MLS reported attendances for gameweek 9 of the 2016 season

MLS attendances for 2016 thus far are 2.5% greater than the same number of games played last season.

This past weekend, the average reported attendance was 20,800 with general strong reports from around the league. The one poorly attended game was New England’s midweek match and Chicago in the rain. New England, however, had a great turnout over the weekend due to Kaka’s star power. I suspect there were many pre-sales but unfortunately Kaka was unable to play because of injury.

After 87 matches this season, the average is slightly over 21,000 people per game.

Gameweek 9 attendances

Chicago	13,114
Kansas City	19,431
Montreal	20,801
New England	10,144
New England	25,203
NY Red Bull	18,025
NYCFC	23,352
NYCFC	25,438
Philadelphia	16,079
Portland	21,144
Salt Lake	19,950
Seattle	39,473
Vancouver	18,836


MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games
	2015		2016
	Att	Cap	Att	Att +/-	GP	% of Cap	Cap
Seattle	40,184	38,500	39,667	-1.29%	5	100.63%	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	27,002	35,514	25,010	-7.38%	6	83.37%	30,000
Montreal	15,861	27,340	22,800	43.75%	4	82.31%	25,401
Vancouver	20,628	21,000	22,447	8.82%	5	101.48%	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%	5	100.00%	21,144
Sporting KC	19,969	18,467	19,839	-0.65%	5	107.43%	18,467
Salt Lake	20,301	20,138	19,544	-3.73%	4	97.05%	20,138
Red Bulls	19,052	25,189	18,828	-1.18%	5	74.75%	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	17,691	18,500	16,700	-5.60%	4	90.27%	18,500
NE Revs	14,845	22,500	16,047	8.09%	5	71.32%	22,500
D.C. United	13,694	19,647	15,173	10.80%	5	77.23%	19,647
FC Dallas	15,365	20,500	14,305	-6.90%	5	86.70%	16,500
Colorado	13,805	17,424	14,053	1.79%	4	80.65%	17,424
Chicago	15,501	20,000	14,014	-9.59%	5	70.07%	20,000