[CROWD COUNT]  NWSL attendance dropped from 4,270 fans a game in 2013 to 4,139 fans in 2014 as half the returning experienced drops. But the 3 percent dropwas less than the 23 percent drop in WPS’s second year and 14 percent drop for Year 2 of WUSA. Both those leagues folded after the third season.

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