One would hope that our championship match played between the leagues two best teams would sellout in the best soccer stadium in the country, however I feel that is far from a guarantee. I recollect MLS Cup '01 as a great example of a horrible turnout on a great day for our championship and I truely hope that LA fans prove better than Columbus's did on that day.
of course it will. its in the brand new home depot center (only 27,000 seats) and a california team is in the final... not to mention the fact that both teams involved are by far the most explosive and entertaining squads in the league. its going to be a great game, my friends.
yeah, mls cup 2001 was lowest turnout for a final. but, regardless of whether there is a sellout this year, that mls cup is not a good comparison. mls cup 2001 was a game in the heart of the midwest between 2 teams from california. this year, one of the teams is based just upstate from the site of the final.
that was a month after september 11th. try and remember how you felt about soccer that month... i know i didn't give a *#*#*#*#.
If San Jose's fans can't get in the car, drive 350 miles and fill HDC up for the MLS Cup final, they suck worse than we already think they do.
Re: Re: MLS Cup: Will it sellout? 9/11 made you not "give a *#*#*#*#" about soccer? Ok, but I still liked it, and still do today. I just figured people would turn out from Columbus, instead of relying on out of state attendance. It's not like this game was held in New York with a poor turnout. That would clearly have been different.
Re: Re: Re: MLS Cup: Will it sellout? I have to say besides the one qualifier against Jamaica to see if we made the world cup, no I didn't really give a crap about soccer or much anything else.
Hang on, this is totally not soccer related, but I have to ask why a disaster breeds apathy? That makes no sense to me.
61,316 NE v. Gals 2002 @ Foxborro* 21,626 SJ v. Gals 2001 @ Columbus 39,159 CHI v. KC 2000 @ RFK 44,910 DC v. Gals 1999 @ Foxborro 51,350 CHI v. DC 1998 @ Rose Bowl 57,431 DC v. Colo 1997 @ RFK* 34,643 DC v. Gals 1996 @ Foxborro Somehow I have a feeling selling out the HDC won't be a problem.
Seeing images of 3,000 people needlessly perishing on television repeatedly kind of put what's important in life in perspective for me.
it wasn't apathy. i had TONS of emotions about things that were extremely important to me. mls cup just wasn't one of them... because 3,000 of my innocent countrymen were killed in an hour. because i knew people that died in that disaster. because i sat there helplessly watching them die.
Thought it'd be evident that those crowds were ones with a team playing in its home stadium. I just simply copied my response from another thread on this topic.
      It probably wasn't so much that people didn't give a *#*#*#*# about soccer, but that just a month after the 9/11 attack, there was a tremendous fear of flying for out-of-towners (it's no wonder that most of the airlines came close to bankruptcy soon after the attack). -G
61,316 NE v. Gals 2002 @ Foxborro* 21,626 SJ v. Gals 2001 @ Columbus 39,159 CHI v. KC 2000 @ RFK 44,910 DC v. Gals 1999 @ Foxborro 51,350 CHI v. DC 1998 @ Rose Bowl 57,431 DC v. Colo 1997 @ RFK* 34,643 DC v. Gals 1996 @ Foxborro I just realized that with 27,000 max at HDC, MLS Cup 2003 will be the second least attended MLS Cup in history, even if it sells out. Ouch!
Why "Ouch!". All that revenue - tickets - parking - concessions - merchandising - goes straight to AEG. 27,000 in a stadium versus 40-50k in one we don't? I'll take that trade every day.
Capacity in parentheses 61,316 NE v. Gals 2002 @ Gillette* (68,000) 21,626 SJ v. Gals 2001 @ Columbus (23,000) 39,159 CHI v. KC 2000 @ RFK (56,000+) 44,910 DC v. Gals 1999 @ Foxborro (60,292) 51,350 CHI v. DC 1998 @ Rose Bowl (92,542) 57,431 DC v. Colo 1997 @ RFK* 34,643 DC v. Gals 1996 @ Foxborro A 27k actual sellout would be MLS' biggest step in the right direction in terms of MLS cup attendance that it has ever taken. It's all about the appropriately sized SSS.
Might i add i agree with Old Man, why does disaster bring apathy? I also think goodsport made a good point about flying, even though I was flying from washington to arizona only 4 weeks after 9/11...of course that was the saddest day in the history of the US, at least during my short-life, but I was still pissed that MLS cancelled games and that NFL delayed a week of action, I thought the country should send a message saying we won't stop our lives for terrists, but of course, we shut down everything...MLS Cup 2001 should have been a celebration of life, of the US coming together, instead everyone was scared to make the trip, oh well...HDC WILL SELL OUT, kinda a stupid question... Unless Andy heard differently than I, people inside the league have told me that 3 cities are in the running, Colorado (kroenke got a right to host an MLS Cup when he agreed to take over the rapids, might wait to use it though in 06 or 07 when a new SSS is built), DC United (No idea why they are in the running) and Columbus (apparently Kroenke gets first choice, but the league is pushing for MLS Cup to go back to Columbus, the city would get another chance as we all know about the 2001 final, i guess if Columbus gets it the league will be building it up as a celebration of SSS's, of course Crew Stadium being the first, as apparenlty their is supposed to be some SSS news in the coming months)... I hope it goes to Columbus, if the fans have to live with that idiot coach for another season they at least deserve to see some quality soccer in their home stadium, even if that ends up having to be 2 OTHER MLS teams...Plus all MLS Cups should be in SSS from now on, that would make these owners think, if they want a final, build a stadium...