The New York Red Bulls had their home opener this weekend and beat the Colorado Rapids 4-1 with 2 goals a piece from Thierry Henry and Kenny Cooper |
Team | Attendance | Capacity | Percent Full | Last Year's Average Attendance |
Chicago Fire | 18,075 | 20,000 | 90.38% | 14,274 |
Chivas USA | 11,094 | 27,000 | 41.09% | 14,830 |
Colorado Rapids | 14,746 | 18,087 | 81.53% | 14,838 |
Columbus Crew | 18,197 | 20,145 | 90.33% | 12,185 |
DC United | 16,314 | 23,865 | 68.36% | 15,211 |
FC Dallas | 16,555 | 21,193 | 78.11% | |
Houston Dynamo | 22,000 | % | 17,694 | |
Los Angeles Galaxy | 22,733 | 27,000 | 84.20% | 23,335 |
Montreal Impact | 58,912 | 20,341 | 289.62% | --- |
NE Revolution | 12,925 | 22,385 | 57.74% | 13,222 |
New York Red Bulls | 21,024 | 25,189 | 83.47% | 19,691 |
Philadelphia Union | 19,074 | 18,500 | 103.10% | 18,258 |
Portland Timbers | 20,438 | 20,323 | 100.57% | 18,827 |
Real Salt Lake | 18,577 | 20,008 | 92.85% | 17,594 |
San Jose Earthquakes | 16,171 | 10,300 | 157.00% | 11,858 |
Seattle Sounders | 38,507 | 38,500 | 100.02% | 38,495 |
Sporting Kansas City | 17,469 | 18,467 | 94.60% | 17,810 |
Toronto FC | 20,070 | 21,800 | 92.06% | 20,267 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | 20,197 | 21,500 | 93.94% | 20,406 |
Average | 20,861 | 21,926 | 95.14% | 17,870 |
Arhh NE revs need a SS stadium or to play at fenway & Chivas need to be franchised out of LA. San Diego, Las Vegas, San Antonio, Miami or wherever would surely get more then 11,094. Though I think a name change is in order Los Angeles Chivas LA Chivas sounds a lot better then Chivas USA
ReplyDeletehow about just winning... chivas will draw fans if they win.
ReplyDeleteI think the league has grown past pathetic attempts to draw fans buy aligning themselves with big named foreign clubs. Also MLS has now learned that marketing to the twenty something a rather than soccer moms and hispanics has been more successful. Upcoming generations see tired of traditional american sports and want something different. Soccer fits that perfectly, not only its it new in respect to other sports in the states, it also follows along with a popular idea of being more like the rest if the world that you see a lot in the younger crowd. Mexicans will not become loyal to mls. Most of then are not interested adapting any local customs so why would they adopt and American team as their own? Their loyalties lie back home with their local club.
ReplyDeleteNE and DC both need a SS stadium badly. It really helped out the Union (now if only they could win). I agree with Chivas moving to San Diego and getting a good spot down there. Winning might help, but currently I would never go to a Chivas game if I lived in LA, there is no specific player to go see, while the Galaxy have at least 5 or 6 players I would love to see.
ReplyDeleteI think until MLS gets TV deals near the big sports, then they have to go more along the lines of sponsored teams and even to the extent of changing names like Red Bulls.
ReplyDeleteI'm against ripping heritage totally away where the teams are commercially successful like Sounders, Galaxy etc...
But would anyone care if Chivas USA became Banamex USA and got a new $100m stadium built somewhere? Just like Red Bull stumped $200m in NJ.
If I was a DC fan, i'd swallow a renaming to VWDC United on a 10-15 year deal if VW splashed $100m on a new SSS
I agree that it is all SS stadiums and location, but I am not sure if NYRB can work in other places. Look at NY today. Thierry Henry scored 3 goals, had a sick assist, and the RB won 5-2... in front of 13,000. NJ is a terrible location. Look at how the location makes such a difference. You put that stadium in a central downtown place with bars and a nightlife around, you will get people coming. None of the suburb crap. Funding is a whole other thing. I just hope NE and DC can find places down in Boston and DC respectively and can get attendance back up. The deserve it.
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