Week 11 Attendance Update

Team	2013 Average Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full	2012 Average Attendance	% Change from 2011
Chicago Fire	12,108	20,000	60.54%	16,409	-26.21
Chivas USA	8,045	18,800	42.79%	13,056	-38.38
Colorado Rapids	13,369	18,086	73.92%	15,175	-11.90
Columbus Crew	12,840	20,145	63.74%	14,397	-10.81
DC United	13,718	19,467	70.47%	13,846	-0.92
FC Dallas	14,874	20,500	72.56%	14,199	+4.75
Houston Dynamo	18,608	22,039	84.43%	21,015	-11.45
Los Angeles Galaxy	21,031	27,000	77.89%	23,136	-9.10
Montreal Impact	23,018	20,521	112.17%	22,772	+1.08
NE Revolution	13,072	22,385	58.40%	14,001	-6.63
New York Red Bulls	16,021	25,189	63.60%	18,281	-12.36
Philadelphia Union	17,344	18,500	93.75%	18,053	-3.93
Portland Timbers	20,674	20,438	101.15%	20,438	+1.15
Real Salt Lake	18,153	20,213	89.81%	19,087	-4.89
San Jose Earthquakes	10,392	10,525	98.74%	13,293	-21.82
Seattle Sounders	39,088	38,500	101.53%	43,144	-9.40
Sporting Kansas City	19,177	18,467	103.85%	19,404	-1.17
Toronto FC	19,288	21,859	88.24%	18,155	+6.24
Vancouver Whitecaps	19,731	21,000	93.96%	19,475	+1.32
Average	17,053	21,244	80.27%	18,807	-9.33

Week 9 Attendance Update

Team	2013 Average Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full	2012 Average Attendance	% Change from 2011
Chicago Fire	12,084	20,000	60.42%	16,409	-26.36
Chivas USA	8,045	18,800	42.79%	13,056	-38.38
Colorado Rapids	13,546	18,086	74.90%	15,175	-10.73
Columbus Crew	13,637	20,145	67.69%	14,397	-5.28
DC United	14,619	19,467	75.09%	13,846	+5.58
FC Dallas	15,937	20,500	77.74%	14,199	+12.24
Houston Dynamo	18,529	22,039	84.07%	21,015	-11.83
Los Angeles Galaxy	21,271	27,000	78.78%	23,136	-8.06
Montreal Impact	25,128	20,521	122.45%	22,772	+10.35
NE Revolution	13,627	22,385	60.88%	14,001	-2.67
New York Red Bulls	17,053	25,189	67.70%	18,281	-6.72
Philadelphia Union	17,010	18,500	91.95%	18,053	-5.78
Portland Timbers	20,674	20,438	101.15%	20,438	+1.15
Real Salt Lake	18,321	20,213	90.64%	19,087	-4.01
San Jose Earthquakes	10,525	10,525	100.00%	13,293	-20.82
Seattle Sounders	39,157	38,500	101.71%	43,144	-9.24
Sporting Kansas City	19,413	18,467	105.12%	19,404	+0.05
Toronto FC	19,288	21,859	88.24%	18,155	+6.24
Vancouver Whitecaps	19,414	21,000	92.45%	19,475	-0.31
Average	17,377	21,244	81.80%	18,807	-7.61

Week 8 Attendance Update

Team	2013 Average Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full	2012 Average Attendance	% Change from 2011
Chicago Fire	12,084	20,000	60.42%	16,409	-26.36
Chivas USA	7,624	18,800	40.55%	13,056	-41.61
Colorado Rapids	13,546	18,086	74.90%	15,175	-10.73
Columbus Crew	13,411	20,145	66.57%	14,397	-6.85
DC United	14,619	19,467	75.09%	13,846	+5.58
FC Dallas	15,937	20,500	77.74%	14,199	+12.24
Houston Dynamo	18,201	22,039	82.59%	21,015	-13.39
Los Angeles Galaxy	21,271	27,000	78.78%	23,136	-8.06
Montreal Impact	26,913	20,521	131.15%	22,772	+18.18
NE Revolution	11,250	22,385	50.25%	14,001	-19.65
New York Red Bulls	17,053	25,189	67.70%	18,281	-6.72
Philadelphia Union	17,010	18,500	91.95%	18,053	-5.78
Portland Timbers	20,674	20,438	101.15%	20,438	+1.15
Real Salt Lake	18,543	20,213	91.74%	19,087	-2.85
San Jose Earthquakes	10,525	10,525	100.00%	13,293	-20.82
Seattle Sounders	39,157	38,500	101.71%	43,144	-9.24
Sporting Kansas City	19,155	18,467	103.73%	19,404	-1.28
Toronto FC	19,108	21,859	87.41%	18,155	+5.25
Vancouver Whitecaps	19,230	21,000	91.57%	19,475	-1.26
Average	17,329	21,244	81.57%	18,807	-7.86

