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2023 USL Championship Attendance

USL-ChampionshipA strong finish to the 2023 USL Championship attendance listings in Week 32, as Sacramento Republic FC edges Louisville City FC for the regular-season crown.

Overall, 2023 USL Championship attendance is up 14 percent over 2022 numbers — but with several teams not reporting numbers (Las Vegas, Birmingham and Phoenix have stopped, and several other teams only reported partial numbers), it’s hard to say what the real margin is.

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 Oct. 16, 2023.

  Team Av. Totals Gms 2022 YOY W32
1 Sacramento Republic FC 10,627 180,665 17 9,876 0.08 11,569
2 Louisville City FC 10,547 179,299 17 10,465 0.01 12,230
3 Indy Eleven 9,709 155,349 16 8,285 0.17  
4 New Mexico United 9,619 163,518 17 10,724 -0.10 11,385
5 CS Switchbacks FC 7,753 124,044 16 7,199 0.08 8,023
6 Phoenix Rising FC 7,409 29,634 4 6,401 0.16  
7 San Antonio FC 7,325 124,522 17 5,980 0.22 8,146
8 El Paso Locomotive FC 6,590 112,038 17 6,517 0.01  
9 Detroit City FC 6,032 102,544 17 6,118 -0.01 6,190
10 Tampa Bay Rowdies 5,984 77,797 13 5,148 0.16  
11 Birmingham Legion FC 5,091 20,362 4 5,920 -0.14  
12 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 5,073 76,095 15 3,934 0.29  
13 Hartford Athletic 4,882 73,224 15 5,178 -0.06 6,500
14 San Diego Loyal 4,754 71,309 15 4,519 0.05  
15 Rio Grande Valley FC 4,506 72,095 16 4,074 0.11 NA
16 Orange County SC 4,411 70,568 16 4,230 0.04  
17 FC Tulsa 4,320 73,443 17 4,044 0.07  
18 Monterey Bay FC 3,963 67,378 17 3,683 0.08 5,278
19 Oakland Roots SC 3,894 66,196 17 4,611 -0.16 6,135
20 Memphis 901 FC 3,344 33,439 10 3,683 -0.09  
21 Charleston Battery 3,113 52,919 17 2,797 0.11 3,264
22 Loudoun United FC 2,664 45,288 17 1,583 0.68  
23 Miami FC 1,432 24,340 17 1,162 0.23  
24 Las Vegas Lights FC 0 0 0 5,615 NA NA
  TOTALS 5,803 1,996,066 344 5,061 0.145 78,720
  WEEKLY AV.           7,872

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