Top 10 Soccer crowds in US

Discussion in 'The Beautiful Game' started by SoccerScout, Nov 18, 2002.

  1. SoccerScout

    SoccerScout Member

    Jan 3, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Club:
    Internacional Porto Alegre
    Anyone have stats on the largest soccer attendence's in US history (men or women)?

    Was it WC94 Final?

    In the same stadium in the 84 Olympic finals the attendence was a record at the time at : 101,799 . I would imgine that would be pretty close to the top still.
     
  2. Elninho

    Elninho Member+

    Sacramento Republic FC
    United States
    Oct 30, 2000
    Sacramento, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And I believe it's still a record. The '94 World Cup final did not beat it.
     
  3. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Somebody had posted that actual figures. The Rose Bowl holds the record for all games in the US.

    The top were all during the Summer Olympics on 1984. Seating got reduce by about 5000 pre WC94, so those games were down just as much.

    I believe it was said that the largest US National team game crowd was US v. Romania WC94.
     
  4. I'm assuming you mean home game, because it would seem to me that games at Mexico's Estadio Azteca would draw more.
     
  5. Nobby

    Nobby New Member

    Feb 18, 2002
    Kirkland, WA
    Grrr, my most content-filled post deleted by hacker-terrorists.

    From memory, a recap: the top three were from the '84 Olympics in LA, the final between France and Brazil being the highest ever. The '94 WC matches at the Rose Bowl had low to mid 90K. There were a couple of friendlies against Mexico in 1994 and 1996 that figure in the top ten. All took place at the Rose Bowl. The record will not soon be broken because its capacity was reduced to accommodate press rooms and box seats.
     
  6. Wolves_67

    Wolves_67 Member

    Oct 27, 2002
    Pasadena, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If you get the press guide from the USSF you will get all the info and lots of lists of attendence figures for women and men, the cups and everything since time began.
    I have it and it's a great resource.
     
  7. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, the question was "in the US."
     
  8. TTweLLMan

    TTweLLMan New Member

    Jun 3, 2002
    Middleboro MA
    Either WC94 or
    MLS CUP 2002...
     
  9. skipshady

    skipshady New Member

    Apr 26, 2001
    Orchard St, NYC
    Nice one :D

    FYI, the most attended women's game in history was the '99 WWC final in Pasadena, USA vs China at 90,185.

    Before the WWC, it was USA vs China at the 1996 Olympics, 76,489 in Athens, Ga.

    http://www.soccertimes.com/worldcup/1999/jul11.htm
     
  10. halfnelson31

    halfnelson31 New Member

    Jul 23, 2002
    NOVA
    it was the 1st ever mls cup. it was in the rose bowl. galaxy vs ????. 92000+ attended. it was a double header with us- mexico following
     
  11. Treetaliano

    Treetaliano Member

    Jun 29, 2002
    Charlotte, NC
    was not an MLS Cup...

    that was a regular season match vs. the Mutiny
     
  12. Wolves_67

    Wolves_67 Member

    Oct 27, 2002
    Pasadena, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This INFO is from the USSF:
    The 3 largest home attendence records for the USMNT are:
    1994 WC / US vs Columbia .. 93,869 Rose Bowl
    1994 WC / US vs Romania .. 93,869 Rose Bowl
    June 16, 1996 / US vs Mexico .. 92,216 Rose Bowl

    The 3 largest crowds for any teams in the US are:
    1984 Olympics / France vs Brazil .. 101,799 Rose Bowl
    1984 Olympics / Yugoslavia vs Italy .. 100,374 Rose Bowl
    1984 Olympics / France vs Yugoslavia .. 97,451 Rose Bowl

    For the Women's team:
    Largest Crowd for the USWNT at home which are also the 3 largest for any teams playing in the US:
    99 WWC / US vs China .. 90,125 Rose Bowl
    99 WWC / US vs Denmark .. 78,972 Giants Stadium, NJ
    96 Olympics / US vs China .. 76,489 Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA
     

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