[MLS ATTENDANCE] After just two games in two weeks, MLS was back in swing in Week 15 with nine games, including Montreal's first at its renovated Saputo
Stadium. Despite the Euro 2012 distraction, the weekend's MLS games' average exceeded 18,000. For MLS team attendance rankings ...
* Chicago drew a season-high 18,526 for its 3-1 win over
New York on Sunday.
* Montreal's first MLS game at renovated Saputo Stadium, a 4-1 win over Seattle, drew 17,112 -- 15 percent short of capacity.
* Houston's fourth game at its
new BBVA Compass Stadium, a 2-1 win over FC Dallas, was a fourth straight sellout (22,039).
* Philly and Kansas City also announced sellouts.
* New England, for its scoreless tie
with Columbus, drew Week 15's smallest crowd: 12,218.
* The league-wide attendance after 131 games is 18,517, an increase of 6.3 percent from last year's average of 17,425 after Week
15.
MLS ATTENDANCE*
| Club (2012 Rank) | Week 15 Home Games | 2012 Home Average | 2011 Home Average (Final) |
| Chicago (13) | 18,526 | 14,415 | 14,273 |
| Chivas USA (15) | 13,816 | 13,655 | 14,830 |
| Colorado (12) | -- | 15,194 | 14,838 |
| Columbus (16) | -- | 13,219 | 12,185 |
| D.C. United (14) | -- | 13,668 | 15,196 |
| FC Dallas (17) | -- | 13,181 | 12,861 |
| Houston (3) | 22,039 | 22,039 | 17,694 |
| Kansas City (6) |
20,488 | 19,364 | 17,810 |
| Los Angeles (4) | 20,611 | 22,038 | 23,335 |
| Montreal (2) | 17,112 | 33,267 | -- |
| New England (18) | 12,218 | 11,819 | 13,222 |
| New York (11) | -- | 15,823 | 19,749 |
| Philadelphia (10) | 18,876 | 18,407 | 18,259 |
| Portland (5) | -- | 20,438 | 18,827 |
| Real Salt Lake
(9) | -- | 18,486 | 17,591 |
| San Jose (19) | -- | 11,668 | 11,858 |
| Seattle (1) | -- | 38,672 | 38,496 |
| Toronto FC (8) | -- | 18,889 | 20,267 |
| Vancouver (7) | 19,166 | 19,006 | 20,406 |
| Leaguewide | 18,095 | 18,517 | 17,872 |
* Attendance figures, provided by MLS, reflect tickets sold and distributed.
David Huff
