MLS Attendance Analysis: Week 1

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by edwardgr, Mar 12, 2012.

  1. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Did they expect more? Is this number worth losing home field advantage over?
     
  2. RfrancisR

    RfrancisR Member+

    Aug 7, 2006
    New Orleans Diaspora
    19,777 in KC

    So far:

    58,192 in MTL
    21816 at ATT
    19,777 in KC

    Average: 33,261 -- of course that's not going to hold.
     
  3. RfrancisR

    RfrancisR Member+

    Aug 7, 2006
    New Orleans Diaspora
    As I said: that's not going to hold (Duhhhhhhhhhh)

    In Frisco: 12,203

    Total: 111,988

    Average: 27,997

    And again, that will still fall off a bit.
     
  4. LongDuckDong

    LongDuckDong Member+

    Jan 26, 2011
    Club:
    FC Schalke 04
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As anyone seen the Chivas match. Dead silent...and empty.
     
  5. MLSFan123

    MLSFan123 Member+

    Mar 21, 2011
    Boston Area
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That is more good news.


    Last years second game in Dallas drew 11,022.


    They continue to show solid progression. Both games this year individually were higher than the same two last year.
     
  6. CACuzcatlan

    CACuzcatlan Member

    Jun 11, 2007
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The weather has been crap all week in San Francisco. Rain everyday. Thunderstorms were forecast for today. I was gonna go to the game, but decided to wait and see how the weather turned out and decided against it. I'm sure I'm not the only one who took this approach. Really disappointing, since the game could have a exposed a lot of new people to MLS.
     
  7. skippybentley

    skippybentley Member

    Aug 9, 2009
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    I don't know about expectations. But, it's about double the attendance of a full Buck Shaw Stadium. Management has said that they think its important to do games at Stanford and SF to connect to fans throughout the Bay Area. San Francisco, Palo Alto and San Jose are very provincial.
     
  8. Looks to be about 10 people there. Its pretty embarrassing when your attendance is so poor you are forced to tarp off sections of the stadium in a SSS. :rolleyes:
     
  9. CenterForward

    CenterForward Member

    Feb 21, 2011
    Boston
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    38,709 in Seattle
     
  10. Alkyoneus Asleep

    Jun 12, 2005
    Los Angeles, CA
    Yeah - I'll second that. I'd been planning to head over if the weather was passable, but on top of the unseasonable chill, near game time it started pouring - with hail no less - and my gf was having none of it. Anecdotal to be sure, but I mean, this is about as bad as sf weather EVER gets, so you really do have to account for it in the final analysis.
     
  11. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Is that a sellout?
     
  12. Melbourne Heart

    Mar 5, 2012
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Yeah I think so, isn't the capacity set at 38,500 this season. I don't really get where the othe 205 people sit though so I could be wrong
     
  13. Sachsen

    Sachsen Member+

    Aug 8, 2003
    Broken Arrow, Okla.
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    For the most part, MLS has done expansion exactly right. Salt Lake, Toronto, Pac NW, Philly, and now Montreal looks like a winner as well.

    But Chivas has been nothing but a royal screwup since day one in every possible way. Bet Garber wishes he could take that one back.
     
  14. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    MLS could have done better, but Chivas aren't a disaster yet. He got the expansion fee from them, so they had every right to join the league.

    And there is nothing indicating that they are a financial disaster either. I recall reading that AEG gave them a very favorable lease at the HDC, and that they make good sponsorship money, allowing them to operate with a lower attendance.

    Also, their entrance into the league got some attention from the Spanish speaking media, and possibly played a part in getting MLS back on Spanish channels.

    BTW I hate Chivas.
     
  15. Sirk

    Sirk Member+

    Apr 25, 1999
    Cleveland, OH
    7,723 for Chivas.
     
  16. dodgers323

    dodgers323 Member

    Apr 13, 2006
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How does San Diego Goats sound? Pretty good...
     
  17. evangel

    evangel Member+

    Apr 12, 2007
    16,738 at RSL.
     
  18. OleGunnar20

    OleGunnar20 Member+

    Dec 7, 2009
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Chivas is a joke .... Rawlings should just by them and use their slot for an MLS Orlando team.

    and while not disastrous or anything i am surprised the RSL number wasn't higher ... home opener ... playing well ... back on possible championship form ... surprised to see a home opener that was below last year's average ... figured they be good for a near sellout for the first game.
     
  19. AeroNaught

    AeroNaught Member+

    Atlanta United
    Feb 14, 2007
    Birmingham, AL
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    At least we got our first sub 10k game out of the way early.:p
     
  20. MLSFan123

    MLSFan123 Member+

    Mar 21, 2011
    Boston Area
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Chivas is already down 9000 fans when compared to last years first two games.

    They could easily wipe out any gain we get from Houston this year.
     
  21. nick

    nick Member+

    Nov 23, 1998
    Potomac Falls, Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was thinking the same thing. That to me was much more surprising than the Chivas attendance.

    DC had almost as many playing in a dump and having 4 years of inept play. You have to wonder what would happen if RSL had to endure the same.
     
  22. Twix1138

    Twix1138 Member

    Jul 9, 2010
    Just get rid of Chivas already.
     
  23. dodgers323

    dodgers323 Member

    Apr 13, 2006
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Again, please get rid of CHIVAS USA... move down to San Diego!!!
     
  24. joe

    joe Member+

    Jul 12, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    are we going to be allowed to talk actual attendance in these threads this year?
     
  25. deltaforce

    deltaforce New Member

    Jul 28, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Chivas is an experiment that has failed. MLS needs to move the franchise. C'mon. Any team not named after a city is egregious. It just seems really bizarre to have called yourself "Chivas USA". Maybe "Chivas LA".

    "New England Revolution" and "Colorado Rapids" are bad enough but "Chivas USA"?
     

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