Montreal delights its fans
- by Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla, Apr 10, 2012
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Week 5's biggest crowd enjoyed MLS newcomer Montreal's first win over the season while Real Salt Lake drew big in the midweek. For MLS team
attendance rankings ...
* Montreal won its first MLS game -- a 2-1 home victory over Toronto -- in front of 23,210 fans.
* Sporting Kansas City, for its 1-0 win over defending
champion Los Angeles, drew its biggest crowd of the season: 20,323.
* Midweek games aren't known to draw big crowds, but Real Salt Lake sold out (20,191) for its 1-0 win over Montreal on
Wednesday. RSL drew more than 16,000 four days later for a 2-0 win over Colorado.
* The league-wide attendance after Week 5 is 19,588. It was 16,624 at this point last season.
MLS ATTENDANCE*
| Club (2012 Rank) | Week 5 Home Games | 2012 Home Average | 2011 Home Average (Final) |
| Chicago (10) | -- | 18,075 | 14,273 |
| Chivas USA (18) | -- | 11,853 | 14,830 |
| Colorado (17) | -- | 13,949 | 14,838 |
| Columbus (14) | 11,516 | 14,857 | 12,185 |
| D.C. United (12) | 15,651 | 15,045 | 15,196 |
| FC Dallas (15) | 11,043 | 14,717 | 12,861 |
| Houston (-) | -- | -- | 17,694 |
| Kansas City (8) | 20,323 | 18,420 | 17,810 |
| Los Angeles (3) | -- | 22,263 | 23,335 |
| Montreal (1) | 23,120 | 41,016 | -- |
| New England (17) | -- | 12,925 | 13,222 |
| New York (11) | -- | 17,220 | 19,749 |
| Philadelphia (9) | -- | 18,132 | 18,259 |
| Portland
(4) | 20,438 | 20,438 | 18,827 |
| Real Salt Lake (7) | 20,191 16,870 | 18,554 | 17,591 |
| San Jose (16) | 10,525 | 14,289 | 11,858 |
| Seattle (2) | -- | 38,612 | 38,496 |
| Toronto FC (6) | -- | 19,507 | 20,267 |
| Vancouver (5) | -- | 20,197 | 20,406 |
| Leaguewide | 16,631 | 19,588 | 17,872 |
* Attendance figures, provided by MLS, reflect tickets sold and distributed.
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