I'm a bit bored today and I was trying to figure out how many MLS matches I've been to. I've been a Metrostars season ticket holder since year 2 and I've been to the large majority of home matches, plus internationals, over that time. Anyway, here are my MLS attendance stats: # of MLS matches: 100+ # of MLS Cups: 1 (2000) # of MLS All Star Matches: 2 (1996, 2002) # of MLS stadiums: 4 (RFK, Giants, Foxboro, Gillette) What’s yours?
MLS games: 140+ MLS Cups: none All Star Games: 1(1996) Stadiums: Giants Stadium, Gillette/Foxboro, RFK, Columbus, Spartan
MLS Matches: 8 years * 15 ~ 120. MLS Cups: 97, 98, 99, 01 and will be 03. MLS All Stars: 96, 02 MLS Stadiums (RFK, Foxboro, Giants, Crew Stadium, KC, LA)
Wow, you all have put me to shame. Here are my meager numbers. MLS Regular Season Matches: ~50 CONCACAF Championship Cup Matches: 3 Open Cup games: 2 MLS All Star game: '03 MLS Cups: '03 MLS Stadiums (Spartan Stadium, Rose Bowl, HDC, Kansas City) Extras: USNT games: 4 WUSA games: 0 (although I attended 2 WUSA-MLS doubleheaders, but I did not see either WUSA game) I would be afraid to compile a similar list of college football games and stadiums.
MLS regular season: 89 MLS Cup: 3 Other MLS playoffs: 3 US Open Cup: 4 CONCACAF Champions Cup: 3 Friendlies involving an MLS team: 6 All-Star Game: 1 Stadiums: Spartan, Stanford, RFK, Crew, Rose Bowl, Gilette, Arrowhead
MLS Matches: 100+ MLS Cups: 96, 97, 99, 00 and 02 MLS All Stars: 0 MLS Stadiums Foxboro/Gillette, RFK, Giants, and Crew Stadium
matches: 75+ mls cups: 2 (1998, 2001 [this year will be third]) all star matches: 2 (2001, 2003) mls stadiums: 6 (rose bowl, cotton bowl, rfk, spartan, columbus, home depot)
You guys put me to shame but I tell myself I didn't become a MLS fan until 2000 and don't live in a MLS city, so it ain't all bad. MLS regular season: 15 MLS Cup: 1 (in a month) Other MLS playoffs: 2 US Open Cup: 3 CONCACAF Champions Cup: 2 Friendlies involving an MLS team: None All-Star Game: None Stadiums: Spartan, Rose Bowl, HDC, Giant Stadium (Crew Stadium for WCQ v. Mexico) Bonus: MNT games: 5
MLS preseason: 1 MLS friendlies: 4 (1, Met@DC Unity game had 2 MLS teams) MLS regular season: 36 MLS All-Star: 2 MLS playoff: 1 MLS Cup: 5 USOC: 4 (2 featuring MLS sides) MLS Stadiums (MLS games only): Foxboro Stadium, CMGI Field/Gillette Stadium, Giants Stadium (friendly), RFK Stadium, Columbus Crew Stadium, Soldier Field, Cardinal Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, Spartan Stadium, Home Depot Center. I have seen soccer matches at the Rose Bowl, Lockhart Stadium and the possible soon to host MLS Qualcomm/Jack Murphy Stadium. For extra credit, the 41 regular season, playoff, and MLS Cup games breakdown this way: 20: DC United, Kansas City Wizards 9: Chicago Fire 7: New England Revolution 6: Colorado Rapids, San Jose Earthquakes 5: Los Angeles Galaxy 4: Columbus Crew 2: MetroStars 1: Dallas Burn, Miami Fusion, Tampa Bay Mutiny - Dallas was this summer(!) 19 of the 41 have been at RFK and another 7 at Arrowhead.
MLS regular season matches: 10 (11 after this Friday) MLS Cups: 1 (1998) Open Cup games with MLS teams: 2 Friendlies with MLS teams: 1 MLS stadiums I've been to (including non-MLS games): Rose Bowl, Crew, old Foxboro, RFK, Arrowhead, Invesco, HDC, and NSF (after this Friday) # of times I've seen each MLS team play: LA 8; DC 5; COL 4; NE 2; SJ 2; MET 1; Dal 1; Chi 1; TB 1;
Since 1996, my MLS-related game attendance: MLS matches (reg. season/playoffs): around 130 MLS Cups: 4 Open Cup matches: 5? MLS Friendlies: 4? (DCU v. Leeds, Newcastle, Leverkusen, Blackburn... there are probably others I'm forgetting) CONCACAF competitions: 6? Inter-American Cup: 1 MLS stadiums: 6... RFK, Meadowlands, Crew Stadium, old Foxboro, Rose Bowl, Raymond James Stadium (Tampa)
MLS regular season: 100+ MLS Cup: 0 Other MLS playoffs: 6 US Open Cup: 3 (2 in KC, one in Milwaukee) International Competitions involving MLS: 3 Friendlies involving an MLS team: 3 All-Star Game: 0 Stadiums: Arrowhead, Napperville
I pale in comparison. But keep in mind that I have a job, 2 kids 5 and under and live 3.5 hours away from Dallas. Even so, I still suck: MLS preseason: 1 MLS friendlies: 1 (Burn v Austin Lone Stars 1997) MLS regular season: 30 +/- MLS All-Star Games: 0 MLS playoff: 1 (Dal v Col Game 3 Sept 2002) MLS Cup: 2 (MLS Cup 1999 & 2002) USOC: 0 MLS Stadiums (MLS games only): Cotton Bowl, Foxboro Stadium, Gillette Stadium, Dragon Stadium (which one of these does not belong?) Bonus: 2 US National team games. vs Bolivia at the Cotton Bowl 1994 and vs Mexico in Houston May 2003.
