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Gulati-Garber photo by Kevin Joseph So we've passed the first day of what will be a long summer of MLS/MNT/FIFA fixture congestion. We've all heard the discussion before about the MLS schedule and its position that it is impossible for the league to avoid fixture congestion and unable honor FIFA international days. Without getting into […]

This week's eight matches averaged just over 13,100. Last year's week 12 included a visit by Beckham to San Jose. The game was at Oakland Alameda and drew over 39,800. After 92 matches, the league is drawing 1,479 fewer per game than the first 92 games last year, a 9.1% decrease. On the up side, […]

As fans prepare for tonight's USMNT World Cup qualifier with Costa Rica, I had our MLS fans in mind as I was looking ahead to this week's matches. Several teams are shorthanded due to International callups. Nothing new for experienced MLS fans. For newbies there are plenty of stories, posts, opinions about the conflicts between […]

This week's nine matches averaged just over 16,000. After 84 matches, the league is drawing 1,278 fewer per game than the first 84 games last year, a 7.9% decrease. The weekly average was down from last year but can be understood as last years numbers included a special soccer doubleheader with FCD at the Revs […]

Seattle beat Colorado 1-0 in the last MLS play-in match of the US Open Cup on Tuesday. The win earns Seattle a berth in the US Open Cup. The eight MLS clubs will begin play in the 3rd round, on June 30. ====== Two of the league's lowest ranked teams, Columbus and San Jose meet […]

This week's seven matches averaged just under 13,800, slightly up from last year's week 10 average. It was good to see an increase, albeit a small one, with Seattle on the road. After 75 matches, exactly the 1/3 mark of the season, the league is drawing 1,128 fewer per game than the first 75 games […]

This week's seven matches averaged over 15,100, up from last week's average. This week the NBA and NHL playoffs continued. By Saturday, Boston, Denver, Houston and LA had teams alive in the NBA, while the NHL still shows Chicago alive. As the Lakers were playing Game 7 of their series with Houston, the Galaxy reported […]

Here in the US we like to break things into large portions. Halves in football, thirds in hockey, quarters in basketball(eighth's only count in pizza). Which leads me to this; time to look a deeper at some of this season's numbers as this week the MLS season has passed the quarter mark. At this point […]

This week's nine matches averaged over 14,800, about 1,300 less than last year's seven matches. The NBA and NHL playoffs continue. Boston, Dallas, Denver, Houston and LA have teams alive in the NBA, while the NHL still shows Anaheim, Boston, Chicago and DC(well kind of, the Capitols). I'll leave it to smarter folks than me […]

Chivas just keeps on keepin' on. They are six points clear of Seattle, although the Sounders have a game in hand. Last weeks injury list for Chivas USA read like this... OUT: DF Bobby Burling (sports hernia surgery); FW Alecko Eskandarian (R hamstring strain); DF Ante Jazic (concussion); GK Dan Kennedy (R knee sprain); FW […]

This week's seven matches averaged less than 13,800, about 2,100 less than last year's Week 7 matches. A busy sports weekend to say the least; NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, Hattan/Pacquiao, and the Kentucky Derby. The weather was OK. A bit chilly with rain at kickoff of the Toronto match, but that didn't stop 20,000 from […]

I was thinking about the Seattle phenomenon and a thought crossed my mind. Would it be good or bad for MLS if Seattle went deep into the playoffs in its inaugural year? What would it say about a league if a brand new team could have such great success in its first ever season? I […]

Week 6 attendance was an improvement over last week. This week's nine matches averaged over 15,800, about 100 more than last year's week 6 matches. First place Chivas disappointed again, drawing only 14,611 with clear weather and 67 degrees. On the plus side, they are drawing about 2,000 more than last year through the first […]

The US Men's National Teams will be busy for the rest of this year. Here's a peek at what's coming up. Men's Senior Team Coming off a 3-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in the CONCACAF final World Cup Qualifying round, the Senior team does not play in May. But starting in June, they get […]

Week 5 in the MLS was troubling from an attendance standpoint. This week's seven matches averaged just a bit over 12,000, a decline of nearly 5,000 from last year's week 5 matches. As optimistic as I like to be, it's hard to fathom the 8,508 at Giants stadium with fantastic weather against its conference final […]