The following lists MLS announced attendance for the
league's 17 playoff games and final average. MLS
Commissioner Don Garber: "The playoffs were a disappointment
for us. You've got to consider that last year two of our
top-selling teams throughout the playoffs in Columbus (Crew)
and D.C. (United) did not make the playoffs this year.
That's about 23,000 and 24,000 (fans), and not having those
markets affect your average" (BOSTON HERALD, 10/17).
DATE GAME ATTEND. DATE GAME ATTEND.
9/14 Galaxy-Mutiny 5,583 9/24 Rapids-Wizards 4,156
9/15 Burn-MetroStars 14,868 9/26 MetroStars-Fire 7,141
9/15 Revolution-Fire 10,476 9/29 Galaxy-Wizards 11,815
9/16 Rapids-Wizards 8,682 9/30 Fire-MetroStars 15,476
9/19 Fire-Revolution 10,723 10/3 Wizards-Galaxy 20,849
9/20 MetroStars-Burn 7,555 10/6 MetroStars-Fire 10,133
9/20 Wizards-Rapids 8,789 10/6 Galaxy-Wizards 8,320
9/20 Mutiny-Galaxy 13,851 10/15 Wizards-Fire 39,159
9/22 Revolution-Fire 5,972 PLAYOFF AVERAGE: 11,973
YEAR GAMES TOTAL ATTENDANCE AVG. ATTENDANCE % +/-
'96 17 300,435 17,673 n/a
'97 13 208,102 16,008 - 9.4%
'98 14 249,968 17,855 11.5%
'99 16 261,417 16,339 - 8.5%
'00 17 203,548 11,973 - 26.7%
NOTE: % =/- comparisons are to previous year.
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