WUSA Attendance Thread

[XYZ]

Games to date - 2002 season

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4-13 New York at Washington RFK 8,260
4-13 Boston at San Jose Spartan 6,051
4-13 Philly at Atlanta Herndon 10,070
4-13 Carolina at San Diego Torero 5,166
4-20 Atlanta at Boston Nickerson 6,305
4-20 New York at San Diego Torero 5,216
4-21 San Jose at Washington RFK 4.713
4-27 Washington at Atlanta Herndon 7,233
4-27 Philly at New York Mitchel 4,203
4-27 San Diego at Boston Nickerson 6,747
4-27 Carolina at San Jose Spartan 11,990 DH
5-4 Atlanta at Carolina SAS 5,420
5-4 Boston at Philly Villanova 6,629
5-5 San Jose at New York Mitchel 4,016
5-5 Washington at San Diego Torero 6,311
5-11 New York at Atlanta Herndon 6,973
5-11 Washington at Philly Villanova 8,185
5-11 Boston at Carolina SAS 5,660
5-12 San Diego at San Jose Spartan 5,580
5-18 Boston at New York Mitchel 5,048
5-18 Atlanta at San Jose Spartan 5,624
5-18 Carolina at Washington RFK 20,105 DH
5-19 Philly at San Diego Torero 5,779
5-25 Boston at Atlanta Herndon 4,917
5-25 San Diego at New York Mitchel 4,689
5-25 Philly at Carolina SAS 5,281
5-26 Washington at San Jose Spartan 7,706
6-1 Washington at Boston CMGI 21,539 DH
6-1 Atlanta at San Diego Torero 5,815
6-1 New York at Carolina SAS 5,156
6-1 San Jose at Philly Villanova 5,903
6-8 Carolina at Boston Nickerson 9,107
6-8 Washington at Philly Villanova 9,650
6-9 Atlanta at New York Mitchel 5,214
6-9 San Diego at San Jose Spartan 7,127
6-12 Boston at Washington RFK 4,399
6-15 Carolina at Atlanta Herndon 5,351
6-15 New York at San Jose Spartan 6,605
6-15 Boston at Philly Villanova 5,465
6-15 San Diego at Washington RFK 6,090
6-19 Philly at Carolina SAS 5,244
6-22 San Jose at Atlanta Herndon 6,670
6-22 Carolina at Washington RFK 5,761
6-22 New York at Boston Nickerson 6,548
6-23 Philly at San Diego Torero 5,545
6-26 Carolina at New York Mitchel 5,022
6-29 San Jose at Boston Nickerson 7,014
6-29 Atlanta at Philly Villanova 6,844
6-29 San Diego at Carolina SAS 5,340
6-29 Washington at New York Mitchel 8,052
7-3 Atlanta at Washington RFK 6,578
7-4 San Jose at Carolina SAS 6,211
7-6 Boston at San Diego Torero 6,149
7-7 New York at Philly Villanova 6,303
7-10 Atlanta at San Jose Spartan 5,933
7-10 San Diego at Boston Nickerson 5,450
7-13 Atlanta at New York Mitchel 5,128
7-13 Boston at Carolina SAS 6,281
7-14 Philly at Washington RFK 5,968
7-14 San Jose at San Diego Torero 6,102
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[Upper90, Inc.]

I know everyone is focused on this weekend's clashof number 1 and number 2, but next weekend the Freedom travel to Carolina to play and all indications are for a sellout. Now thew new stadium is 10,000 or 12,000 I bleieve so this would be close to a doubling of attendance. Might be significant that Mia is playing again in NC but its good to see a WUSA game garnering attendance approaching some of the MLS teams.

[DCUPopeAndLillyFan]

SAS seats about 7000 max.

