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2021 MLS Attendance

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A strong end to the season on the 2021 MLS attendance front, as good crowds in Seattle and New England helped push the league officially past the six-million mark to end the season.

We say officially, as we track numbers that are only posted on the league website and occasionally on team press releases when available. Still, hese 2021 MLS attendance numbers are not complete. We have based this ranking on numbers officially posted to the MLS website, as well as newspaper coverage. Several teams have not released attendance for many games, such as the majority of Vancouver Whitecaps, NYC FC and San Jose matches. There are a few cases where teams like Toronto FC, CF Montreal and NYC FC were playing “home” games away from their regular homes and their attendance was reported. One other issue that’s emerged: teams have gone to previous matches and revised the attendance numbers. So we will do the same and update our numbers and await the reporting of official numbers from MLS. The total attendance for MLS this season is higher than our total, but the per-game average is likely very lower.

Here are both season and Week 35 totals for 2021 MLS attendance, as of Nov. 7:

  Team Av. Total Gms 2019 YOY W35
1 Atlanta United FC 43,965 747,406 17 52,510 -0.16  
2 Seattle Sounders 25,125 427,121 17 40,247 -0.38 32,781
3 Portland Timbers 21,285 255,422 12 25,218 -0.16 23,127
4 FC Cincinnati 21,175 359,969 17 27,336 -0.23 23,663
5 Austin FC 20,738 290,332 14 N/A N/A 20,738
6 LAFC 20,204 323,271 16 22,251 -0.09 22,221
7 Nashville SC 19,172 287,583 15 N/A N/A 26,913
8 NE Revolution 18,861 207,476 11 16,737 0.13 31,635
9 Sporting KC 18,757 262,603 14 18,601 0.01 19,022
10 Columbus Crew 16,344 261,511 16 14,856 0.10 19,351
11 Orlando City SC 15,418 231,270 15 22,761 -0.32  
12 Real Salt Lake 15,253 228,798 15 18,121 -0.16 18,405
13 Minnesota United 14,326 171,908 12 19,723 -0.27  
14 Inter Miami CF 13,847 235,403 17 N/A N/A  
15 LA Galaxy 13,400 227,806 17 23,205 -0.42 23,803
16 San Jose Earthquakes 13,171 144,886 11 18,781 -0.30  
17 New York Red Bulls 13,161 171,099 13 17,281 -0.24 15,934
18 FC Dallas 13,063 209,014 16 14,842 -0.12  
19 Philadelphia Union 12,903 193,552 15 17,111 -0.25  
20 D.C. United 12,715 203,441 16 17,744 -0.28  
21 Houston Dynamo 11,732 187,711 16 15,674 -0.25  
22 Colorado Rapids 11,551 127,065 11 14,284 -0.19 16,292
23 Vancouver Whitecaps 10,741 32,222 3 19,514 -0.45 NA
24 Chicago Fire 10,443 167,091 16 12,324 -0.15  
25 Toronto FC 8,733 96,065 11 25,048 -0.65 11,166
26 NYC FC 5,429 32,576 6 21,107 -0.74 NA
27 CF Montreal 5,000 5,000 1 16,171 -0.69 NA
  TOTALS 16,910 6,087,601 360 21,873 -0.23  
  WEEKLY AV.           21,789

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