MLS Attendance Comparison MLS Average Attendance after 96.4% of the games played. 1996 17,306 1997 14,536 1998 14,231 1999 14,333 2000 13,619 2001 14,941 2002 15,653 2003 14,882 2004 15,581 2005 14,978 2006 15,354 2007 16,629 MLS Median Attendance after 96.4% of the games played. 1996 14,906 1997 12,733 1998 11,543 1999 12,879 2000 12,369 2001 13,376 2002 14,065 2003 13,561 2004 13,271 2005 12,546 2006 13,834 2007 15,046 % of games Under 10,000 after 96.4% played 1996 22.7% 1997 25.3% 1998 27.0% 1999 31.9% 2000 35.7% 2001 26.3% 2002 17.8% 2003 23.4% 2004 25.5% 2005 28.1% 2006 19.5% 2007 8.5% % of games over 20,000 after 96.4% played 1996 26.0% 1997 15.6% 1998 15.7% 1999 15.1% 2000 11.9% 2001 17.1% 2002 17.0% 2003 18.6% 2004 25.5% 2005 17.3% 2006 18.9% 2007 28.2% Final MLS Average Attendance 1996 17,406 1997 14,619 1998 14,312 1999 14,282 2000 13,756 2001 14,962 2002 15,821 2003 14,898 2004 15,549 2005 15,108 2006 15,504 2007 ? Final MLS Median Attendance 1996 15,093 1997 12,733 1998 11,871 1999 12,973 2000 12,690 2001 13,431 2002 14,108 2003 13,641 2004 13,285 2005 12,619 2006 14,175 2007 ? % of games Under 10,000 after all games complete 1996 22% 1997 25% 1998 27% 1999 32% 2000 34% 2001 27% 2002 17% 2003 23% 2004 25% 2005 23% 2006 19% 2007 ? % of games Over 20,000 after all games complete 1996 26% 1997 16% 1998 16% 1999 15% 2000 13% 2001 18% 2002 19% 2003 18% 2004 25% 2005 18% 2006 19% 2007 ?
The MEDIAN OH THE MEDIAN!! LOOOOOK! That is great going into the last weekend. The Avg is looking great too.
What is needed in the last bunch of games to break the '96 average? I know its unrealistic, but stranger things have happened. With Becks returning, its too bad the last two Galaxy games are not in NFL stadia.
Can someone explain to me whether the mean or the median is a better indicator of attendance improvement? Please. Don't take this seriously. Great numbers (sounding like a broken record). I think the mean is more significant to those of us who pay attention than to others because we are familiar with the outliers and know that the outliers this year are MLS related where past outliers had a greater influence by non-mls factors. There, does that head off a five page discussion?
To break the 96 Average we only need 35516 per game this weekend. We can do this I am pretty sure I got all my math right on that but I could be wrong.
The last seven games would have to average 35,488 fans a game. Since only one of them takes place in a non-SSS, RFK Stadium, I'd say it's impossible, since RFK doesn't hold THAT many people.
Thank ya, well barring catastrophe, we got the median...lets hope that is highlighted as much in the press as it should be. Great year for MLS.
The press will not mention the median for two reasons 1) MLS does not publish it (MLS has a hard enough time getting the friggan average correct) 2) Many of the writers/readers won't understand what the median represents.
Could you go back and give us the kurtosis for each year? Seriously, this is what we are arguing about.
Yes, but they always report a slightly different attendance (usually 20,1xx), where LA rounds everything nicely to 27,000.
Andy B and Violet Crown, we are going to crush the median. I think six out of the final seven games are going to beat the number. Just remember I called this 4-5 weeks ago. Here are my predictions for the final numbers.... Average - 16,701 Median - 15,353 Over 20k - 29.23% Under 10k - 8.21%
Will this series of threads continue on into the playoffs? What's everyone's prediction for level of interest? Can we expect to see a continued high standard?
If these are the matchups..... DC vs Chi NY vs NE Chivas vs LA Houston vs Dallas ....then yes. The attendances will be great.
It's not really silly, with the change in currency values, Americans attending TFC matches only count as .96 Canadians, so the final attendance depends on how many Americans are attending.