Week 7 Attendance Update

Team	2013 Average Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full	2012 Average Attendance	% Change from 2011
Chicago Fire	11,841	20,000	59.20%	16,409	-27.84
Chivas USA	7,624	18,800	40.55%	13,056	-41.61
Colorado Rapids	14,041	18,086	77.63%	15,175	-7.48
Columbus Crew	13,411	20,145	66.57%	14,397	-6.85
DC United	15,375	19,467	78.98%	13,846	+11.04
FC Dallas	16,336	20,500	79.69%	14,199	+15.05
Houston Dynamo	18,201	22,039	82.59%	21,015	-13.39
Los Angeles Galaxy	19,726	27,000	73.06%	23,136	-14.74
Montreal Impact	26,913	20,521	131.15%	22,772	+18.18
NE Revolution	11,250	22,385	50.25%	14,001	-19.65
New York Red Bulls	18,923	25,189	75.12%	18,281	+3.51
Philadelphia Union	17,010	18,500	91.95%	18,053	-5.78
Portland Timbers	20,674	20,438	101.15%	20,438	+1.15
Real Salt Lake	20,365	20,213	100.75%	19,087	+6.69
San Jose Earthquakes	10,525	10,525	100.00%	13,293	-20.82
Seattle Sounders	39,157	38,500	101.71%	43,144	-9.24
Sporting Kansas City	19,155	18,467	103.73%	19,404	-1.28
Toronto FC	20,152	21,859	92.19%	18,155	+11.00
Vancouver Whitecaps	19,230	21,000	91.57%	19,475	-1.26
Average	17,744	21,244	83.52%	18,807	-5.65

Week 6 Attendance Update

Team	2013 Average Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full	2012 Average Attendance	% Change from 2011
Chicago Fire	11,841	20,000	59.20%	16,409	-27.84
Chivas USA	7,425	18,800	39.50%	13,056	-43.13
Colorado Rapids	14,041	18,086	77.63%	15,175	-7.48
Columbus Crew	13,411	20,145	66.57%	14,397	-6.85
DC United	14,053	19,467	72.19%	13,846	+1.50
FC Dallas	14,960	20,500	72.97%	14,199	+5.36
Houston Dynamo	17,954	22,039	81.46%	21,015	-14.57
Los Angeles Galaxy	19,726	27,000	73.06%	23,136	-14.74
Montreal Impact	32,078	20,521	156.32%	22,772	+40.86
NE Revolution	11,250	22,385	50.25%	14,001	-19.65
New York Red Bulls	18,923	25,189	75.12%	18,281	+3.51
Philadelphia Union	16,925	18,500	91.48%	18,053	-6.25
Portland Timbers	20,674	20,438	101.15%	20,438	+1.15
Real Salt Lake	20,365	20,213	100.75%	19,087	+6.69
San Jose Earthquakes	10,525	10,525	100.00%	13,293	-20.82
Seattle Sounders	39,574	38,500	102.79%	43,144	-8.27
Sporting Kansas City	19,155	18,467	103.73%	19,404	-1.28
Toronto FC	20,152	21,859	92.19%	18,155	+11.00
Vancouver Whitecaps	19,539	21,000	93.04%	19,475	+0.33
Average	17,390	21,244	81.86%	18,807	-7.53

Week 5 Attendance Update

Team	2013 Average Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full	2012 Average Attendance	% Change from 2011
Chicago Fire	11,483	20,000	57.41%	16,409	-30.02
Chivas USA	7,425	18,800	39.50%	13,056	-43.13
Colorado Rapids	13,448	18,086	74.36%	15,175	-11.38
Columbus Crew	16,528	20,145	82.05%	14,397	+14.80
DC United	14,053	19,467	72.19%	13,846	+1.50
FC Dallas	14,960	20,500	72.97%	14,199	+5.36
Houston Dynamo	17,954	22,039	81.46%	21,015	-14.57
Los Angeles Galaxy	19,726	27,000	73.06%	23,136	-14.74
Montreal Impact	32,078	20,521	156.32%	22,772	+40.86
NE Revolution	11,250	22,385	50.25%	14,001	-19.65
New York Red Bulls	18,923	25,189	75.12%	18,281	+3.51
Philadelphia Union	16,925	18,500	91.48%	18,053	-6.25
Portland Timbers	20,674	20,438	101.15%	20,438	+1.15
Real Salt Lake	20,365	20,213	100.75%	19,087	+6.69
San Jose Earthquakes	10,525	10,525	100.00%	13,293	-20.82
Seattle Sounders	39,574	38,500	102.79%	43,144	-8.27
Sporting Kansas City	19,239	18,467	102.79%	19,404	-0.85
Toronto FC	22,173	21,859	101.44%	18,155	+22.13
Vancouver Whitecaps	19,539	21,000	93.04%	19,475	+0.33
Average	17,803	21,244	83.80%	18,807	-5.34

