[MLS ATTENDANCE] Week 16 featured six midweek and nine weekend games that averaged nearly 20,000 as MLS stayed on track for a record-breaking season. For MLS
team attendance rankings ...
* On Wednesday night, Seattle drew a season-high 46,932 for a 1-1 tie with Kansas City.
* Also drawing big midweek crowds were Houston (21,423),
Vancouver (20,060) and Real Salt Lake (20,382). RSL was the one team that hosted two games in Week 16 and on Saturday drew 18,050.
* The New York Red Bulls drew their biggest crowd ever at
Red Bull Arena, which opened in 2010, when 25,187 came for their 3-2 win on Sunday over D.C. United.
* Montreal drew only 12,397 for its second game at renovated Saputo Stadium.
* The league-wide attendance after 146 games is 18,655, an increase of 6 percent from last year's average of 17,623 after Week 16.
* MLS's highest season attendance averages were 17,872
in 2011 and 17,406 in its inaugural season of 1996.
MLS ATTENDANCE*
| Club (2012 Rank) | Week 16 Home Games | 2012 Home Average | 2011 Home Average (Final) |
| Chicago (13) | 17,144 | 14,756 | 14,273 |
| Chivas USA (15) | 10,376 | 13,291 | 14,830 |
| Colorado (12) | 13,080 | 14,892 | 14,838 |
| Columbus (16) | -- | 13,219 | 12,185 |
| D.C. United (14) | -- | 13,668 | 15,196 |
| FC Dallas (17) | 13,846 | 13,255 | 12,861 |
| Houston (4) | 21,423 | 21,916 | 17,694 |
| Kansas City (6) |
-- | 19,364 | 17,810 |
| Los Angeles (3) | 21,529 | 21,982 | 23,335 |
| Montreal (2) | 12,397 | 30,280 | -- |
| New England (18) | -- | 11,819 | 13,222 |
| New York (11) | 25,187 | 17,161 | 19,749 |
| Philadelphia (10) | 18,207 | 18,378 | 18,259 |
| Portland (5) | 20,438 | 20,438 | 18,827 |
| Real Salt Lake
(9) | 20,382; 18,050 | 18,648 | 17,591 |
| San Jose (19) | -- | 11,668 | 11,858 |
| Seattle (1) | 46,932 | 39,590 | 38,496 |
| Toronto FC (8) | 18,877 | 18,888 | 20,267 |
| Vancouver (7) | 20,060 | 19,123 | 20,406 |
| Leaguewide | 19,859 | 18,655 | 17,872 |
* Attendance figures, provided by MLS, reflect tickets sold and distributed.
Jack Aldridge
