The Week 18 numbers look like this…
| 5 year comparison | ||||||||
| Week 18 | 137 GP | YTD | ||||||
| Avg | +/- | GP | Avg | +/- | Avg | +/- | GP | |
| 2006 | 11,399 | 7 | 15,564 | 14,549 | 120 | |||
| 2007 | 15,894 | 39.43% | 6 | 15,966 | 2.58% | 15,024 | 3.26% | 117 |
| 2008 | 13,013 | -18.13% | 6 | 16,524 | 3.50% | 17,272 | 14.97% | 122 |
| 2009 | 16,634 | 27.83% | 6 | 15,559 | -5.84% | 16,181 | -6.32% | 130 |
| 2010 | 15,713 | -5.54% | 8 | 16,615 | 6.78% | 16,615 | 2.68% | 137 |
| YTD – 137 Games | ||||
| Average | Median | %<10K | %>20k | |
| 2006 | 15,564 | 13,056 | 21.17% | 18.25% |
| 2007 | 15,966 | 14,351 | 10.22% | 23.36% |
| 2008 | 16,524 | 15,276 | 11.68% | 25.55% |
| 2009 | 15,559 | 14,516 | 14.60% | 18.98% |
| 2010 | 16,615 | 14,389 | 8.03% | 21.90% |
Here are the attendance comparisons to 2009:
| MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games | |||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Att | Cap % | Att | Att +/- | GP | Cap % | Cap | |
| Seattle | 29,984 | 92.54% | 36,159 | 20.59% | 10 | 101.86% | 35,500 |
| Philadelphia | NA | NA | 21,868 | NA | 6 | 87.47% | 18,500 |
| Toronto | 20,198 | 91.90% | 20,494 | 1.47% | 9 | 93.25% | 21,978 |
| LA Galaxy | 19,292 | 71.45% | 20,319 | 5.32% | 9 | 75.26% | 27,000 |
| Houston | 15,538 | 69.06% | 16,878 | 8.62% | 10 | 75.01% | 22,500 |
| Real Salt Lake | 16,137 | 78.12% | 16,740 | 3.74% | 10 | 86.56% | 19,340 |
| N.Y./N.J. Red Bulls | 11,385 | 45.20% | 16,277 | 42.97% | 8 | 64.62% | 25,189 |
| D.C. United | 15,193 | 67.53% | 14,949 | -1.61% | 9 | 66.44% | 22,500 |
| Chicago | 12,640 | 63.20% | 14,778 | 16.91% | 7 | 73.89% | 20,000 |
| ChivasUSA | 15,312 | 56.71% | 14,322 | -6.47% | 8 | 53.04% | 27,000 |
| Columbus Crew | 13,114 | 65.57% | 13,984 | 6.63% | 10 | 69.92% | 20,000 |
| Colorado Rapids | 12,431 | 68.73% | 13,215 | 6.31% | 8 | 73.07% | 18,086 |
| NE Revolution | 13,088 | 58.17% | 11,797 | -9.87% | 8 | 52.43% | 22,500 |
| FC Dallas | 8,679 | 40.95% | 11,231 | 29.41% | 8 | 52.99% | 21,193 |
| KC Wizards | 10,024 | 96.52% | 10,048 | 0.24% | 9 | 96.75% | 10,385 |
| San Jose | 11,513 | 58.80% | 9,620 | -16.44% | 8 | 93.40% | 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
The weekend began in Philadelphia who cracked 18,000 in the house. A terribly small showing for the Rapids, just under 10,600. 24,750 were in Houston for Thierry Henry’s debut. There were sellouts in Kansas City and San Jose while over 17,700 came to Rio Tinto in Salt Lake. Another mediocre crowd at the HDC for Chivas. Isn’t it time for them to move to San Diego? On Sunday, the Galaxy drew over 20,300.
Rookie Watch: Teal Bunbury scored for the Wizards. A mistake by one rookie, Shaun Francis leads to a goal by another, Blair Gavin.
