MLS 2019 Attendance Thread

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by firefan2001, Jan 6, 2019.

  1. Centennial

    Centennial Member+

    Apr 4, 2003
    Centennial
    Maybe the NFL isn’t as popular as MLS
     
  2. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Well obviously nobody is as popular as the great MLS, but my point is that there are clearly more people at the Charger game than the Galaxy game, but the Galaxy announce far more. It's possible that the configuration is slightly different, but I can't figure out how.
     
  3. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    NFL counts butts in the seats, so maybe some of them fans didn't attend the game. Here in Chicago every game has been sold out for the last 20+ years and announced crowd are always different as low as 53k.
     
  4. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ESPN didn't publish the attendance but the game summary says:

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  5. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Yeah that 27k number is outdated by like 5 years
     
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  6. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Chivas vs Club America sold out Soldier Field today.
     
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  7. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Can't find the announced attendance and I if anybody saw the game (or saw highlights). Did they get the football lines and Bears logos off the field from Thursday nights game?
     
  8. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just saw the highlights on FOXDEP and the Park District didn't make any attempt at removing the football lines & logo's, looks like they just cut the grass. This is the kind of SHIT we are going to have to deal with if we (the FIRE) move back into Soldiers Field.
     
  9. cleazer

    cleazer Member+

    May 6, 2003
    Toledo, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I thought that was a done deal? Are we still uncertain about where the Fire will play next year?
     
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  10. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No, it's not a done deal. We could be playing at Seek Geek Stadium next year. I believe part of the buy out of the lease is that if Soldier Field option falls apart that we can return to Seek Geek Stadium (not only 2020, but 2021 or 2022). So if Soldier Field falls through we will have until the end of the 2022 season to find a place to play (2023 season).
     
  11. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    20,625 in St. Louis (USMNT)
    35,761 in St. Louis (USWNT), back in May
     
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  12. cleazer

    cleazer Member+

    May 6, 2003
    Toledo, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was just looking at ticketmaster yesterday, checking out the USWNT game next month at Soldier Field, and it looks like they've sold a pretty healthy number of tickets at significant prices.
     
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  13. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    I think this is the lowest attended soccer game ever at Busch stadium...
     
  14. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Interesting politically charged game in Tampa between Colombia and Venezuela the day Venezuela started military exercises on the Colombia border.

    I wonder if this one outdrew the USA game...
     
  15. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Argentina - Mexico 56,511 at the Alamodome, second largest soccer crowd of the facility's history, behind USA vs Mexico in 2015.
     
  16. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Brazil - Peru in Los Angeles 32,287. Not the most spectacular number either, especially for a Brazil A-team and a rematch of this year's Copa America final. After disastrous attendance for Argentina Chile, and middling attendance for Brazil, is L.A. still a top destination for international soccer?
     
  17. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    #NWSL4theLou! X-D
     
  18. AeroNaught

    AeroNaught Member+

    Atlanta United
    Feb 14, 2007
    Birmingham, AL
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wednesday's numbers:

    19,267 in New York City
    13,566 in Houston
    10,945 in Commerce City, CO
    17,196 in Sandy, UT

    A couple thoughts -- who thought it was a good idea to have a game in Houston on a weeknight against a somewhat non-descript opponent? And I guess Zlatan isn't the draw he used to be anymore...
     
  19. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    Not sure a descript opponent would've changed things all that much. We're spiraling.
     
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  20. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Weather was a factor in Colorado. One of the guys there can validate but the announcers described rain as coming down "by the bucket load."
     
  21. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Do the Rapids sell a significant number of tickets as walkups?
     
  22. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  23. Centennial

    Centennial Member+

    Apr 4, 2003
    Centennial
    No
     
  24. jeffclimbs

    jeffclimbs Member

    Real Salt Lake
    United States
    Jul 29, 2014
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
  25. NashSC

    NashSC Member+

    Nashville SC
    United States
    Jan 3, 2018
    It was absolutely raining hard when I was watching the game. So, not sure what to tell you. Unless the local stream was computer animating the rain, the water on the players and fans, and the sound of the rain hitting the field mic (that would be easy to fake I guess).
     

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