MLS attendances for gameweek 2; NYCFC starts out strong

The attendance figures for gameweek 2 of MLS are in, with New York City FC getting a strong start with an attendance of 43, 507 at Yankee Stadium in its opening home game of the club’s history.

Fellow new MLS team Orlando City are still in first place with the biggest attendance of the season thus far. In third place is Seattle Sounders.

At the foot of the table, the MLS teams with the worst average attendances are DC United, FC Dallas, Chicago Fire and Colorado Rapids.

Overall, though, across the league, MLS attendances are up with DC United being the only concern with a crowd of 16.5% less than last year’s average.

For NYCFC’s capacity at Yankee Stadium, we simply used a number close to the stated attendance, as like Seattle, the cap will float based on ticket sales.

MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games
	2014	2015
	Att	Cap	Att	Att +/-	GP	% of Cap	Cap
Orlando	NA	NA	62,510	NA	1	101.89%	61,348
NYCFC	NA	NA	43,507	NA	1	100.02%	43,500
Seattle	38,841	43,426	39,479	1.64%	2	102.54%	38,500
LA Galaxy	25,634	27,000	27,000	5.33%	1	100.00%	27,000
Houston	20,283	22,039	22,379	10.34%	2	101.54%	22,039
Portland	20,744	20,674	21,144	1.93%	2	102.27%	20,674
Vancouver	21,000	21,000	21,000	0.00%	1	100.00%	21,000
Salt Lake	20,466	20,472	20,281	-0.90%	1	99.07%	20,472
Sporting KC	19,431	18,467	19,784	1.82%	1	107.13%	18,467
Philadelphia	18,651	18,500	18,022	-3.37%	1	97.42%	18,500
Columbus	17,517	20,145	15,826	-9.65%	1	78.56%	20,145
Chicago	16,228	20,000	15,731	-3.06%	1	78.66%	20,000
FC Dallas	16,788	20,500	14,693	-12.48%	2	71.67%	20,500
D.C. United	13,840	23,491	11,549	-16.55%	1	58.78%	19,647