The Week 14 numbers look like this…
| 5 year comparison | ||||||||
| Week 14 | 109 GP | YTD | ||||||
| Avg | +/- | GP | Avg | +/- | Avg | +/- | GP | |
| 2006 | 10,494 | 7 | 14,917 | 14,602 | 88 | |||
| 2007 | 15,376 | 46.52% | 12 | 14,905 | -0.08% | 15,174 | 3.91% | 97 |
| 2008 | 17,581 | 14.35% | 7 | 16,407 | 10.08% | 17,306 | 14.05% | 100 |
| 2009 | 16,192 | -7.90% | 6 | 14,977 | -8.72% | 15,318 | -11.48% | 106 |
| 2010 | 17,579 | 8.56% | 8 | 16,443 | 9.78% | 16,443 | 7.34% | 109 |
| YTD – 109 Games | ||||
| Average | Median | %<10K | %>20k | |
| 2006 | 14,917 | 13,111 | 22.02% | 17.43% |
| 2007 | 14,905 | 14,173 | 11.93% | 20.18% |
| 2008 | 16,407 | 15,276 | 11.93% | 25.69% |
| 2009 | 14,977 | 14,271 | 15.60% | 16.51% |
| 2010 | 16,443 | 14,322 | 10.09% | 22.02% |
Here are the attendance comparisons to 2009:
| MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games | |||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Att | Cap % | Att | Att +/- | GP | Cap % | Cap | |
| Seattle | 29,364 | 90.63% | 36,146 | 23.10% | 8 | 101.82% | 35,500 |
| Philadelphia | NA | NA | 26,221 | NA | 3 | 83.24% | 18,500 |
| LA Galaxy | 19,298 | 71.47% | 20,687 | 7.20% | 7 | 76.62% | 27,000 |
| Toronto | 20,151 | 91.69% | 20,410 | 1.29% | 7 | 92.87% | 21,978 |
| Houston | 15,689 | 69.73% | 16,318 | 4.01% | 8 | 72.52% | 22,500 |
| N.Y./N.J. Red Bulls | 10,966 | 43.54% | 16,282 | 48.48% | 7 | 64.64% | 25,189 |
| Real Salt Lake | 16,045 | 76.46% | 16,277 | 1.45% | 8 | 84.16% | 19,340 |
| D.C. United | 14,303 | 63.57% | 14,734 | 3.01% | 7 | 65.49% | 22,500 |
| ChivasUSA | 15,625 | 57.87% | 14,451 | -7.52% | 7 | 53.52% | 27,000 |
| Columbus Crew | 12,868 | 64.34% | 14,368 | 11.65% | 7 | 71.84% | 20,000 |
| Chicago | 11,726 | 58.63% | 14,267 | 21.66% | 6 | 71.33% | 20,000 |
| Colorado Rapids | 11,940 | 66.02% | 13,716 | 14.88% | 6 | 75.84% | 18,086 |
| FC Dallas | 8,770 | 41.38% | 11,240 | 28.17% | 7 | 53.04% | 21,193 |
| NE Revolution | 13,242 | 58.85% | 10,603 | -19.93% | 7 | 47.12% | 22,500 |
| KC Wizards | 9,703 | 93.44% | 9,966 | 2.70% | 7 | 95.96% | 10,385 |
| San Jose | 11,774 | 56.32% | 9,515 | -19.19% | 7 | 92.38% | 10,300 |
My disclaimer about the capacity calculations
For my calculations, I’ve taken the 3 teams playing in Amercan football stadiums, DCU in RFK, Houston in Robertson and New England in Foxboro and assigned maximum capacities at 22,500. I took the 22,500 number from an approximate average of the soccer specific stadiums in use.
Observations
Toronto started off the week with a near full house on a Thursday evening. RSL followed that up with a terrific 19,000+ on Friday. Columbus drew 14,000+. Don’t know if Dallas had extracurriculars, but they pulled in just under 16,000! San Jose had a sellout, while Chivas USA had another so-so gate, just under 14,500. On July 4th, Colorado sold out despite nasty weather. And the Galaxy also sold out as Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle returned to action.
