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2023 USL Championship Attendance

USL-ChampionshipA slightly below-average week in the 2023 USL Championship attendance listings in Week 29, with good crowds for Indy Eleven, Detroit and Pittsburgh.

Overall, 2023 USL Championship attendance is up 13 percent over 2022 numbers — but with several teams not reporting numbers (Las Vegas, Tampa Bay, Birmingham and Phoenix have stopped), 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 Sept. 25, 2023.

  Team Av. Totals Gms 2022 YOY W29
1 Sacramento Republic FC 10,502 157,527 15 9,876 0.06 9,134
2 Louisville City FC 10,476 157,142 15 10,465 0.00  
3 Indy Eleven 9,533 142,998 15 8,285 0.15 10,316
4 New Mexico United 9,402 141,031 15 10,724 -0.12  
5 CS Switchbacks FC 7,724 108,132 14 7,199 0.07 8,023
6 Phoenix Rising FC 7,409 29,634 4 6,401 0.16 NA
7 San Antonio FC 7,274 116,376 16 5,980 0.22 7,513
8 El Paso Locomotive FC 6,567 98,510 15 6,517 0.01 6,708
9 Detroit City FC 6,089 91,333 15 6,118 0.00 6,547
10 Tampa Bay Rowdies 5,913 65,045 11 5,148 0.15 NA
11 Birmingham Legion FC 5,091 20,362 4 5,920 -0.14 NA
12 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 5,004 70,050 14 3,934 0.27 5,610
13 Hartford Athletic 4,757 57,079 12 5,178 -0.08  
14 San Diego Loyal 4,688 65,638 14 4,519 0.04 5,107
15 Rio Grande Valley FC 4,542 68,126 15 4,074 0.11  
16 Orange County SC 4,479 67,190 15 4,230 0.06  
17 FC Tulsa 4,187 66,999 16 4,044 0.04  
18 Monterey Bay FC 3,881 62,100 16 3,683 0.05 3,427
19 Oakland Roots SC 3,670 55,056 15 4,611 -0.20 4,099
20 Memphis 901 FC 3,322 29,902 9 3,683 -0.10  
21 Charleston Battery 3,013 45,192 15 2,797 0.08 2,945
22 Loudoun United FC 2,556 40,899 16 1,583 0.61 1,271
23 Miami FC 1,382 22,105 16 1,162 0.19 1,007
24 Las Vegas Lights FC 0 0 0 5,615 NA  
  TOTALS 5,700 1,778,426 312 5,061 0.13 71,707
  WEEKLY AV.           5,516

 

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