Week 4 Attendance Update - Sorry for the wait

Team	2013 Average Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full	2012 Average Attendance	% Change from 2011
Chicago Fire	11,483	20,000	57.41%	16,409	-30.02
Chivas USA	6,961	18,800	37.03%	13,056	-46.68
Colorado Rapids	15,122	18,086	83.61%	15,175	-0.35
Columbus Crew	16,528	20,145	82.05%	14,397	+14.80
DC United	14,053	19,467	72.19%	13,846	+1.50
FC Dallas	14,960	20,500	72.97%	14,199	+5.36
Houston Dynamo	18,224	22,039	82.69%	21,015	-13.28
Los Angeles Galaxy	19,726	27,000	73.06%	23,136	-14.74
Montreal Impact	32,078	20,521	156.32%	22,772	+40.86
NE Revolution	12,215	22,385	54.57%	14,001	-12.76
New York Red Bulls	22,022	25,189	87.43%	18,281	+20.46
Philadelphia Union	16,925	18,500	91.48%	18,053	-6.25
Portland Timbers	20,674	20,438	101.15%	20,438	+1.15
Real Salt Lake	20,370	20,213	100.78%	19,087	+6.72
San Jose Earthquakes	10,525	10,525	100.00%	13,293	-20.82
Seattle Sounders	39,574	38,500	102.79%	43,144	-8.27
Sporting Kansas City	19,868	18,467	107.59%	19,404	+2.39
Toronto FC	25,991	21,859	118.90%	18,155	+43.16
Vancouver Whitecaps	19,539	21,000	93.04%	19,475	+0.33
Average	18,434	21,244	86.77%	18,807	-1.98

A Little Break

Just to let everyone know, I will not be posting for a few weeks, till probably the 23rd with updated attendance.

I will be heading to the land of Robbie Keane for a while to enjoy St. Patrick's Day in its finest form.

Because of this, there will be no posts for a while and the next attendance update will be of the previous few weeks. I wish the best to the MLS and hope for good crowds and attendance. I also hope that MLS clubs can get some much needed CCL wins to establish their presence in North America.

Till then, have a Happy St. Patrick's Day as I know I will roaming around Ireland for over a week.

Week 1 Attendance - The 2013 Season Starts

Team	2013 Average Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full	2012 Average Attendance	% Change from 2011
Chicago Fire		20,000	%	16,409
Chivas USA	7,121	18,800	37.88%	13,056	-45.46
Colorado Rapids		18,086	%	15,175
Columbus Crew		20,145	%	14,397
DC United		19,467	%	13,846
FC Dallas	18,075	20,500	88.17%	14,199	+27.30
Houston Dynamo	20,019	22,039	90.83%	21,015	-4.74
Los Angeles Galaxy	20,124	27,000	74.53%	23,136	-13.02
Montreal Impact		20,521	%	22,772
NE Revolution		22,385	%	14,001
New York Red Bulls		25,189	%	18,281
Philadelphia Union	18,160	18,500	98.16%	18,053	+0.59
Portland Timbers	20,674	20,438	101.15%	20,438	+1.15
Real Salt Lake		20,213	%	19,087
San Jose Earthquakes	10,525	10,525	100.00%	13,293	-20.82
Seattle Sounders	38,998	38,500	101.29%	43,144	-9.61
Sporting Kansas City		18,467	%	19,404
Toronto FC		21,859	%	18,155
Vancouver Whitecaps	21,000	21,000	100.00%	19,475	+7.83
Average	19,411	21,244	91.37%	18,807	+3.21

Playoffs Attendance

I broke up the attendance by rounds and averaged them out along with the overall average.

The wild cards are hard to sell as they are so soon after the season ends.

All the semifinals and the final are sellouts for their respective home teams.

The quarterfinals found some problems with hurricane Sandy on the east coast that caused the schedule to be switched and a couple lower attendances resulted.

Overall, this is one of the highest attended playoffs ever with good growth and a lot of excitement that surrounded the games played.

Round	Wild Card	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Overall
1	10,923	34,941	22,101	30,510	22,356
2	14,703	17,556	27,000
3		20,689	44,575
4		27,000	20,015
5		20,894
6		10,744
7		14,035
8		19,657
Average	12,813	20,690	28,423	30,510	22,356

As a final side note, it will be interested how attendance will be affected with the departure of David Beckham and possibly other big names. The LA Galaxy sold out almost every road game as the opposing team would sell the Galaxy with their big names (Beckham, Keane, and Donavon) to the fans. It is because of this that many teams increased capacity or played at other facilities for these games. Can the MLS continue to sell on talent without the big names to draw the crowds?