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MLS Playoff Attendance Average Is Third Highest In History
Published November 23, 2010
MLS averaged 19,535 fans per game during this year's playoffs, down from the record-setting average of 23,559 last year, but still good enough for the third-highest postseason attendance average in league history. Sunday's MLS Cup, featuring Rapids-FC Dallas, drew 21,700 fans to BMO Field in Toronto. Last season, 46,011 fans attended the Real Salt Lake-Galaxy final at Qwest Field in Seattle. The top draw this postseason was for the first leg of the Galaxy-Sounders FC conference semifinal match at Qwest Field on Halloween, which drew 35,521 fans. Listed below is an attendance trend for the MLS playoffs since the league began in '96 (THE DAILY).
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MLS PLAYOFF ATTENDANCE
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YEAR
|
GMS
|
TOTAL
|
AVG.
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
'10
|
11
|
214,885
|
19,535
|
|
'09
|
11
|
259,149
|
23,559
|
|
'08
|
11
|
181,382
|
16,489
|
|
'07
|
11
|
217,479
|
19,771
|
|
'06
|
11
|
166,972
|
15,179
|
|
'05
|
11
|
158,285
|
14,390
|
|
'04
|
11
|
153,691
|
13,972
|
|
'03
|
11
|
164,758
|
14,978
|
|
'02
|
17
|
235,827
|
13,872
|
|
'01
|
18
|
212,485
|
11,805
|
|
'00
|
17
|
203,548
|
11,973
|
|
'99
|
16
|
257,417
|
16,089
|
|
'98
|
14
|
249,968
|
17,855
|
|
'97
|
13
|
208,192
|
16,015
|
|
'96
|
17
|
300,435
|
17,673
|
NOTE: MLS switched to an 11-game playoff format in '03.
