[MLS ATTENDANCE] Week 8, which included two Wednesday night games, marked the lowest average attendance for a week of games this season -- but the expansion Portland Timbers kept alive their streak of sellouts. For MLS attendance rankings ...
* Portland has now played four MLS games and has sold out the 18,627-seat Jeld-Wen Stadium each time. A 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Union also means the Timbers are perfect (4-0-0) at home.
* The Home Depot Center sold out, as it should, for the Los Angeles-New York game -- a 1-1 tie that featured the marquee players Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Rafael Marquez and Theirry Henry.
* D.C. United played two home games in Week 8 -- on Wednesday and Saturday -- and drew just over 11,000 for each.
* Toronto FC was the only team besides LA to top the 20,000 mark. It beat Houston, 2-1, in front of its second largest crowd of the season.
* Columbus drew only 7,148 for 1-1 tie with Seattle.
MLS ATTENDANCE:
| Club (2011 Rank) |
Week 8 Home Games |
2011 Home Average |
2010 Home Average (Final) |
| Chicago (13) |
11,680 |
13,628 |
15,814 |
| Chivas USA (12) |
-- | 14,648 | 14,576 |
| Colorado (14) |
-- |
13,243 | 13,329 |
| Columbus (16) |
7,148 | 10,199 |
14,642 |
| D.C. United (8) |
11,504 | 17,113 | 14,532 |
| FC Dallas (10) |
-- |
16,324 | 10,815 |
| Houston (11) |
13,206 | 16,078 | 17,310 |
| Kansas City (-) |
-- | -- |
10,287 |
| Los Angeles (2) |
27,000 |
25,679 | 21,437 |
| New England (15) |
11,755 |
10,233 |
12,987 |
| New York (7) |
-- | 17,389 | 18,441 |
| Philadelphia (6) |
-- |
17,762 | 19,254 |
| Portland (5) |
18,627 |
18,627 | -- |
| Real Salt Lake (9) |
14,365 | 16,778 |
17,095 |
| San Jose (17) |
-- |
10,064 |
9,659 |
| Seattle (1) |
-- |
36,289 | 36,173 |
| Toronto FC (4) |
20,256 |
19,704 |
20,453 |
| Vancouver (3) |
-- |
20,843 | -- |
| Leaguewide |
14,680 | 17,237 | 16,037 |
Ernest Irelan
