MLS Attendance Averages

The atten­dance this year for the league was the high­est by aver­age since the league’s inau­gural sea­son of 1996. Also sig­nif­i­cant was that the atten­dance did not decline as the sea­son went on as it has every sea­son since 1997.

Here are the team by team averages:

1– LA Galaxy 24,252
2– DC United 20,967
3– Toronto FC 20,130
4– NE Revs 16,787
5– NY Red Bulls 16,537
6– Chicago 16,490
7– Real Salt Lake 15,960
8– Hous­ton 15,883
9– Colum­bus 15,230
10-FC Dal­las 15,150
11-Colorado 14,749
12-Chivas USA 14,305
13-Kansas City 11,586

Note that Chivas fell from 2nd last sea­son with close 20,000 a game to next to last this year aver­ag­ing just over 14,000. Also, atten­dance aver­ages in New York, Kansas City and New Eng­land were skewed by the tick­ets sold for prospec­tive matchups with David Beck­ham. On the other hand, Beck­ham did not appear in Salt Lake City and Colum­bus and since he was injured weeks before those games the atten­dance for the matches against the Galaxy in those cities reflected this. Also keep in mind the Galaxy did not play a game in Dal­las dur­ing the MLS Reg­u­lar Sea­son after Beck­ham arrived stateside.