[MLS ATTENDANCE] The smallest crowd of the season appeared for New England's midweek game. But Toronto FC's fans continue their remarkable support for the perennial struggler. For MLS attendance rankings ...
* Toronto FC drew 21,839 fans -- the biggest crowd of Week 14 -- hoping to see their team win their third game of the season. They were disappointed as Seattle prevailed, 1-0. Despite having missed the playoffs in each of its first four seasons in the league and second-to-last in this season's overall standings, Toronto ranks fifth in attendance average.
* New England played at home twice in Week 14, drawing 6,680 for a midweek scoreless tie with Toronto and 14,246 for a 1-1 tie with Chicago on Saturday. The Wednesday crowd was MLS's lowest of the season. The season's second lowest crowd, 7,114, was also at Gillette Stadium, April 2 against Portland.
* Colorado hosted the Los Angeles Galaxy, which was without injured David Beckham, and drew its biggest crowd of the season (18,277). Since Beckham arrived in MLS, he has missed four of the Galaxy's five trips to Colorado. The Galaxy beat the defending champion, 3-1.
MLS ATTENDANCE:
| Club (2011 Rank) |
Week 14 Home Games |
2011 Home Average |
2010 Home Average (Final) |
| Chicago (14) |
-- |
13,380 |
15,814 |
| Chivas USA (12) |
11,253 | 15,917 | 14,576 |
| Colorado (13) |
18,277 |
13,684 | 13,329 |
| Columbus (17) |
-- | 10,447 |
14,642 |
| D.C. United (11) |
-- | 16,024 | 14,532 |
| FC Dallas (15) |
-- | 12,990 | 10,815 |
| Houston (9) |
13,039 |
17,718 | 17,310 |
| Kansas City (4) |
18,467 | 19,925 |
10,287 |
| Los Angeles (2) |
-- | 22,206 | 21,437 |
| New England (16) |
14,246 | 12,449 |
12,987 |
| New York (7) |
-- | 18,204 | 18,441 |
| Philadelphia (8) |
-- | 18,190 | 19,254 |
| Portland (6) |
18,627 |
18,627 | -- |
| Real Salt Lake (10) |
16,841 | 16,080 |
17,095 |
| San Jose (18) |
-- | 9,722 |
9,659 |
| Seattle (1) |
-- | 36,297 | 36,173 |
| Toronto FC (5) |
21,839 | 19,665 |
20,453 |
| Vancouver (3) |
20,168 | 20,117 | -- |
| Leaguewide |
15,944 | 17,244 | 16,037 |
Dave Kantor
