The MLS+ 2026 Attendance Thread

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by Paul Berry, Feb 5, 2026.

  1. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Started this early for CCC but I can't find an attendance for San Diego v Pumas UNAM. It looked good for this competition at this time of year.

    Elsewhere there were 6,038 at Vancouver FC v Cruz Azul and an estimated 4,500 at Forge FC v Tigres UANL.
     
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  2. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    22,650 in SD. And not all Pumas fans like it would've been in the old day.

    Source: https://www.sandiegofc.com/news/san...ake-an-impact-in-concacaf-champions-cup-debut
     
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  3. AZUL GALAXY

    AZUL GALAXY Member+

    Aug 28, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    CDSC Cruz Azul
    4560 @ Forge FC
    13274 @ CD Olympia
    19133 @ San Diego
     
  4. AZUL GALAXY

    AZUL GALAXY Member+

    Aug 28, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    CDSC Cruz Azul
    Inter Miami pre-season matches

    30,000 @ Alianza Lima, Peru
    38,026 @ Atletico Nacional, Colombia
     
  5. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    19133 was reported by ESPN but 22,650 by the official site. I am going with that one.
     
  6. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Miami playing these higher than normal intensity friendlies might not be a good idea if they want Messi to finish the season healthy...
     
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  7. owian

    owian Member+

    Liverpool FC, San Diego FC
    May 17, 2002
    San Diego
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Probably closer to the 19,000 number estimated that it was half fullish but mostly SDFC fans.
     
  8. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Wikipedia editors have gone with the 19,100 number.
     
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  9. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    The Vancouver match vs Cruz Azul might have been a sellout. Official capacity 6,500 and attendance 6,000. Too round of a number to be exact attendance, so likely a sellout.

    NOTE: to the geographically challenged, the city of Hamilton (home of the Forge) is just 28 miles outside of Toronto. So its basically a Toronto team.
     
  10. AZUL GALAXY

    AZUL GALAXY Member+

    Aug 28, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    CDSC Cruz Azul
    The 19,133 number is also in FotMob
     
  11. AZUL GALAXY

    AZUL GALAXY Member+

    Aug 28, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    CDSC Cruz Azul
    Inter Miami at Barcelona SC
    55,000
     
  12. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Time to see if MLS teams are a big draw in the CCC.
    11,934 at Pumas for SD.
    4,647 at Cruz Azul for Vancouver FC (not MLS but somewhat relevant)
    in Honduras 11,530 for LAFC
    290 at a neutral Canadian site for Ottawa vs Nashville


    Highest attendance of the round so far: 22,902 for Tigres vs Forge, impressively beating out the 19,889 Club America got for the (imo) marquee matchup of the round against Olimpia.
     
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  13. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    NWSL Denver Summit off to a good start:

     
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  14. AZUL GALAXY

    AZUL GALAXY Member+

    Aug 28, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    CDSC Cruz Azul
    On an interview to Don Garber he mentioned that 80k are expected for MIAMI at LAFC, what’s your average attendance prediction for this first weekend of MLS? last year was 24,627
     
  15. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    80k is much more than the coliseum fits...
     
  16. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Cruz Azul had to move out of Estadio Azteca for renovations and played at Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes in 2024, Estadio Olimpico in 2025, and now Puebla in 2026. Attendances may have suffered. They only attracted 7,519 in a league match against Atlas, compared to 20,543 two seasons ago and 39,254 at the Azteca.
     
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  17. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Yeah, and second highest attendance of the round is still impressive especially away from your regular stadium.
     
  18. AZUL GALAXY

    AZUL GALAXY Member+

    Aug 28, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    CDSC Cruz Azul
    77,500
     
  19. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Supposedly. But that's when they sell these seats: [​IMG]
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  20. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    4,647?
     
  21. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Club America had
    19,889 at Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes...
     
  22. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My post was about Cruz Azul.
     
  23. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Ohhhhhhh. Yeah their number was the worst I've seen for a Liga MX team in a long time.
     
  24. AZUL GALAXY

    AZUL GALAXY Member+

    Aug 28, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    CDSC Cruz Azul
    I prefer the Rosebowl over the Coliseum
     
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  25. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    The coliseum can look quite majestic, with the torch lit especially, but this renovation where they added a bunch of luxury boxes by blocking the view for a bunch of seats is ... Questionable. Someone is probably going to spend $2000 for the Olympics opening ceremony and end up there lol
     
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