Peter C

In a weekend of MLS matches, the attendances at DC United, FC Dallas and Montreal Impact were not terrific. The rest of the clubs did well with the exception of Philadelphia, who drew below their normal 18,000+. Orlando drew Seattle-like numbers for the LA Galaxy’s visit. Overall, attendance is up 11.14% after 105 games and […]

Despite having the lowest average attendance in Major League Soccer this season, Chicago Fire had a surprising turnout of more than 19,000 for its Friday night win against New York City FC in Bridgeview, Illinois. Meanwhile, Seattle Sounders have climbed above Orlando City Soccer Club with the highest average attendance in MLS. The Sounders hit […]

So far this season, MLS attendances are up 16% compared to last season. That's no big surprise with the addition of Orlando, New York City FC and the opening of Avaya Stadium in San Jose, and, of course, the contraction of Chivas USA. Now that gameweek 6 of MLS has concluded, we can see that […]

Looking at the attendances from the MLS games from gameweek 5, Orlando is still drawing very well. Chicago and Colorado had fairly normal turnouts for their matches. However, they were both lower than the NASL debut for Jacksonville Armada. The Florida team had 16,164 in attendance. Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, San Jose and Kansas City all […]

From the weekend action in MLS during the international break, New England’s attendance was hampered by snow and hail. New York City FC’s ownership, meanwhile, is hoping its 27,000+ will be the norm after the excitement of its home opener (43,000+). Montreal opened its home season in Olympic Stadium. Two clubs that were both owned by […]

New England Revolution’s home opener was nothing to speak of, with only 14,189 in attendance to watch the 0-0 draw with Montreal Impact. Philadelphia may have suffered from a game day switch due to weather, with their Friday night match being postponed due to snow but rescheduled for Saturday afternoon. Colorado and Kansas City sold […]

The attendance figures for gameweek 2 of MLS are in, with New York City FC getting a strong start with an attendance of 43, 507 at Yankee Stadium in its opening home game of the club's history. Fellow new MLS team Orlando City are still in first place with the biggest attendance of the season […]

MLS teams Orlando City, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Sporting KC and Seattle Sounders were the winners for attendances during the opening weekend of the 2015 season this past weekend. All four legacy teams saw gains in their attendances compared to the opening home games of the 2014 MLS season. Vice-versa, the losers in the first […]

Major League Soccer set a new record for average attendance in the league's 18-year history last night. With the 2014 regular season now completed, the average attendance was 19,099 — which is a 2.63% increase compared to MLS's 2013 regular season. The top 3 teams with the highest average attendance in the 2014 season were: 1. Seattle […]

Editor’s note: One of the most popular features of one of our previous incarnations of this website was the series of articles about MLS attendances written by Peter C of Overlapping Run. Peter graciously agreed to allow us to publish his research into attendances in this article. Average MLS Attendances For Week 32 (5-year comparison): Comparisons of […]

Editor’s note: One of the most popular features of one of our previous incarnations of this website was the series of articles about MLS attendances written by Peter C of Overlapping Run. Peter graciously agreed to allow us to publish his research into attendances in this article. Average MLS Attendances For Week 31 (5-year comparison): Comparisons of […]

Editor's note: One of the most popular features of one of our previous incarnations of this website was the series of articles about MLS attendances written by Peter C of Overlapping Run. Peter graciously agreed to allow us to publish his research into attendances in this article. Average MLS Attendances For Week 30 (5-year comparison): Comparisons […]

The playoff numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Quarterfinals Totals(both legs) Avg +/- Teams 2006 12,736 NA CHI, COL, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, NE, RBNY 2007 17,041 33.81% CHI, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, KC, NE, RBNY 2008 14,960 -12.22% CHI, CHV, CLB, HOU, KC, NE, RBNY, RSL 2009 20,755 38.74% CHI, CHV, CLB, […]

The playoff numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Quarterfinals Totals(both legs) Avg +/- Teams 2006 12,736 NA CHI, COL, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, NE, RBNY 2007 17,041 33.81% CHI, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, KC, NE, RBNY 2008 14,960 -12.22% CHI, CHV, CLB, HOU, KC, NE, RBNY, RSL 2009 20,755 38.74% CHI, CHV, CLB, […]

The playoff numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Conference Semifinals – 2nd Leg Avg +/- Home Teams 2006 15,938 NA New England Dallas Houston DC United 2007 19,838 24.47% New England Chivas USA Houston DC United 2008 19,444 -1.99% Chicago Columbus Houston Chivas USA 2009 21,526 10.71% Chicago Columbus Houston Los Angeles 2010 19,871 […]