Unless this is a misprint tonights attendance in Richmond for the game against Indiana was 343! http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/55427.html
Perhaps I missed it, but I didn't see an attendance listed on the link that you gave. Maybe I am just blind.
Oh sorry, and to think I was only drinking ginger ale. Actually, this is all I see on the page. "Ejections: None Referees: Roni Canales, Paul Rest, Andrew Chapin, Scott Johnson" Not that it really matters, I trust you.
Let me copy amd paste it to prove its there. Stats - (IND - RIC) Shots 5 :: 19, Saves 5 :: 4, Fouls 15 :: 10, Offsides 0 :: 4, Corners 0 :: 6 Cautions IND: Swann 38, DiGuardi 58, McMillian 65, Spears 88 RIC: None Ejections: None Attendance: 343 Referees: Roni Canales, Paul Rest, Andrew Chapin, Scott Johnson
And then there's this: Weather: Raining, 55 degrees. That at least explains it a little bit. Richmond usually does much better than that.
According to a fan at the Richmond game there were no more than 150 in the building. Thats is dismal anyway you slice it. Candy a.ss supporters in Richmond I guess.
Must have looked empty with 50000 empty seats. I thought the move to the Sun Bowl was supposed to bring in the crowds, I guess not.
Thanks, to jmeissen0's A-League News thread, the El Paso Times claimed only 200 fans - anyone there care to disagree?
The Kickers-DC scrimmage had 4,793 people at it and the Charleston Battery game which was on Easter weekend had 1,811 people at the game. The attendance of 343 at this game is because it was cold and raining. Remember the US-New Zealand game June 8 is a double header with the Kickers so expect that game to be a big cash day for the Kickers and hopefully make some new fans.
Here's the link to the El Paso article: http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/sports/todaysstories/20030426-105821.shtml
Yet another pathetic attendance. It seems as if most of the attendances so far this year have been below par. You'd thank a Saturday night would draw well. Did they have bad weather or something?
Yanno what's funny?... to me. In less than 2 weeks a PDL team will draw more people than any of the A-League teams listed here did.
More than 4,800 in Charleston. That more than doubles the attendance for the A-league this year. A couple hundred short of a sell out we thought might be possible if we got good weather but still a good crowd. sounded good on the webcast too, the crowd is not mic'd of course so you usually don't hear them unless it they are really loud.
I know they aren't miked (which made the webcast BORING!!!!!), but I'd hardly qualify it as sounding "good" on the webcast. The announcer had to be like 20 times louder!
Portland, Rochester, Seattle, Minnesota and Vancouver all have their home openers this weekend. That should help. Minnesota is playing in the Metrodome. Cincinnati is at home as well, and will draw 100 people. Maybe. Since I can't find the El Paso figure from Sunday, the current numbers look like this, unofficially: 2003 ATTENDANCE WATCH TEAM...........G....Total...Average Charleston.....1....4,813...4,813 Atlanta........1....1,469...1,469 El Paso........1....1,434...1,434 Richmond.......2....2,154...1,077 Charlotte......2....1,449.....725 Va Beach.......2....1,409.....705 Calgary........0........0.......0 Cincinnati.....0........0.......0 Indiana........0........0.......0 Milwaukee......0........0.......0 Minnesota......0........0.......0 Montreal.......0........0.......0 Pittsburgh.....0........0.......0 Portland.......0........0.......0 Rochester......0........0.......0 Seattle........0........0.......0 Syracuse.......0........0.......0 Toronto........0........0.......0 Vancouver......0........0.......0 A-LEAGUE.......9...12,728...1,414 Again, those are the announced numbers. Apparently there were about 200 people in El Paso for their opener.
Whose idea was it to have Minnesota play in the Metrodome? That place is abysmal for baseball and NFL games. Can't imagine the atmosphere will be anything but horrible for the Thunder.
Thank you. So now it looks like this: 2003 ATTENDANCE WATCH TEAM...........G....Total...Average Charleston.....1....4,813...4,813 Atlanta........1....1,469...1,469 El Paso........2....1,999...1,000 Richmond.......2....2,154...1,077 Charlotte......2....1,449.....725 Va Beach.......2....1,409.....705 Calgary........0........0.......0 Cincinnati.....0........0.......0 Indiana........0........0.......0 Milwaukee......0........0.......0 Minnesota......0........0.......0 Montreal.......0........0.......0 Pittsburgh.....0........0.......0 Portland.......0........0.......0 Rochester......0........0.......0 Seattle........0........0.......0 Syracuse.......0........0.......0 Toronto........0........0.......0 Vancouver......0........0.......0 A-LEAGUE......10...13,293...1,329