[ndcheg]

To Date
Teams Avg. Att. Median Att.
New York 5172 5035
Wash 7734 6029
San Jose 7077 6328
Boston 8958 6747
Philly 6997 6629
Atlanta 6869 6822
Carolina 5621 5420
San Diego 5760 5797

Total Att. Average - 6749
Total Att. Median - 6051

[FearM9]

7/20/02
Courage v Charge
Villanova
6,946

[FearM9]

7/20/02
Breakers v Beat
Herndon
6,114

Spirit v Power
Mitchell
4,002 Ouch!

[XYZ]

Originally posted by FearM9
Spirit v Power
Mitchell
4,002 Ouch! That's not all that bad, considering.

It was a game between the two worst teams in the league, neither with much hope of making the playoffs, in a game that meant nothing.

It could have been worse.

[Charge!]

Originally posted by FearM9
7/20/02
Courage v Charge
Villanova
6,946

I was there yesterday, and I think that total is low. Maybe Villanova is counting paid admissions only and not comps, but it seemed like there were around 8,500 yesterday, what with it being Girl Scout sleepover night.

Paul

[100fyrz]

"It was a game between the two worst teams in the league, neither with much hope of making the playoffs, in a game that meant nothing."

AND star players for both teams were missing for the US-Norway friendly.

(I do hope the league and the USSF can do a better job of coordinating schedules next year. Hey, a guy can dream.)

[FearM9]

7/21/02
Freedom v Cyberrays
Spartan
8,384

[Druid Squirrel]

Originally posted by FearM9
7/21/02
Freedom v Cyberrays
Spartan
8,384

I'm guessing that number included no-shows, as there's no way there were anywhere near 8,384 people actually there. I bet a bunch of folks bought tickets to see Mia, and then didn't bother to attend when they found out Mia wouldn't be there.

[DCUPopeAndLillyFan]

Originally posted by XYZ
That's not all that bad, considering.

Considering what - that half the people who were there got in on free tickets?

[ndcheg]

As of July 21,2002

Average Att. - 6724
Median Att. - 6090

PS XYZ do you have a list of games for last season like the 2002 list you started the thread with?

[falcon6]

This league should do more doubleheaders with MLS to boost attendance.

[XYZ]

Originally posted by ndcheg
XYZ do you have a list of games for last season...? No, I wish I did. The numbers were all in last year's attendance thread which is now, unfortunately, gone.
DCUPopeAndLillyFan
Considering what - that half the people who were there got in on free tickets?
Considering that there wasn't a whole lot to attract fans to this game except free tickets.

[nsa]

Originally posted by falcon6
This league should do more doubleheaders with MLS to boost attendance. Why, so that both leagues can inflate their numbers artificially?

What is needed is reasonably sized stadia where fans can feel part ot the game. Piggybacking on an MLS match makes for a very long afternoon of soccer for fans of both leagues. There are some cost savings, but there is also some revenue that is not gained by one organization or other.

[Dagman11]

Right now, people don't want to go see womens soccer. The WUSA needs to find a way to get a fan base. That could start with advertisments, youth games before pro games, or double headers with the US national team. Also teaming up with MLS teams would be a good idea. Another reason people don't watch WUSA games on TV is because they are on at exactly the same time as MLS games, and right now people would rather watch MLS more than WUSA. With a few smart moves, the WUSA could totally increase in popularity because of the many young supportive girls that play soccer.

[falcon6]

Of course people are gonna want to watch MLS, its a much faster game.

[soccer4ever]

How does 2002 attendance compare to previous years?

[nsa]

previous years?Obviously someone who has been closely following the one-year old league. ;)

Last year's 84 game season averaged 8,104. Washington led the way (14,421) on the strength of an inaugural match crowd of 34,148 and one or two DCU doubleheaders.

The overall average is down 17%, although San Diego has improved. Atlanta (11,092 last year) moved to a smaller stadium (15,011) so they won't have the 20K blockbusters to boost their average.

I would expect the average to creep up during these final 3 weeks although the Wednesday night matches will hurt. And then there's New York. :(