The Week 16 numbers look like this…

	5 year comparison
	Week 16			124 GP		YTD
	Avg	+/-	GP	Avg	+/-	Avg	+/-	GP
2006	13,158		6	15,716		14,632		106
2007	12,473	-5.21%	4	15,377	-2.15%	15,043	2.81%	107
2008	14,475	16.05%	5	16,518	7.42%	17,245	14.63%	111
2009	16,142	11.51%	6	15,435	-6.56%	15,562	-9.76%	118
2010	13,958	-13.53%	7	16,481	6.78%	16,481	5.91%	124

YTD – 124 Games
	Average	Median	%<10K	%>20k
2006	15,716	13,036	22.58%	18.55%
2007	15,377	14,179	10.48%	22.58%
2008	16,518	15,274	11.29%	25.81%
2009	15,435	14,479	15.32%	18.55%
2010	16,481	14,355	8.87%	21.77%

Here are the attendance comparisons to 2009:

MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games
	2009		2010
	Att	Cap %	Att	Att +/-	GP	Cap %	Cap
Seattle	29,715	91.71%	36,140	21.62%	9	101.80%	35,500
Philadelphia	NA	NA	22,614	NA	5	85.99%	18,500
LA Galaxy	19,298	71.47%	20,687	7.20%	7	76.62%	27,000
Toronto	20,198	91.90%	20,588	1.93%	8	93.68%	21,978
Real Salt Lake	16,045	76.46%	16,277	1.45%	8	84.16%	19,340
N.Y./N.J. Red Bulls	11,385	45.20%	16,277	42.97%	8	64.62%	25,189
Houston	15,632	69.48%	16,003	2.37%	9	71.12%	22,500
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	15,625	57.87%	14,451	-7.52%	7	53.52%	27,000
Columbus Crew	13,041	65.20%	14,028	7.57%	9	70.14%	20,000
Colorado Rapids	13,045	72.13%	13,589	4.17%	7	75.14%	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	9,789	94.26%	10,006	2.22%	8	96.35%	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.

Philly’s first two home games were played at Lincoln Financial Field. The announced capacity for the Union was published as 38,000 and will be calculated as such.

San Jose’s 4th match in 2009 was at Oakland Alameda Coliseum and drew over 15,800.

Observations

The week began in Columbus on Wednesday with a crowd of just over 11,300. On Thursday, DC United had a middling turnout of 13,700+. On the weekend, Columbus did 3,000 better than their midweek match. Colorado and Dallas had underwhelming crowds in big heat. Philadelphia had a good showing of 17,200+ but I was expecting sellouts for at least the first several home matches at PPL Park. DC United closed out the week with a good showing of over 17,600.

RSL has played 4 weekday(M-F) home games, more than any other team. Interestingly, their 4 weekday matches are averaging 16,944 while their 4 weekend matches are drawing 15,610. They played 6 home weekday matches in ’09 and 5 in ’08.

Rookie Watch: Teal Bunbury scored his first MLS goal for the Wizards. Andy Najar continues to look bright for DC United while Jordan Graye was exposed on defense a few times. Zach Schilawski scored for the Revs in the N.A. SuperLiga.

Week 16 Games

Columbus	0	Columbus Dispatch – Crew XTra
Kansas City	1	Kansas City – Hillcrest Road

DC United	0	DCU – Steve Goff – Soccer Insider
Seattle	1	Seattle Times

Colorado	1	Undercurrent
Kansas City	1	Kansas City – Hillcrest Road

Philadelphia	2	Philadelphia Union Talk
Toronto	1	TFC Connected

Columbus	2	Columbus Dispatch – Crew XTra
RBNY	0	Red Bulls Reader

FC Dallas	2	3rd Degree – Buzz Carrick
Real Salt Lake	0	RSL – Behind the Shield

DC United	1	DCU – Steve Goff – Soccer Insider
Los Angeles	2	LA – Official Blog

	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GFA	GAA	PPG	PTS	GD
Los Angeles	17	12	3	2	27	8	1.59	0.47	2.29	39	19
Columbus	16	9	4	3	22	13	1.38	0.81	1.94	31	9
Real Salt Lake	16	9	3	4	28	13	1.75	0.81	1.88	30	15
NY Red Bull	16	8	2	6	18	19	1.13	1.19	1.63	26	-1
Dallas	15	6	7	2	19	13	1.27	0.87	1.67	25	6
Colorado	15	6	5	4	17	14	1.13	0.93	1.53	23	3
San Jose	14	6	4	4	18	16	1.29	1.14	1.57	22	2
Toronto FC	15	6	4	5	18	17	1.20	1.13	1.47	22	1
Houston	16	5	4	7	21	22	1.31	1.38	1.19	19	-1
Seattle	17	5	4	8	18	24	1.06	1.41	1.12	19	-6
Chicago	14	4	5	5	18	19	1.29	1.36	1.21	17	-1
Kansas City	16	4	4	8	13	20	0.81	1.25	1.00	16	-7
Chivas USA	15	4	2	9	17	21	1.13	1.40	0.93	14	-4
Philadelphia	14	4	2	8	18	26	1.29	1.86	1.00	14	-8
New England	15	4	2	9	15	26	1.00	1.73	0.93	14	-11
DC United	17	3	3	11	12	28	0.71	1.65	0.71	12	-16

