Leagues Cup attendances lower than typical MLS crowds

Repeating the drama of last summer’s Leagues Cup was always going to be a tall order. Messi Mania took over almost immediately and lasted the whole tournament as Inter Miami won the trophy. For this year’s Leagues Cup, things were far different. Messi missed the whole tournament due to injury. Except for Club América, most […]

Repeating the drama of last summer’s Leagues Cup was always going to be a tall order. Messi Mania took over almost immediately and lasted the whole tournament as Inter Miami won the trophy.

For this year’s Leagues Cup, things were far different. Messi missed the whole tournament due to injury. Except for Club América, most of the more popular Mexican teams were eliminated early. Even crowds for Club America’s three games were spotty. The Águilas drew 21,311 in San Diego against Club Atlas, and 22,462 for its game against Colorado Rapids. Meanwhile, América only drew 11,553 in Los Angeles against St. Louis City.

No doubt that Major League Soccer will point to crowds of 46,080 for Inter Miami versus Tigres in Houston, and 50,675 in Santa Clara for Chivas against the San Jose Earthquakes as a success. However, those two crowds proved to be the exception rather than the rule. Most crowds for MLS teams were far below their usual average team attendance.

A close look at the underperforming MLS home attendances at Leagues Cup

These are the MLS teams whose average Leagues Cup crowds were the worst, relative to their usual attendance:

TeamAll-Time Average*2024 Leagues Cup Average% DifferenceSeattle Sounders37,26823,023-38%New York Red Bulls17,81911,031-38%Atlanta United48,64032,600-33%St. Louis City22,39614,981-33%New England Revolution16,91112,271-27%San Jose Earthquakes15,63411,391-27%LAFC20,81915,641^-25%Philadelphia Union16,66312,432-25%Sporting Kansas City18,50914,422-22%Houston Dynamo16,01913,171-18%Colorado Rapids14,14611,609-18%Portland Timbers20,24317,061-16%Columbus Crew19,22316,295-15%Orlando…


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Author : Lawrence Dockery

Publish date : 2024-09-02 20:26:57

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