MLS is on pace to smash the season attendance records it set in 2023. It’s averaging 23,426 fans a game, up 7 percent year-over-year and 6 percent from the final 2023 average. 

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Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.