Streaking

RSL are unbeaten in their last 18 regular season home games.
Houston are winless in their last 6 games.
Dallas are unbeaten in their last 6 games.
Dallas are also unbeaten in their last 6 road games.
Toronto are unbeaten in their last 15 regular season home games(7 in ’09).
Los Angeles are unbeaten in their last 10 regular season home games(3 in ’09).

MLS Throw Ins

There have been 29 draws compared to 43 in ’09 thru the first 124 matches.
There have been 79 clean sheets in the first 124 matches, counting scoreless draws as 2.
Through 124 games: goal scoring is down around 5% from 2009, 2.41 vs 2.54.
RSL has lost only twice in its last 37 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
Chicago(1) v Monarchas Morelia(5)	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL	Wed, Jul 14
New England(1) v Pumas UNAM(0)	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA	Wed, Jul 14
Houston(2) v Pachuca(1)	Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX	Thu, Jul 15
ChivasUSA(1) v Puebla(2)	Home Depot Center, LA, CA	Thu, Jul 15
Chicago(0) v New England(1) Morelia(2) v Pumas(2)	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL	Sat, Jul 17
Chicago(0) v New England(1) Morelia(2) v Pumas(2)	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL	Sat, Jul 17
Houston(1) v Chivas USA(1) Pachuca(1) v Puebla(3)	Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX	Sun, Jul 18
Houston(1) v Chivas USA(1) Pachuca(1) v Puebla(3)	Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX	Sun, Jul 18
Chicago v Pumas	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL	Tue, Jul 20
New England v Morelia	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA	Tue, Jul 20
Houston v Puebla	Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX	Wed, July 21
ChivasUSA v Pachuca	Home Depot Center, LA, CA	Wed, July 21

N.A. SuperLiga
Group A
	W	D	L	Pts	GD
New England	2	0	0	6	2
Monarchas Morelia	1	1	0	4	4
UNAM Pumas	0	1	1	1	-1
Chicago	0	0	2	0	-5
Group B
	W	D	L	Pts	GD
Puebla	2	0	0	6	3
Houston	1	1	0	4	1
Chivas USA	0	1	1	1	-1
Pachuca	0	0	2	0	-4

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.

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

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.

The last 4th round match (ET)
July 21

7:30pm Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) at D.C. United (MLS) Maryland SoccerPlex – Boyds, MD

In the semifinals, Columbus will play the winner of the DC United/Harrisburg match 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

Houston v Chivas USA/Pachuca v Puebla	Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX	Sun, July 18	SuperLiga	5,007
Celtic v Seattle	Qwest Field, Seattle, WA	Sun, July 18	Friendly	45,631
Club America v San Luis	Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, TX	Sat, July 17	Friendly	27,061
Bolton v Charleston	Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, SC	Sat, July 17	Friendly	5,249
Manchester City v Portland Timbers	Merlo Field, Portland, OR(cap 4892)	Sat, July 17	Friendly	5,018
Tottenham v SJ	Buck Shaw Stadium, San Jose, CA	Sat, July 17	Friendly	10,712
Chicago v NE/Morelia v Pumas	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL	Sat, July 17	SuperLiga	16,117
Man U v Celtic	Rogers Centre, Toronto, CA	Fri, July 16	Friendly	39,139
Houston v Pachuca	Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX	Thu, July 15	SuperLiga	10,400
ChivasUSA v Puebla	Home Depot Center, LA, CA	Thu, July 15	SuperLiga	12,617
Chicago v Monarchas Morelia	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL	Wed, July 14	SuperLiga	11,009
NE v Pumas UNAM	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA	Wed, July 14	SuperLiga	7,201
Bolton v Charlotte	Transamerica Field, Charlotte, NC	Wed, July 14	Friendly	2,383
Portsmouth v Club America	Qualcom Stadium, San Diego CA	Wed, July 14	Friendly	9,800
Celtic v Philadelphia	PPL Park, Chester, PA	Wed, July 14	Friendly	???

			total	207,344
			average	13,822

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News

MLS attendance report: July 19, 2010