Rookie Watch: Ike Opara scored for San Jose. Blair Gavin scored for Chivas USA and Danny Mwanga tallied for the Union. Andy Najar netted for DC United. Tim Ream(RBNY) had a decent game.
| Week 14 Games | ||
| Toronto | 1 | TFC Connected |
| Houston | 1 | Soccer y Fútbol – Jose de Jesus Ortiz |
| Real Salt Lake | 5 | RSL – Behind the Shield |
| New England | 0 | Revolution Soccer |
| Columbus | 2 | Columbus Dispatch – Crew XTra |
| Chicago | 1 | Chicago Fire Confidential |
| FC Dallas | 1 | 3rd Degree – Buzz Carrick |
| Kansas City | 0 | Kansas City – Hillcrest Road |
| San Jose | 1 | San Jose Center Line Soccer |
| DC United | 1 | DCU – Steve Goff – Soccer Insider |
| Chivas USA | 1 | Chicago Fire Confidential |
| Philadelphia | 1 | Philadelphia Union Talk |
| Colorado | 1 | Undercurrent |
| RBNY | 1 | Red Bulls Reader |
| Los Angeles | 3 | LA – Official Blog |
| Seattle | 1 | Seattle Times |
| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GFA | GAA | PPG | PTS | GD | |
| Los Angeles | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 1.67 | 0.33 | 2.40 | 36 | 20 |
| Real Salt Lake | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 1.93 | 0.79 | 1.93 | 27 | 16 |
| Columbus | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 1.54 | 0.92 | 2.08 | 27 | 8 |
| NY Red Bull | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 1.79 | 25 | 1 |
| Colorado | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 1.23 | 0.92 | 1.69 | 22 | 4 |
| Dallas | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1.23 | 0.92 | 1.62 | 21 | 4 |
| Toronto FC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1.23 | 1.15 | 1.46 | 19 | 1 |
| San Jose | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1.23 | 1.15 | 1.46 | 19 | 1 |
| Houston | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 1.40 | 1.47 | 1.20 | 18 | -1 |
| Chicago | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.31 | 17 | 0 |
| Seattle | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 1.07 | 1.53 | 1.00 | 15 | -7 |
| Kansas City | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 0.85 | 1.31 | 0.92 | 12 | -6 |
| Chivas USA | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 1.07 | 1.50 | 0.79 | 11 | -6 |
| Philadelphia | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 1.25 | 1.92 | 0.92 | 11 | -8 |
| New England | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 0.93 | 1.86 | 0.79 | 11 | -13 |
| DC United | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 0.79 | 1.79 | 0.79 | 11 | -14 |
Streaking
- RSL are unbeaten in their last 9 regular season games.
- RSL are unbeaten in their last 18 regular season home games.
- Chivas USA are winless in 7 but they did break their 6 game losing streak.
- Colorado are unbeaten in their last 6 games.
- Dallas are unbeaten in their last 5 road games.
- Toronto are unbeaten in their last 14 regular season home games(7 in ’09).
- Kansas City are winless in their last 8 road games(2 in ’09).
- Los Angeles are unbeaten in their last 10 regular season home games(3 in ’09).
MLS Throw Ins
- Half of this week’s games ended 1-1.
- There have been 25 draws compared to 39 in ’09 thru the first 109 matches.
- There have been 67 clean sheets in the first 109 matches, counting scoreless draws as 2.
- Through 109 games: goal scoring is down around 6% from 2009, 2.51 vs 2.63.
- RSL has lost only twice in its last 37 home matches. They lost only once in ’08 and ’09, a feat matched by Houston.
Congestion Time
The time stretches below start and end with a full week(minimum) between games at the front and back end.
- In a 29 day stretch, Houston and ChivasUSA will play 9 games, between MLS, US Open Cup and SuperLiga.
- In a 24 day stretch, Chicago will play 7 games, between MLS, US Open Cup and SuperLiga.
- In a 24 day stretch, New England will play 6 games, between MLS, US Open Cup and SuperLiga.
6 of the 8 MLS clubs, including defending cup holders Seattle are through to the 4th round. The winner will compete in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League.
4th round schedule (All Times ET)
July 6
- 7:30pm Charleston Battery (USL-2) at Columbus Crew (MLS) Columbus Crew Stadium; Columbus, Ohio
- 8:30pm Chivas USA (MLS) at Houston Dynamo (MLS) Robertson Stadium; Houston, Texas
July 7
- 10:00pm Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) at Seattle Sounders (MLS) Starfire Sports Complex; Tukwila, Wash.
July 21
- 7:30pm Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) at D.C. United (MLS) Maryland SoccerPlex – Boyds, MD
The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup structure
In case you were wondering, here is the World Cup schedule(June 11-July 11). Note that the latest start time(ET) is 2pm.
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