Columbus Crew 1-0 Eintracht Frankfurt, Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, OH
22. 8,119, Richmond Kickers 1-2 Swansea, City Stadium – Richmond, VA
23. 8,007, San Antonio 1-1 Santos Laguna, Toyota Field, San Antonio, TX
24. 8,000, Club Atlas 2-0 Chivas, Toyota Field, San Antonio, TX
25. 7,268, North Carolina 0-0 Swansea, WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC
26. 6,647, Reno 1868 FC 0-5 Club Atlas, Greater Nevada Field, Reno, NV
27. 5,418, Detroit City 2-0 Venezia, Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI
28. 5,067, Detroit City FC 1-0 Glentoran FC, Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI
29. N/A, Santos Laguna 5-0 Chivas Guadalajara – 0, Cotton Bowl. Fair Park, TX
30. N/A, Monarcas Moreila 2-1 Club Leon, Providence Park, Portland, OR
31. N/A, Club America 3-2 Santos Laguna, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
32. N/A, Chivas 1-1 Monarcas Morelia, Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL
33. N/A, Club America 4-0 Puebla, Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, PA
34. N/A, Tijuana 0-0 Club Leon (Xolos won 4-1 pens), Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, NV
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