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2023 USL Championship Attendance

USL-ChampionshipA slightly down week on the 2023 USL Championship attendance front, with teams averaging 4,787 fans per opening over 11 matches.

Overall, 2022 USL Championship attendance is now down 2 percent over 2022 numbers. Take these numbers with a small grain of salt, as not every team consistently reports attendance numbers. This week, for instance, Birmingham Legion FC did not report–something that happened quite often during the 2022 season–and strong players like Indy Eleven and New Mexico have not yet opened.

This season sees a reduced lineup of 24 teams after several MLS teams pulled their affiliates and some USL Championship teams paused operations due to facilities issues. Still, the 24 teams remaining presents a pretty formidable lineup, and we expect strong 2023 USL Championship attendance numbers throughout the season. We have based this ranking on numbers officially posted to the USL Championship website‘s schedule page as well as newspaper coverage and other media reports.

These numbers are current as of March 19, 2023.

  Team Av. Totals Gms 2022 YOY W2
1 Sacramento Republic FC 11,568 11,568 1 9,876 0.17 11,568
2 San Antonio FC 8,106 8,106 1 5,980 0.36  
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6,893 6,893 1 5,148 0.34  
4 CS Switchbacks FC 6,248 6,248 1 7,199 -0.13 6,248
5 El Paso Locomotive FC 5,889 17,666 3 6,517 -0.10 10,530^
6 San Diego Loyal 5,393 10,785 2 4,519 0.19 5,114
7 Rio Grande Valley FC 4,895 9,789 2 4,074 0.20 3,460
8 Orange County SC 4,273 8,545 2 4,230 0.01 4,278
9 Memphis 901 FC 3,794 7,588 2 3,683 0.03 3,587
10 Charleston Battery 3,513 3,513 1 2,797 0.26  
11 Loudoun United FC 3,411 3,411 1 1,583 1.15 3,411
12 Monterey Bay FC 3,317 6,634 2 3,683 -0.10 3,019
13 Miami FC 1,769 3,537 2 1,162 0.52 1,445
14 Birmingham Legion FC 0 0 0 5,920 NA NA*
15 Detroit City FC 0 0 0 6,118 NA  
15 FC Tulsa 0 0 0 4,044 NA  
15 Hartford Athletic 0 0 0 5,178 NA  
15 Indy Eleven 0 0 0 8,285 NA  
15 Las Vegas Lights FC 0 0 0 5,615 NA  
15 Louisville City FC 0 0 0 10,465 NA  
15 New Mexico United 0 0 0 10,724 NA  
15 Oakland Roots SC 0 0 0 4,611 NA  
15 Phoenix Rising FC 0 0 0 6,401 NA  
15 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0 0 0 3,934 NA  
  TOTALS 4,966 104,283 21 5,061 -0.02 52,660
  WEEKLY AV.           4,787

* Did not report
^ Total of two matches

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