[MLS ATTENDANCE] Philadelphia announced a sellout for its Week 8 clash with San Jose, but a few teams had season lows. For MLS team attendance rankings ...
* Philadelphia's 2-1 loss to San Jose was the Union's third sellout in four home games this season.
* FC Dallas, Colorado and Columbus had season-low crowds. Dallas' game was on a
Wednesday and the weather was bad in Colorado and Columbus.
* Montreal's second home game at Olympic Stadium -- its home until Stade Saputo opens next month -- drew 19,233. The Impact's
Olympic Stadium opener -- its MLS debut -- drew 58,912. The dip means Seattle is once again the attendance league leader.
* The league-wide attendance after 73 games is 18,378. It was
17,236 at this point last season.
MLS
ATTENDANCE*
| Club (2012 Rank) | Week 8 Home Games | 2012 Home Average | 2011 Home Average (Final) |
| Chicago (12) | 14,166 | 14,243 | 14,273 |
| Chivas USA (17) | -- | 12,422 | 14,830 |
| Colorado (11) | 10,969 | 14,505 | 14,838 |
| Columbus (15) | 11,978 | 13,043 | 12,185 |
| D.C. United (14) | 13,975 | 13,751 | 15,196 |
| FC Dallas (13) | 10,069 | 14,077 | 12,861 |
| Houston (-) | -- | -- | 17,694 |
| Kansas City (6) | -- | 18,671 | 17,810 |
| Los Angeles (3) | 23,249 | 22,436 | 23,335 |
| Montreal (2) | 19,223 | 33,752 | -- |
| New England (18) | -- | 11,657 | 13,222 |
| New York (10) | 18,152 | 17,426 | 19,749 |
| Philadelphia (9) | 18,581 | 18,343 | 18,259 |
| Portland (4) | -- | 20,438 | 18,827 |
| Real Salt Lake (7) | 17,629 | 18,369 | 17,591 |
| San Jose (16) | -- | 13,267 | 11,858 |
| Seattle (1) | -- | 38,589 | 38,496 |
| Toronto FC (5) | -- | 19,186 | 20,267 |
| Vancouver (8) | -- | 18,451 | 20,406 |
| Leaguewide | 15,799 | 18,378 | 17,872 |
* Attendance figures, provided by MLS, reflect tickets sold and distributed.
Michael Scappator
