MLS Week 27 Attendance

Rover · 10-06-2005, 08:49 PM

Last weekend's numbers:

1 Oct

Crew-sc: 20,548
Metro-DCU: 27,760
Revs-Quakes: 14,316
KCW-Fire: 7,207
CRapids-RSL: 14,063
LA-FCD: 25,557

Deuce · 10-06-2005, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rover

Last weekend's numbers:
CRapids-RSL: 14,063

And 13,940 were kids... there for the free soccer ball... and 30 were RSL fans. the rest were cRapid fans... or just got free tickets in the parking lot or something!

Rover · 10-06-2005, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deuce

And 13,940 were kids... there for the free soccer ball... and 30 were RSL fans. the rest were cRapid fans... or just got free tickets in the parking lot or something!

Well, the disclaimer on all these attendance reports is the same. These are the official attendances as reported by MLS. That may or may not have any connection to the actual attendance in the stadium. Since there is no set way to report attendance, teams often report tickets sold or even tickets given away.

Yesterday the CRapids got a 20+ number, but that's due to the Chivas fans. No, not cheetos--I mean Daddy cheetos from Guadalajara.

In the end, the only thing I get from these numbers is relative comparisons with attendances in the past, and even that's dubious since there's no sure way to know how those attendances were counted.

If anyone's interested, Kenn Tomasch has the definitive website with MLS (and other) attendance records. Webpage is here.