MLS Attendance

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

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?

Monday, December 17, 2012

Vancouver Whitecaps 2012 Attendance

Last Years Attendance: 20,406

Percent Change: -4.56

Game	Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full
Game 1	21,000	21,000	100.00%
Game 2	19,394	21,000	92.35%
Game 3	15,382	21,000	73.25%
Game 4	18,027	21,000	85.84%
Game 5	19,271	21,000	91.77%
Game 6	21,000	21,000	100.00%
Game 7	18,811	21,000	89.58%
Game 8	19,166	21,000	91.27%
Game 9	20,060	21,000	95.52%
Game 10	21,000	21,000	100.00%
Game 11	20,112	21,000	95.77%
Game 12	20,083	21,000	95.63%
Game 13	19,006	21,000	90.50%
Game 14	18,992	21,000	90.44%
Game 15	21,000	21,000	100.00%
Game 16	17,777	21,000	84.65%
Game 17	21,000	21,000	100.00%
Average	19,475	21,000	92.74%

Toronto FC 2012 Attendance

Last Years Attendance: 20,267

Percent Change: -10.42

Game	Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full
Game 1	20,070	21,859	91.82%
Game 2	18,944	21,859	86.66%
Game 3	18,476	21,859	84.52%
Game 4	19,255	21,859	88.09%
Game 5	18,364	21,859	84.01%
Game 6	18,227	21,859	83.38%
Game 7	18,877	21,859	86.36%
Game 8	20,071	21,859	91.82%
Game 9	19,821	21,859	90.68%
Game 10	18,225	21,859	83.38%
Game 11	19,652	21,859	89.90%
Game 12	18,773	21,859	85.88%
Game 13	18,151	21,859	83.04%
Game 14	14,623	21,859	66.90%
Game 15	15,669	21,859	71.68%
Game 16	15,281	21,859	69.91%
Game 17	16,151	21,859	73.89%
Average	18,155	21,859	83.05%

Sporting Kansas City 2012 Attendance

Last Years Attendance: 17,810

Percent Change: +8.95

Game	Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full
Game 1	19,777	18,467	107.09%
Game 2	15,161	18,467	82.10%
Game 3	20,323	18,467	110.05%
Game 4	19,422	18,467	105.17%
Game 5	20,404	18,467	110.49%
Game 6	19,974	18,467	108.16%
Game 7	20,488	18,467	110.94%
Game 8	19,274	18,467	104.37%
Game 9	19,307	18,467	104.55%
Game 10	19,080	18,467	103.32%
Game 11	18,938	18,467	102.55%
Game 12	20,439	18,467	110.68%
Game 13	18,491	18,467	100.13%
Game 14	18,481	18,467	100.08%
Game 15	19,877	18,467	107.64%
Game 16	21,010	18,467	113.77%
Game 17	19,428	18,467	105.20%
Average	19,404	18,467	105.08%

Seattle Sounders 2012 Attendance

Last Years Attendance: 38,495

Percent Change: +12.08

Seattle played 4 games to an expanded CenturyLink Field.

Game	Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full
Game 1	38,709	38,500	100.54%
Game 2	38,304	38,500	99.49%
Game 3	38,301	38,500	99.48%
Game 4	38,360	38,500	99.64%
Game 5	39,002	38,500	101.30%
Game 6	38,399	38,500	99.74%
Game 7	39,312	38,500	102.11%
Game 8	38,311	38,500	99.51%
Game 9	46,932	67,000	70.05%
Game 10	39,060	38,500	101.45%
Game 11	60,908	67,000	90.91%
Game 12	55,718	67,000	83.16%
Game 13	38,934	38,500	101.13%
Game 14	38,948	38,500	101.16%
Game 15	66,452	67,000	99.18%
Game 16	38,356	38,500	99.63%
Game 17	38,755	38,500	100.66%
Average	43,144	38,500	95.34%

San Jose Earthquakes 2012 Attendance

Last Years Attendance: 11,858

Percent Change: +12.10

San Jose played Game 2 in AT&T Park home of the San Francisco Giants.

