Crowd Count: MLS openers average 23,591

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, May 10, 2016

Toronto FC was the last MLS club to open at home, drawing 30,025 fans for its first game of the season at revamped BMO Field. The 20 MLS openers averaged 23,591 fans, down 1.8 percent from 2015. Eight teams drew more fans than they did in 2015, 10 drew less, and two -- Portland and San Jose -- drew exactly the same. The league-wide decrease was entirely attributable to the drop in New York City's opening crowd as compared to its debut game at Yankee Stadium in 2015.

2016 MLS Home Openers:
ATT. TEAM (2015 ATT.)
60,147 Orlando City (62,510)
39,525 Seattle (39,782)
30,315 New York City (43,507)
30,025 Toronto FC (30,226)
27,545 (+) Montreal (25,245)
25,667 LA Galaxy (27,000)
22,120 (+) Vancouver (21,000)
21,594 Houston (22,351)
21,303 NY Red Bulls (21,036)
21,144 Portland (21,144)
20,178 (+) Sporting KC (19,784)
19,282 Real Salt Lake (20,281)
18,000 San Jose (18,000)
17,768 (+) Chicago (15,731)
17,474 (+) Colorado (17,692)
17,027 Philadelphia (18,022)
17,015 (+) Columbus (15,826)
16,102 (+) New England (14,189)
15,334 (+) D.C. United (11,549)
14,248 FC Dallas (15,236)
2016 AVERAGE: 23,591
2015 AVERAGE: 24,006
+Increase vs. 2015.