Pachuco
05-26-2008, 11:14 PM
I found this chart in this article quite interesting. I'm mostly surprised that MLS has already surpassed SPL in attendance average. And we really aren't that far from some of the top leagues in the world. I have a feeling Seattle and Philadelphia are going to help in getting the league attendance average up!!!
MLS crowd count
Average home attendance for each MLS team, its stadium capacity and percentage of capacity:
Team Att. Cap. POC*
Toronto 20,045 20,000 100.2
LA Galaxy 24,923 27,000 89.8
Colorado 14,602 18,000 81.1
Chicago 16,015 20,000 80.0
Dallas 14,403 20,500 70.2
Salt Lake 17,784 25,562 69.6
Houston 18,394 32,000 57.5
Columbus 12,383 22,555 54.9
New England 10,821 20,000 54.1
New York 13,745 26,500 51.9
L.A. Chivas 12,882 27,000 47.7
D.C. United 18,802 45,596 41.2
Kansas City 9,209 27,000 34.1
*percentage of capacity
Worldwide soccer
Average home attendance from 2007 for the world's soccer leagues:
League Country Avg. Att.
Bundesliga Germany 37,644
English Premier England 34,459
La Liga Spain 28,838
Clausura Mexico 25,379
Ligue 1 France 21,817
Serie A Italy 19,711
J. League Japan 19,081
Eredivisie Holland 18,052
Campeonato Brazil 17,461
Primera Argentina 17,363
MLS United States 16,770
Scottish Premier Scotland 16,194
Premier Super Turkey 14,058
A-League Australia 14,042
Read full article here...
http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/05/27/0527sptcol.html
MLS crowd count
Average home attendance for each MLS team, its stadium capacity and percentage of capacity:
Team Att. Cap. POC*
Toronto 20,045 20,000 100.2
LA Galaxy 24,923 27,000 89.8
Colorado 14,602 18,000 81.1
Chicago 16,015 20,000 80.0
Dallas 14,403 20,500 70.2
Salt Lake 17,784 25,562 69.6
Houston 18,394 32,000 57.5
Columbus 12,383 22,555 54.9
New England 10,821 20,000 54.1
New York 13,745 26,500 51.9
L.A. Chivas 12,882 27,000 47.7
D.C. United 18,802 45,596 41.2
Kansas City 9,209 27,000 34.1
*percentage of capacity
Worldwide soccer
Average home attendance from 2007 for the world's soccer leagues:
League Country Avg. Att.
Bundesliga Germany 37,644
English Premier England 34,459
La Liga Spain 28,838
Clausura Mexico 25,379
Ligue 1 France 21,817
Serie A Italy 19,711
J. League Japan 19,081
Eredivisie Holland 18,052
Campeonato Brazil 17,461
Primera Argentina 17,363
MLS United States 16,770
Scottish Premier Scotland 16,194
Premier Super Turkey 14,058
A-League Australia 14,042
Read full article here...
http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/05/27/0527sptcol.html