MLS attendance jumped 7.2% during the '11 regular season, fueled by two expansion franchises and Sporting KC's move to a new soccer-specific venue. The expansion Whitecaps and Timbers ranked third and sixth, respectively, in league home attendance during their inaugural seasons. Sporting KC saw attendance jump 73.1% during their first season at Livestrong Sporting Park, ranking the club eighth overall. The Sounders once again led all clubs by a wide margin for the third consecutive season with 36,173 fans per game, up 6.4% from last year. The Rapids, FC Dallas and Earthquakes also saw double-digit percentage gains in home attendance. The Crew and Fire saw the sharpest drops this season, down 16.8% and 9.7%, respectively. Listed below is team-by-team attendance for the '11 MLS regular season, with comparisons to '10 (THE DAILY).
| MLS REGULAR SEASON ATTENDANCE |
| HOME TEAM | GMS | TOTAL | AVG. | % CAP. | PREV. | % +/- | GMS ('10) |
| Sounders FC | 17 | 654,431 | 38,496 | 104.2% | 36,173 | 6.4% | 15 |
| Galaxy | 17 | 396,693 | 23,335 | 86.4% | 21,437 | 8.9% | 15 |
| Whitecaps | 17 | 346,909 | 20,406 | 97.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Toronto FC | 17 | 344,535 | 20,267 | 101.3% | 20,453 | -0.9% | 15 |
| Red Bulls | 17 | 335,740 | 19,749 | 79.0% | 18,441 | 7.1% | 15 |
| Timbers | 17 | 320,051 | 18,827 | 100.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Union* | 17 | 310,401 | 18,259 | 98.7% | 19,254 | -5.2% | 15 |
| Sporting KC** | 17 | 302,776 | 17,810 | 96.4% | 10,287 | 73.1% | 15 |
| Dynamo | 17 | 300,796 | 17,694 | 55.3% | 17,310 | 2.2% | 15 |
| Real Salt Lake | 17 | 299,047 | 17,591 | 87.0% | 17,095 | 2.9% | 15 |
| DC United | 17 | 258,332 | 15,196 | 34.4% | 14,532 | 4.6% | 15 |
| Rapids | 17 | 252,248 | 14,838 | 82.0% | 13,329 | 11.3% | 15 |
| Chivas USA | 17 | 252,102 | 14,830 | 54.9% | 14,576 | 1.7% | 15 |
| Fire | 17 | 242,648 | 14,273 | 71.4% | 15,814 | -9.7% | 15 |
| Revolution | 17 | 224,770 | 13,222 | 66.1% | 12,987 | 1.8% | 15 |
| FC Dallas | 17 | 218,636 | 12,861 | 62.7% | 10,815 | 18.9% | 15 |
| Crew | 17 | 207,147 | 12,185 | 60.5% | 14,642 | -16.8% | 15 |
| Earthquakes*** | 17 | 201,587 | 11,858 | 92.5% | 9,659 | 22.8% | 15 |
| MLS TOTALS | 306 | 5,468,849 | 17,872 | 76.5% | 16,675 | 7.2% | 240 |
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NOTES: * = The Union played their first two games at Lincoln Financial Field last season before moving into their current venue, PPL Park. ** = Sporting KC moved to Livestrong Sporting Park this season, having relocated from CommunityAmerica Ballpark after the '10 season. *** = Includes a designated Earthquakes home game against the Red Bulls played at Stanford Stadium in July.
