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SBD/Issue 174/The Back of the Book
Turnstile Tracker: MLS Attendance
Published June 5, 2007
MLS is seeing a decline in overall attendance from the same point last season, down 6.4% at the gate. The Galaxy lead the league with an average of 23,595 fans per game, which is up 12.8% even before the arrival of David Beckham this summer. North of the border, expansion club Toronto FC has filled BMO Field to 99.7% capacity while leading the league in total attendance. Fresh off their MLS title last season, the Dynamo have actually seen a decrease in attendance, down 18.2% from the same point in ’06. The Red Bulls, however, have seen the biggest drop in attendance, averaging only 9,765 fans through five games, down 57.5% from the same point last season. The following presents MLS regular-season attendance through June 4, with comparisons to the same point in the ’06 season (THE DAILY).
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MLS ATTENDANCE THROUGH JUNE 4
|
|||||||
|
HOME TEAM
|
DATES
|
TOTAL
|
AVG.
|
% CAP.
|
PREV.
|
% +/-
|
'06 DATES
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galaxy |
4
|
94,380
|
23,595
|
87.4%
|
20,923
|
12.8%
|
5
|
| Toronto FC^ |
5
|
99,690
|
19,938
|
99.7%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| D.C. United |
4
|
67,611
|
16,903
|
37.1%
|
17,374
|
-2.7%
|
7
|
| Real Salt Lake |
4
|
63,797
|
15,949
|
65.7%
|
15,392
|
3.6%
|
6
|
| Dynamo |
5
|
77,746
|
15,549
|
56.0%
|
19,019
|
-18.2%
|
6
|
| Chivas USA |
4
|
61,360
|
15,340
|
56.8%
|
16,773
|
-8.5%
|
5
|
| FC Dallas |
4
|
60,328
|
15,082
|
73.6%
|
15,383
|
-2.0%
|
7
|
| Rapids |
6
|
87,408
|
14,568
|
80.9%
|
10,511
|
38.6%
|
5
|
| Revolution |
4
|
57,032
|
14,258
|
71.3%
|
10,236
|
39.3%
|
4
|
| Crew |
5
|
64,944
|
12,989
|
57.6%
|
13,946
|
-6.9%
|
4
|
| Fire^^ |
5
|
62,345
|
12,469
|
62.3%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Red Bulls |
5
|
48,826
|
9,765
|
36.8%
|
22,996
|
-57.5%
|
5
|
| Wizards |
4
|
38,880
|
9,720
|
48.5%
|
11,336
|
-14.3%
|
5
|
| TOTALS |
59
|
884,347
|
14,989
|
61.8%
|
16,020
|
-6.4%
|
59
|
NOTES: ^ = Toronto FC is an expansion team. ^^ = The Fire did not play a home game until June 11 of last season as the team was waiting for its new stadium to be completed.
REVOLUTION: Over 24,000 tickets have been sold for MLS Galaxy-Revolution on August 12 at Gillette Stadium, David Beckham’s first game in the region. The tickets have been sold as part of four-game packages, and “no individual game tickets are expected to be available.” Capacity for the lower bowl at the stadium is 30,000, and Revolution COO Brian Bilello said, “The demand will be over 30,000, but I don’t think there is any way we will open it up [and sell seats in the upper bowl]” (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/3).
