MLS 2011 Attendance Statistics Game Week 30

Recent results and matches have shown the staying power of the league both on and off the pitch. A week ago, the Washington Post's Soccer Insider blog remarked on a particularly high-attendance game week (29). Depending upon how you slice it, you could end up with vastly different numbers. However, granted equity in our analysis, a few things do stand out: Dallas (17109), Columbus (21203, only sellout of the season), Salt Lake (19888), New York (25000). Great numbers even though football season (gridiron variety) is in full swing. Add to this the perpetual sellouts in the Pacific Northwest and we are talking about the second-highest attendance record in league history; second only to the inaugural season.

The numbers as of this week:

Team	Average	Relative	Median
DC	15107	62	14477
KC	17945	97	18467
NE	13206	66	12914
CLB	11974	59	11272
TOR	20187	88	20145
CHI	14170	71	14567
NYRB	18967	75	19684
PHI	18217	98	18524
HOU	16410	61	16247
LA	22840	85	22959
CHV	14470	54	14067
DAL	13103	64	11138
SJ	12021	114	10525
CRD	14850	82	14706
RSL	17029	85	16571
SEA	36932	103	36287
POR	18627	100	18627
VAN	20585	98	20518

MLS 2011 Attendance Statistics Game Week 9

The MLS stats may be getting a bit lost amongst all the European (and Mexican) season closure craziness. But we still wonder about our own league and our version of the sport. This week's post is brief, but I'd like to mention (or reiterate) the importance of the Pacific Northwest. If the season ended right now, the average attendance would be 17266. That's up 550 from last year. If we take away Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, it drops down to 15553. Taking Seattle out alone for last year brings that total to 15397. Above is a pie chart of the Western conference total attendance by percentage. The Cascadia teams alone rack up 48% of the 9-team conference. And yes, Seattle's numbers are always above 36,000. All the more reason to include its influence.