Average reported attendances for MLS through gameweek 18 of the 2017 season

If you’ve been following MLS attendance for a while, it should come as no surprise at the poor attendance numbers in Colorado and Dallas. I was also surprised by the relatively weak number in Philadelphia.

New York City FC’s number was also weak, but it’s possible that they are reaching their true level after 2½ seasons. As I mentioned last week, San Jose’s year-to-date deficit was reduced to on-par with 2016 as their match versus the Galaxy was held in Stanford Stadium with a turnout of over 50,000.

After the first 196 matches, the average attendance is down 0.76% vs 2016.

Franchise	Attendance
Chicago	20,187
Colorado	13,774
Columbus	20,391
Dallas	14,984
Kansas City	20,933
Montreal	18,707
NYCFC	21,572
Philadelphia	16,143
Salt Lake	19,218
San Jose	50,617

MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games
	2016	2017
	Att	Att	Att +/-	GP
Atlanta	NA	46,698	NA	7
Seattle	40,809	42,628	4.46%	8
Toronto	27,369	26,765	-2.21%	9
Orlando	33,892	25,280	-25.41%	10
LA Galaxy	24,101	22,950	-4.78%	8
NYCFC	26,188	22,449	-14.28%	9
Vancouver	22,014	21,323	-3.14%	8
San Jose	21,282	21,262	-0.09%	10
Portland	21,144	21,144	0.00%	9
Montreal	21,833	20,786	-4.80%	7
Red Bulls	19,130	20,265	5.93%	9
Minnesota	NA	20,115	NA	9
Sporting KC	19,660	19,670	0.05%	9
Salt Lake	19,583	18,584	-5.10%	9
Houston	19,716	17,759	-9.93%	9
NE Revs	18,020	17,054	-5.36%	8
Philadelphia Union	17,004	16,534	-2.77%	10
D.C. United	15,692	16,469	4.96%	9
Chicago	14,775	16,410	11.06%	10
FC Dallas	13,680	15,171	10.90%	9
Colorado	15,704	15,150	-3.53%	10
Columbus	16,413	14,139	-13.86%	10