[MLS ATTENDANCE] Sporting Kansas City the biggest Week 23 crowd despite hosting a game just four days earlier. For MLS team attendance rankings ...
* After drawing 18,863 for the U.S. Open final it won against Seattle in a shootout tiebreaker on Wednesday, Kansas City drew 20,439 on Sunday for a 2-1 win over D.C. United. The Sunday crowd at
Livestrong Sporting Park was the biggest of Week 23.
* Week 23's attendance average of 15,761 was the third-lowest for a week of play this season.
* MLS league-wide attendance this
season after 221 games is 18,704, an 8 percent increase over the average of 17,324 after Week 23 in 2011.
* 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 23 Home Games | 2012 Home Average | 2011 Home Average (Final) |
| Chicago (12) | -- | 15,563 | 14,273 |
| Chivas USA (18) | 17,601 | 13,559 | 14,830 |
| Colorado (13) | -- | 15,073 | 14,838 |
| Columbus (14) | -- | 14,858 | 12,185 |
| Dallas (16) | 10,222 | 13,935 | 12,861 |
| D.C. United (17) | -- | 14,178 | 15,196 |
| Houston (4) | -- | 21,136 | 17,694 |
| Kansas City (7) | 20,439 | 19,382 | 17,810 |
| Los Angeles (3) | -- | 22,729 | 23,335 |
| Montreal (2) | -- | 23,628 | -- |
| New England (19) | 12,857 | 12,916 | 13,222 |
| New York (11) | 15,730 | 17,539 | 19,749 |
| Philadelphia (10) | 18,412 | 18,418 | 18,259 |
| Portland (5) | -- | 20,438 | 18,827 |
| Real Salt Lake (9) | -- | 18,680 | 17,591 |
| San Jose (15) | 10,744 | 14,464 | 11,858 |
| Seattle (1) | -- | 41,480 | 38,496 |
| Toronto FC (8) | -- | 19,089 | 20,267 |
| Vancouver (6) | 20,083 | 19,442 | 20,406 |
| Leaguewide | 15,761 | 18,704 | 17,872 |
* Attendance figures, provided by MLS, reflect tickets sold and distributed.
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