Deceptive numbers. It wasn't until mid-season last year that seattle added an additional 6,000 seats (approx.) and continued to sell out.

looks like they should add some more seats. well, maybe portland will have as much fervor. nothing gets a league going like a rivalry...

Not a good article. Take out Philly's 30,000 a game and average is exactly what it was last year, 14,969. Take out NY's extra 4,000 from the new stadium and the real picture shows that 11 teams have averages that are down.

These numbers mean nothing in the long haul...quality, quality, quality is what drwas the fans and there is not enough quality on the pitch...a disaster when it comes to TV announcers who suffocate the game...turnovers, turnoves and more turnovers...most teams are experts at it and some teams play it simple and better.

These numbers are neither deceptive nor "unreal." They are simply the numbers. You can't take out Philly's numbers, because they're here, they're drawing, and that's good for MLS. You can't lower NY's number - it could just as easily be said that Giants Stadium was a pit, and that this is closer to the number of NYers who actually want to watch soccer, and THAT'S good for MLS. (Are you going to throw out the even higher numbers after Henry arrives?) The only thing deceptive is the average from last year, which is the full year's average. Compared to the same number of home matches in 2009, only three clubs are down: Chivas (just barely), San Jose (their jury-rigged stadium is starting to turn casual fans off) and New England (awful team in a cavernous stadium with football lines and bad transit...sounds familiar).