Peter C

Seattle and Minnesota had strong weekday turnouts last week, while DC United and Colorado had soft showings. The rest of the week had good reported attendances with sellout crowds in Houston, New Jersey, Chicago, San Jose and Portland. Seattle and Atlanta continue to lead the way with 42,000+. We can expect San Jose’s YTD deficit […]

With no weekday matches in MLS last week, the reported attendances were decent considering the games were played across the weekend. Colorado was the only outlier with a reasonable soft 15,400+. The year-to-year decrease in Orlando is due to the move from the Citrus Bowl to their new stadium. I suspect ownership is wishing they […]

The attendance numbers for last week's MLS games were a mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly. Midweek numbers were typically poor in Columbus and Houston. New York City FC's was okay while Orlando City SC had over 24,000. The weekend games drew well with the exception of FC Dallas who drew its […]

Thursday’s match in Chicago had a poor turnout of 12,584 in attendance. That's too bad because Chicago’s revival took a boost with a win over FC Dallas. And Dallas’ showing for the Texas Derby of 15,055 was also soft too. The rest of the league had good reported attendances. The Cascadia Cup matchup between Seattle […]

There were weak midweek match turnouts in Chicago and Dallas. Philly and Salt Lake had middling reported attendance midweek. Fairly strong showings for the rest of the midweek matches, as well as on the weekend. Orlando and San Jose continue to report sellouts in their new homes.. After the first 131 matches, the average attendance […]

Reported attendances were less than stellar this past week. Columbus’ midweek match had the lowest reported gate in the league this season (10,318). Colorado, Dallas, DC United and Houston all had relatively poor turnouts. New York Red Bulls' match against LA had the lowest showing (against the Galaxy) since 2006, the year before Beckham arrived. […]

Minnesota United attendances continue to disappoint for an expansion team. After an inaugural match with 35,043 fans in attendance, their subsequent four home games have all drawn in the 17,000’s. For the 2017 season, after five home games, Minnesota is averaging 21,115 fans per game. But with attendances such as the 17,709 number for the […]

Atlanta United has surpassed Seattle Sounders for the best average attendance in MLS this season. The 2017 debutant is averaging 49,077 fans per game at the Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Seattle Sounders is averaging 43,004 per game in 2017, which is a 8% increase from last season. Altogether, MLS reported pretty good numbers […]

In MLS last weekend, the teams reported pretty average attendances for gameweek 8. There was an expected low turnout of 10,487 for New England Revolution's midweek game (see above photo). A few days later, New England played at home in front of a reported attendance of 16,591. So far this season, the Revolution is averaging 13,344 […]

After four home matches each in the 2017 MLS season, Columbus Crew SC and Houston Dynamo are both drawing their lowest average attendances since 2011. The Crew attendance is down 22.7% compared to last season, and is currently averaging 12,659 fans per game this season. In Houston, meanwhile, average attendance is down 15% (the Dynamo […]

After the first 56 matches of the 2017 MLS season, the average reported attendance is nearly even with 2016. It's currently down just 0.82%. In MLS gameweek 6, New England and Philadelphia had disappointing reported attendances. But LA Galaxy continues to slide at the gate. The southern California team's reported average attendance is down 17 […]

For the first 45 games of the 2017 MLS season, the average attendance is virtually even with 2016 despite lots of empty seats at many MLS stadiums, particularly from this past weekend. For gameweek 5, Chicago, Columbus, DC United, Houston and Minnesota reported disappointing attendances. New York City FC's number could also be seen as […]

Now that the Seattle Sounders have been the MLS club with the highest average attendance by far for each of its eight MLS seasons, it's quite possible that Atlanta United may knock the Sounders off their perch by the end of the season. So far this year, Atlanta is averaging 50,610 after two home games. […]

Cold weather ruined attendances at most venues for gameweek 2 of the 2017 MLS season. So much so, in fact, that reported attendances are down 6.5% for the first 21 games of the 2017 MLS season compared to last season. It was cold enough last weekend that New England rescheduled its match with Orlando to […]

The average attendance from the opening weekend of the 2017 MLS season was 25,156, which represented a 3.8% decline compared to the 2016 MLS opening weekend average of 26,152. The difference can be attributed to Seattle Sounders being on the road this season while they were at home for week 1 in 2016. Despite the […]