MLS 2011 Attendance Statistics Game Weeks 10 & 11

In response to comments from our readers, I've elected to show some numbers this week. No in-depth analysis for the sake of brevity. DC United remains strong in its attendance average but its last few games have been below 13,000. FC Dallas is also riding high on a couple of strong dates. I will do an analysis of median vs mean next week. For now, here are the magic numbers:

Team	Average	Relative	Median
DC	16344	67	15276
KC
NE	10893	54	11587
COL	10199	50	10306
TOR	19557	85	20086
CHI	13628	68	12315
NYRB	17191	68	16366
PHI	18045	98	18591
HOU	14954	55	14191
LA	24496	91	24998
CHV	14648	54	13722
DAL	14258	70	12185
SJ	9879	94	10276
CRD	13243	73	12987
RSL	16672	83	15907
SEA	36350	102	36287
POR	18627	100	18627
VAN	19987	91	20664

Sporting Kansas City still hasn't played at home, hence the missing numbers.

MLS 2009 Attendance stats week 10

Somehow I don't feel the DPs are working out in terms of attendance. On the field is a whole other matter that is up for debate. Things have improved, however, in places like Salt Lake and Columbus which are climbing up from their early season attendance cellars. Just last week RSL had a nearly full stadium in a game they lost to KC. On my last post I included a graphic of East conference time series. Below is the same for the West. Noteworthy is the stability of Chivas attendance, the rise of RSL, and the relatively disappointing Beckham-less Galaxy numbers. No sellouts this year.