2014 NASL ATTENDANCE - FALL SEASON

Discussion in 'NASL' started by Darkwing McQuack, Jul 12, 2014.

  1. FoxBoro 143

    FoxBoro 143 Member+

    Jan 18, 2004
    MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One hell of a weekend, especially considering that some of the weaker drawing teams did very well!
     
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  2. OpenCupFan

    OpenCupFan Member

    Jun 19, 2014
    Club:
    New York Cosmos
    4172 in Ottawa
     
  3. Prosoccercdn

    Prosoccercdn Member+

    Aug 6, 2011
    Club:
    FC Edmonton
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Excellent number from the Cosmos last home game of the regular season, same for Ft Lauderdale and the rest as well. A very solid weekend for the NASL!
     
  4. OpenCupFan

    OpenCupFan Member

    Jun 19, 2014
    Club:
    New York Cosmos
    6460 - Carolina
    5505 - FtLauderdale
    6377 - TampaBay

    Solid
     
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  5. OpenCupFan

    OpenCupFan Member

    Jun 19, 2014
    Club:
    New York Cosmos
    8205 - SanAnton
     
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  6. OpenCupFan

    OpenCupFan Member

    Jun 19, 2014
    Club:
    New York Cosmos
    I don't know if these numbers will translate to the future, but to me it seems a good thing that the last games had solid attendance numbers for each of these teams - last week too. Certainly beginning the season on a strong note is good, but ending that way is good too. Would seem to indicate momentum going into the Soccer Bowl!!! - and more importantly momentum for next year.

    Fingers crossed for today's game.
     
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  7. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Weekly averages, this year and last, just for comparison's sake.
    nasl_weekly.jpg
     
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  8. Prosoccercdn

    Prosoccercdn Member+

    Aug 6, 2011
    Club:
    FC Edmonton
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    3085 In Edmonton today.

    Will be interesting to see the final 2014 NASL numbers, think they should have broken the D2 record for highest average attendance.
     
  9. Darkwing McQuack

    Darkwing McQuack BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 11, 2011
    Morrisville, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    5,400 on the year. That's a new record! Free drinks for everyone! :cool:
     
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  10. Sam U El

    Sam U El Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 31, 2013
    Seoul Korea
    Club:
    New York Cosmos
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I can feel the sheer unadulterated giddiness in your post! Before you know it people will start using numbers to define what version of NASL this is… NASL 2.1 perhaps? :sneaky:
     
  11. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They did.
     
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  12. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    All 3 divisions broke their respective records. :thumbsup:
     
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  13. Darkwing McQuack

    Darkwing McQuack BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 11, 2011
    Morrisville, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why set the bar so low with .1? :D
     
  14. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The women were the only ones who didn't (well, the PDL didn't, but PDL records are incomplete).
     
  15. oneeyedfool

    oneeyedfool Member+

    Nov 17, 2012
    Club:
    New York Cosmos
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Kenn,

    As the attendance expert, how is NASL's attendance average relative to the rest of the world's second divisions?

    I believe I saw that MLS ranks 8th or 9th in the world in first division attendance, for example. Just wondering if you knew where NASL sits in that regard.
     
  16. oneeyedfool

    oneeyedfool Member+

    Nov 17, 2012
    Club:
    New York Cosmos
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Found this to partially answer my own question: http://comparetheleagues.com/european-league-stats/second-divisions/

    Compared to European leagues, NASL would rank 6th in attendance behind Germany, England, France, Spain and Italy's D2s.

    So probably similar overall to MLS's ranking relative to D1s. I would imagine Mexico, Argentina and Brazil's D2 leagues might be higher in attendance.

    That's a great sign for the growth of the game in this country.
     
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  17. The One X

    The One X Member+

    Sep 9, 2014
    Indiana
    Club:
    Indy Eleven
    I could find figures, but I'm not so sure about Argentina and Brazil. Both of their division 1s are ranked below the USA in attendance. Looking at the bottom of Argentina's D1 league, the bottom 5 have very NASL esque attendance figures.
     
  18. artml

    artml Member

    Liverpool FC
    Ukraine
    Jul 11, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Here are some East Asian D2 figures for benchmarking.

    Japanese J2 finished this weekend with the average of 6,589; individual teams ranged from 12,733 to 3,317.
    Chinese League One averaged 5,334; individual teams ranged from 13,254 to 1,383.
    Korean K League Challenge averaged 1,211; individual teams ranged from 3,197 to 584. (For the sense of context, the first division K League Classic averaged 8,064 this year.)
     

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