San Jose played Game 8 in Stanford Stadium home of the Stanford Cardinal.

Game	Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full
Game 1	10,525	10,525	100.00%
Game 2	21,816	40,800	53.47%
Game 3	10,525	10,525	100.00%
Game 4	10,202	10,525	96.93%
Game 5	8,734	10,525	82.98%
Game 6	9,619	10,525	91.39%
Game 7	10,256	10,525	97.44%
Game 8	50,391	50,000	100.78%
Game 9	10,744	10,525	102.08%
Game 10	9,481	10,525	90.08%
Game 11	10,525	10,525	100.00%
Game 12	10,744	10,525	102.08%
Game 13	10,525	10,525	100.00%
Game 14	10,525	10,525	100.00%
Game 15	9,877	10,525	93.84%
Game 16	10,744	10,525	102.08%
Game 17	10,744	10,525	102.08%
Average	13,293	10,525	90.82%

Real Salt Lake 2012 Attendance

Last Years Attendance: 17,594

Percent Change: +8.49

Game	Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full
Game 1	16,738	20,213	82.81%
Game 2	20,415	20,213	101.00%
Game 3	20,191	20,213	99.89%
Game 4	16,870	20,213	83.46%
Game 5	17,629	20,213	87.22%
Game 6	18,219	20,213	90.14%
Game 7	19,341	20,213	95.69%
Game 8	20,382	20,213	100.84%
Game 9	18,050	20,213	89.30%
Game 10	20,363	20,213	100.74%
Game 11	16,444	20,213	81.35%
Game 12	19,492	20,213	96.43%
Game 13	18,702	20,213	92.52%
Game 14	20,281	20,213	100.34%
Game 15	20,334	20,213	100.60%
Game 16	20,524	20,213	101.54%
Game 17	20,507	20,213	101.45%
Average	19,087	20,213	94.43%

Portland Timbers 2012 Attendance

Last Years Attendance: 18,827

Percent Change: +8.56

Game	Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full
Game 1	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 2	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 3	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 4	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 5	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 6	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 7	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 8	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 9	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 10	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 11	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 12	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 13	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 14	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 15	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 16	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Game 17	20,438	20,438	100.00%
Average	20,438	20,438	100.00%

Philadelphia Union 2012 Attendance

Last Years Attendance: 18,258

Percent Change: -1.12

Game	Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full
Game 1	19,074	18,500	103.10%
Game 2	17,189	18,500	92.91%
Game 3	18,526	18,500	100.14%
Game 4	18,581	18,500	100.44%
Game 5	18,193	18,500	98.34%
Game 6	18,876	18,500	102.03%
Game 7	18,207	18,500	98.42%
Game 8	18,393	18,500	99.42%
Game 9	18,544	18,500	100.24%
Game 10	18,598	18,500	100.53%
Game 11	18,412	18,500	99.52%
Game 12	18,441	18,500	99.68%
Game 13	16,568	18,500	89.56%
Game 14	16,024	18,500	86.62%
Game 15	17,666	18,500	95.49%
Game 16	17,079	18,500	92.32%
Game 17	18,533	18,500	100.18%
Average	18,053	18,500	97.58%

New York Red Bulls 2012 Attendance

Last Years Attendance: 19,691

Percent Change: -7.16

Game	Attendance	Capacity	Percent Full
Game 1	21,024	25,189	83.47%
Game 2	13,415	25,189	53.26%
Game 3	17,114	25,189	67.94%
Game 4	18,152	25,189	72.06%
Game 5	11,315	25,189	44.92%
Game 6	13,919	25,189	55.26%
Game 7	25,187	25,189	99.99%
Game 8	19,414	25,189	77.07%
Game 9	15,814	25,189	62.78%
Game 10	21,842	25,189	86.71%
Game 11	15,730	25,189	62.45%
Game 12	19,043	25,189	75.60%
Game 13	17,134	25,189	68.02%
Game 14	10,286	25,189	40.84%
Game 15	25,017	25,189	99.32%
Game 16	21,157	25,189	83.99%
Game 17	25,219	25,189	100.12%
Average	18,281	25,189	72.58%