MLS attendances for gameweek 8 of the 2016 season

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