Saturday, May 1st D.C. United at San Jose Dallas at Columbus Los Angeles at New England MetroStars at Chicago Colorado at Kansas City
What's the adjusted non-special-event median for LA/New England games on socialist holidays in leap years?
D.C. United at San Jose - i'll say 18,000 but i really have no clue Dallas at Columbus - 14,000 Los Angeles at New England - 15,000 MetroStars at Chicago - 17,000 Colorado at Kansas City - 11,000
What'll also affect the SJ-DC attendance numbers is whether or not there's a Game 5 for the Sharks-Avalanche NHL playoff series, which would be played about a mile or so away from Spartan Stadium, would be on national over-air broadcast TV and would be played at about the same time (12 noon PT) as the Earthquakes-United game (1pm PT). So now there's two reasons for me to hope for a Sharks sweep in the series (I'm a Sharks fan, and no Game 5 should help Spartan's numbers that day)... no offense, Avalanche fans. -G
I thought we were supposed to guess the official MLS numbers not the actual number of buts in the seats.
D.C. United at San Jose Freddy Adu may bump up the attendance but only to the tune of 11,500. It's still San Jose after all. Dallas at Columbus CLB is sucking it up this year and Dallas, even with two wins, ain't that big o' deal. 13,000. Los Angeles at New England NE will hold steady at 17,000. MetroStars at Chicago Metros come in as best team in MLS but the crowd in Chicago is only at 12,000. Colorado at Kansas City Since it's Break the Record Night I think they'll pull in 28,000. Average: 16,300
FYI - I'm going to start removing all the off-topic back and forth between rival attendance gangs. (Posts removed.) NY_Cosmos, please check your personal messages and respond. Thanks.
You want to bet on that? I say San Jose will have over 15,000 tickets sold for this game, you say less. The loser must refrain from posting in the attendance thread for a period of one month. Put up or shut up time. PS: Nice sockpuppet segroves
Last week SJ management released a press release saying they had broken their record for amount of season tickets sold. In that press release they stated they were expecting between - or were on pace for - 15-20,000 for the DC game. FWIW.
D.C. United at San Jose - 15,000 (that's being optimistic, especially since it seems F.A. will not be starting anytime soon) Dallas at Columbus - 14,000 (Crew is picking up where they left off last season, maybe they should think about securing one of the upper decks) Los Angeles at New England - 12,500 (I really don't see much hope for Revolution attendance) MetroStars at Chicago - 15,000 (Fire finally scored, there may be hope for this team after all & playing against the hottest team in the east right now) Colorado at Kansas City - 30,000 (Price Chopper break the record night and playing against the KC Chiefs big rival, i.e. Denver Broncos)
Naaaah. People just really like watching this year's DC United squad. The fact that Adu is on the team and all the news media have given him so much coverage is just a weird coincidence. By the way, the "rival attendance gangs" comment was hilarious. That's worth a few reputation points. Well, it would be, if I knew what reputation points were, how they were awarded, and how much money we receive for each point we earn.
But the real losers in the attendance thread gang warfare are the innocent bystanders. Squash all that. To bring it all back on topic: D.C. United at San Jose: 15007 Me and my crew will provide the extra 7 people. Dallas at Columbus: 14,395 Columbus is struggling on the field but still a decent crowd. Los Angeles at New England: 15,634 Re-match of MLS Cup VII. MetroStars at Chicago Metros: 14,964 Coach Bradley returns to the new Soldier Field. Colorado at Kansas City: 25,349 They won't break the record but a valiant effort.
at Kansas City 25,500 at CHICAGO 17,500 at San Jose 16,000 at Columbus 15,000 at New England 14,000 Average 17,600