Serie A appears to be undergoing a serious revival. The average is over 30,000 for the first time in 23 years.
I wonder what it was that caused it? Maybe Napoli winning last year since that was the first title won by anyone other than Inter, Milan, or Juventus since 2001?
May 11-12 MLS Attendance (minus Red Bulls and Crew) TOTAL: 292,965 AVERAGE: 24,414 Montreal (vs. Miami) 19,619 Philadelphia (vs. Orlando) 19,028 Charlotte (vs. Nashville) 36,319 Toronto (vs. New York City) 26,925 Atlanta (vs. DC United) 42,822 St. Louis (vs. Chicago) 22,500 Kansas City (vs. Houston) 18,562 Dallas (vs. Austin) 19,096 Colorado (vs. San Jose) 15,557 Los Angeles Galaxy (vs. Real Salt Lake) 25,220 Los Angeles FC (vs. Vancouver) 22,099 Portland (vs. Seattle) 25,218
It's just so impressive to see these numbers every week. We still talk attendance to death, but the lowest teams are hitting numbers that in 2005 we would have been thrilled with. It's an amazing time to have been a long time MLS fan.
24,593 in CIN 17,417 in DC 19,619 in MTL 25,046 in ORL 18,531 in PHI 20,738 in ATX 12,806 in CHI 18,722 in MIN
Has anyone gotten any attendance figures for RBNY or CLB from Saturday? I heard someone say something about 20,900 here in Columbus for the Hell Is Real derby, but I'm not sure if that's an exact figure or an estimate.
Nothing on the Red Bulls from Saturday. The figure I saw from Columbus is the same as mentioned by Paul Berry (20,900). From Wednesday night, 10 out of 13 are listed on MLSsoccer.com. Missing St. Louis, Real Salt Lake, and Portland. St. Louis would probably be a sellout (22,423+), even though the crowd seemed subdued and not as raucous as on a weekend match.
May 15 MLS Attendances Montreal (vs. Columbus) 19,619 Philadelphia (vs. New York City) 18,531 (plus guest appearance by Raccinho) DC United (vs. New York Red Bulls) 17,417 Orlando (vs. Miami) 25,046 Cincinnati (vs. Atlanta) 24,593 Nashville (vs. Toronto) 27,868 Chicago (vs. Charlotte) 12,806 St. Louis (vs. Los Angeles FC) Not Reported Minnesota (vs. Los Angeles Galaxy) 18,722 Austin (vs. Houston) 20,738 Colorado (vs. Vancouver) 11,190 Real Salt Lake (vs. Seattle) Not Reported Portland (vs. San Jose) 19,113 TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 215,643 (11 games) AVERAGE: 19,604
NSH - 28,377 CLT - 29,099 CIN - 25,513 MIA - 21,318 NE - 34,037 TOR - 28,261 ATX - 20,738 HOU- 19,284 MIN - 19,735 SEA - 30,102
The end of the reign of Juventus is just a coincidence or were Italians tired of having the same champion?
Given current trends, NE will average more than Seattle soon. It might still not happen, but did anyone envision this even being entertained as a possibility in 2019? And speaking of Seattle - Cascadia cup no longer matters? No attendance bump at all.