Baltimore Bays: 3 Washington Diplomats: ~30 USMNT Friendlies and WC Qual.: ~15 MLS Regular Season: 100+ MLS Playoffs: 10+ MLS Cup: 2 MLS All-star games: 1 DC United Friendlies: ~15 World Cup Finals: 5 US Open Cup: 0 (so sue me.) WWC Finals: 12 Washington Freedom: 15 non-US Int'l Friendlies: ~5 Olympics: 7 (both 1984 and 1996) MLS Staduims: RFK, Mile High (RIP), Crew Stadium (Great place!) What I really would like to see is a regular league game in another country with a big league. Unfortunately, our vacation time (summer) is also theirs.
Wow, some serious detail here. I'm impressed by those who do not live in an MLS city (or near one). maddog with the impressive 5 MLS cups. Can anyone match that or beat it? And my bonus stats: USMNT: 7 USWNT: 1 Confed Cup '99: 2 Serie A: 5 EPL: 1 English 1st Division: 2 MPL: 1 Olympic: 1
# of MLS matches: 140+ # of MLS Cups: 1 (1999) # of MLS All Star Matches: 0 (useless) # of MLS stadiums: 3 (Denver, Chicago, LA)
#matches: 130+ MLS Cups 1 (another in Nov.) All Star Games 1 Stadia: Rose Bowl CSUF Titan Stadium (several Open Cup games) Victoria Street / HDC LA Memorial Coliseum (Champions Cup) Soldier Field Cardinal Stadium Naperville Spartan Stadium Crew Stadium (Open Cup Final) Plus Arrowhead for a USWCQ Plus RFK for USWCQ
I'm embarassed! I have only been to........ 1 match ever! Just started following the MLS this year and football 2 yrs ago, the Premiership. Hey, you gotta start sometime. I'm planning on attending a few matches next year, at least. My wife got me Fire vs. Crew tickets for Sept 6, 1-1 draw. Fire played like poop.
Well, if you're going to include the non-MLS stuff my numbers get a bit more impressive: 31 WUSA regular season 1 WUSA All-Star Game 3 WUSA Founders Cups 4 WUSA preseason 1 WUSA friendly (Unity Games in DC) WUSA Stadia: Fetzer Field, SAS Stadium, RFK Stadium, Villanova Stadium, Foxboro Stadium, Nickerson Field, Bobby Dodd Stadium, Herndon Field, Torero Stadium 1 APSL Championship (Charlotte in 1981!) 2 A League games 3 non-MLS US Open Cup matches 6 PDL games 4 ChampionsWorld Tour games 4 non-US club team friendlies (Dundee, NTFC, CD Marathon...) Non-US Internationals: 16 Men's World Cup Finals games 4 Men's Gold Cup games 3 Nike Men's US Cup games 1 Men's Olympic game (1996 at the Orange Bowl - Colina fell on his ass) 2 Men's U23 Olympic Qualifiers 1 Men's U20 CONCACAF Qualifier = 19 Women's World Cup Finals games 2 Nike Women's US Cup games US Internationals - 62 42 US Men's games 13 US Women's games 2 U23 Men's Olympic Qualifiers 1 U20 Men's CONCACAF Qualifier 2 U17 Men's friendlies/scrimmages 1 US Men scrimmage 1 US Men vs MLS All-Stars US Men Stadiums - (RFK Stadium, Spartan Stadium, Civic Stadium/PGE Park, Qualcomm Stadium, Giants Stadium, Foxboro Stadium, Columbus Crew Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, Estadio Azteca, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Rose Bowl, SAFECO Field, Legion Field, Lansdowne Road, SAS Stadium, CMGI Field/Gillette Stadium, Suwon World Cup Stadium, Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Lockhart Stadium, Orange Bowl, Seahawks Stadium, Reliant Stadium, University of Richmond Stadium) US Women Stadiums - (RFK Stadium, Jack Kent Cooke Stadium/Fedex Field, Rose Bowl, Blackbaud Stadium, SAS Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, Gillette Stadium, Columbus Crew Stadium, PGE Park)
regular season: 7 (2 naperville and columbus, 3 soldier field) champions cup: 1 (naperville) open cup: 1 (wheaton college) playoff: 1 (naperville) mls cup: 1 (columbus) stadiums: naperville, wheaton college, old soldier field (soon to add new), columbus super bonus: wcq in '89... us vs panama in st. louis... the game before the shot heard round the world