| Week 18 Games | ||
| Philadelphia | 1 | Philadelphia Union Talk |
| New England | 1 | Revolution Soccer |
| Colorado | 1 | Undercurrent |
| FC Dallas | 1 | 3rd Degree – Buzz Carrick |
| Houston | 2 | Soccer y Fútbol – Jose de Jesus Ortiz |
| RBNY | 2 | Red Bulls Reader |
| Kansas City | 1 | Kansas City – Hillcrest Road |
| Toronto | 0 | TFC Connected |
| Real Salt Lake | 3 | RSL – Behind the Shield |
| DC United | 0 | DCU – Steve Goff – Soccer Insider |
| San Jose | 0 | San Jose Center Line Soccer |
| Seattle | 1 | Seattle Times |
| Chivas USA | 3 | Chicago Fire Confidential |
| Columbus | 1 | Columbus Dispatch – Crew XTra |
| Los Angeles | 2 | LA – Official Blog |
| Chicago | 3 | Chicago Fire Confidential |
| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GFA | GAA | PPG | PTS | GD | |
| Los Angeles | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 1.63 | 0.68 | 2.11 | 40 | 18 |
| Real Salt Lake | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 1.78 | 0.78 | 1.89 | 34 | 18 |
| Columbus | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 1.44 | 0.89 | 1.89 | 34 | 10 |
| Dallas | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 1.24 | 0.88 | 1.59 | 27 | 6 |
| NY Red Bull | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.59 | 27 | -1 |
| Seattle | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 1.11 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 25 | -4 |
| Colorado | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 1.12 | 1.00 | 1.41 | 24 | 2 |
| San Jose | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 1.25 | 1.19 | 1.44 | 23 | 1 |
| Toronto FC | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.35 | 23 | 0 |
| Chicago | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.33 | 20 | 0 |
| Houston | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 1.28 | 1.50 | 1.11 | 20 | -4 |
| Kansas City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 0.82 | 1.18 | 1.12 | 19 | -6 |
| Chivas USA | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 1.24 | 1.35 | 1.06 | 18 | -2 |
| Philadelphia | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 1.27 | 1.80 | 1.00 | 15 | -8 |
| New England | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 1.00 | 1.69 | 0.94 | 15 | -11 |
| DC United | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 0.67 | 1.72 | 0.67 | 12 | -19 |
Streaking
- RSL are unbeaten in their last 20 regular season home games.
- Houston are winless in their last 8 games.
- Dallas are unbeaten in their last 8 games.
- Dallas are also unbeaten in their last 8 road games.
- Toronto are unbeaten in their last 16 regular season home games(7 in ’09).
MLS Throw Ins
- There have been 35 draws compared to 47 in ’09 thru the first 137 matches.
- There have been 83 clean sheets in the first 137 matches, counting scoreless draws as 2.
- Through 137 games: goal scoring is down around 5.6% from 2009, 2.45 vs 2.59.
- RSL has lost only twice in its last 39 home matches. They lost only once in ’08 and ’09, a feat matched by Houston.
N.A. SuperLiga
The participants in the 2010 N.A. SuperLiga and their respective finishes in the last completed season are …
| MLS | FMF | ||
| Houston | 3 | UNAM Pumas | 4 |
| Chicago | 5 | Monarchas Morelia | 7 |
| Chivas USA | 6 | Pachuca | 8 |
| New England | 7 | Puebla | 13 |
| N.A. SuperLiga | |||||
| Group A | |||||
| W | D | L | Pts | GD | |
| Houston | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Puebla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Chivas USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -5 |
| Group B | |||||
| W | D | L | Pts | GD | |
| New England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Monarchas Morelia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Chicago | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -4 |
| UNAM Pumas | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 |
| SuperLiga after Group Phase | |||
| Total | Game Dates | Average | |
| 2007 | 195,816 | 12 | 16,318 |
| 2008 | 161,167 | 12 | 13,431 |
| 2009 | 86,948 | 10 | 8,695 |
| 2010 | 104,803 | 10 | 10,480 |
| 2 Doubleheaders in 2009 and 2010 meant 2 fewer separate game dates |
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The semifinals are set with New England playing Puebla on Aug 4 and Houston playing Morelia on Aug 5.
In 4th round action, Columbus(MLS) defeated Charleston(USL-2), ChivasUSA(MLS) defeated Houston(MLS) and Seattle(MLS) defeated Los Angeles(MLS).
The winner will compete in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League.
DC United(MLS) defeated Harrisburg(USL-2) in the last 4th round match. Harrisburg earned $10,000 for being the USL-2 club that advanced the furthest. Their outright win over RBNY was the tiebreaker over Charleston that required PK’s to down Chicago.
In the semifinals, Columbus will play DC United on Sept 1, 7:30 p.m. ET @ RFK Stadium, Wash, DC and Seattle will play ChivasUSA on Sept 1, 10 p.m. ET @ Starfire Sports Complex, Tukwila, WA.
The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup structure
| Summer of Soccer Attendances | ||||
| Opponents | Venue | Date | Event | Att |
| Manchester City v Inter Milan | M & T Stadium, Baltimore, MD | Sat, July 31 | Friendly | 36,569 |
| Manchester Utd v MLS All Stars | Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX | Wed, July 28 | Friendly | 70,728 |
| Manchester City v Club America | Georgia Dome, Atlanta GA | Wed, July 28 | Friendly | 33,721 |
| total | 141,018 | |||
| average | 47,006 | |||
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