From the weekend action in MLS during the international break, New England’s attendance was hampered by snow and hail.

New York City FC’s ownership, meanwhile, is hoping its 27,000+ will be the norm after the excitement of its home opener (43,000+).

Montreal opened its home season in Olympic Stadium.

Two clubs that were both owned by the Hunt family at one time, Columbus and Dallas, reported the same attendance, 18,333.

DC United and Chicago had pretty typical turnouts, while Real Salt Lake set a new home attendance record.

Lastly, Vancouver must have expanded their capacity with their 22,500. Houston reported a reasonably strong crowd.

Note: This is an updated post for week 4 as the original Columbus numbers were duplicated from the Dallas attendance. The new corrected Columbus number is 10,302 which makes more sense, but was originally reported as 18,333. I remember double checking the number after seeing the Dallas attendance on Saturday night and thought it was odd that the numbers were exactly the same. Later it turns out the number for Columbus was corrected, so I have reworked all of the relevant numbers in this post.

Attendances
New England 10,668
Montreal 25,245
NYCFC 27,454
DC United 14,462
Columbus 10,302
Vancouver 22,500
Houston 19,603
Dallas 18,333
Chicago 12,815
Salt Lake 20,794

 

2014 2015
MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games
2014 2015
Att Cap Att Att +/- GP % of Cap Cap
Orlando NA NA 46,791 NA 2 101.34% 46,174
Seattle 38,841 43,426 39,479 1.64% 2 102.54% 38,500
NYCFC NA NA 35,481 NA 2 99.91% 35,514
Montreal 27,207 27,340 25,245 -7.21% 1 42.08% 60,000
LA Galaxy 23,241 27,000 23,044 -0.85% 2 85.35% 27,000
Vancouver 21,000 21,000 21,750 3.57% 2 103.57% 21,000
Houston 20,922 22,039 21,454 2.54% 3 97.34% 22,039
Portland 20,744 20,674 21,144 1.93% 2 102.27% 20,674
Red Bulls 20,542 25,189 21,036 2.40% 1 83.51% 25,189
Salt Lake 19,674 20,472 20,538 4.39% 2 100.32% 20,472
Sporting KC 19,400 18,467 20,316 4.72% 2 110.01% 18,467
San Jose 10,525 16,407 18,000 71.02% 1 171.02% 10,525
Colorado 15,135 17,424 17,692 16.89% 1 101.54% 17,424
Philadelphia 17,171 18,500 17,027 -0.84% 2 92.04% 18,500
FC Dallas 16,540 20,500 15,906 -3.83% 3 77.59% 20,500
Chicago 14,464 20,000 14,273 -1.32% 2 71.37% 20,000
Columbus 14,781 20,145 13,064 -11.62% 2 64.85% 20,145
D.C. United 11,643 23,491 13,006 11.71% 2 66.20% 19,647
NE Revs 13,681 22,500 12,429 -9.16% 2 55.24% 22,500