If there were the full complement of 15 matches played, it probably would have exceded 400k. The New England home opener with Houston was postponed since the turf wasn't ready to be installed or played on because of last week's snowstorm.
MLS attendances for Sunday, March 8 New York Red Bulls (vs. Montreal) 16,847 Cincinnati (vs. Toronto) 25,513 TOTAL WEEKEND ATTENDANCE: 386,720 AVERAGE: 27,623 (14 Matches)
Does Red Bull have any plans for the Red Bulls or are they just going to officially become "that other NY team"?
Prime example of how youth is sexy to the soccer geeks but doesn't put casuals butts in the seats. Undefeated coming into the game with promising teenagers on the roster and.....
I guess if it works well enough to win MLS cup at last, people will show up. Short of that, they're in trouble with the fanbase.
Red Bull doesn't seem to care about how many fans show up. Just my opinion but the difference between LA and New York is one city seems like it has local ownership and the other seems like development clubs for European teams. At least NYCFC has won a Cup* in their history.
Galaxy are owned by a dude who lives in Denver. Local enough? LAFC is owned by like 100 celebrities most of them local. EDIT: I'll get called out so I will mention that this was a joke. Here is the LAFC ownership group: https://www.lafc.com/club/ownership many celebrities but also many venture capitalist types.
the 2 big games of Miami vs LAFC and DC United , both over 70 000, really helped-- and Dallas should not be figured in as the stadium only allows 11 000 due to WC preparations 2025 MLS average was 22 000 - it will be interesting to see the attendance average after the World Cup
I don't think this is that relevant anymore since the real data starts in July of 2027. Teams opening new stadiums and Dallas finishing up a rehab of their stadium along with the flip of the schedule creates a whole bunch of new data going forward.
Appreciation of club value. Whether a team wins 3 games or 30 is financially immaterial in MLS, so they don’t invest. Club value goes up regardless. People always complain about New York being a “feeder” team to their European outfits but they haven’t done a very good job of that either.
That's happening globally too. AC Milan's valuation went up last year despite them not qualifying for the Champions League. You don't become a world-class academy overnight. Man City signed Jack Harrison for $5 million and eventually sold him to Leeds for $14 million. Christian McFarlane might become a breakout star. I guess Mix Diskerud doesn't count. Tyler Adams joined RB Leipzig for $3 million and they sold him for just under $20 million. That's enough to keep the academy running for a few seasons. Julian Hall might be next.
The New York academy has been open since 2005 and has produced one player for the broader Red Bull ecosystem. That's a lousy return for an oft-repeated, but inaccurate, criticism. The academy itself is fine. Any MLS team would be thrilled to produce 4 players with US national team caps in that period.