June 2, 2013



The Week 14 numbers look like this…



5 year comparison Week 14 128 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2009 16,192 6 15,535 14,957 106 2010 17,579 8.56% 8 16,517 6.32% 16,614 11.07% 109 2011 15,944 -9.30% 10 17,264 4.52% 17,245 3.80% 137 2012 18,811 17.98% 1 18,532 7.34% 18,543 7.52% 122 2013 16,559 -11.97% 9 17,192 -7.23% 17,192 -7.28% 128 2009 225 Game Season – 2010 240 Game Season

2011 306 Game Season – 2012-13 323 Game Season YTD – 128 Games Average Median %<10K %>18k 2009 15,535 14,564 14.84% 30.47% 2010 16,517 14,384 8.59% 33.59% 2011 17,264 16,574 10.16% 48.44% 2012 18,532 18,114 3.13% 51.56% 2013 17,192 17,415 6.98% 47.29%



Here are the home attendance comparisons to 2012:







MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games 2012 2013 Att Cap Att Att +/- GP % of Cap Cap Seattle 38,535 44,594 39,066 1.38% 5 101.47% 38,500 Montréal 33,267 32,005 22,032 -33.77% 6 65.65% 33,561 LA Galaxy 23,197 27,000 21,661 -6.62% 6 80.23% 27,000 Portland 20,438 20,438 20,674 1.15% 6 100.00% 20,674 Vancouver 18,984 21,000 19,747 4.02% 6 94.03% 21,000 Sporting KC 19,353 18,467 19,426 0.38% 8 105.19% 18,467 Toronto 18,888 21,978 19,134 1.30% 7 79.23% 24,149 Houston 21,632 22,039 19,098 -11.71% 7 86.66% 22,039 Salt Lake 18,486 20,008 18,303 -0.99% 7 90.55% 20,213 Red Bulls 17,443 25,189 17,517 0.42% 8 69.54% 25,189 Philadelphia 18,407 18,500 17,497 -4.94% 6 94.58% 18,500 FC Dallas 13,181 21,193 14,898 13.02% 8 72.67% 20,500 Colorado 14,892 18,086 14,657 -1.58% 7 81.04% 18,086 D.C. United 13,443 19,647 13,762 2.37% 7 70.05% 19,647 NE Revs 11,819 22,500 13,599 15.06% 7 60.44% 22,500 Columbus 13,219 20,455 12,540 -5.14% 6 62.25% 20,145 Chicago 13,730 20,000 12,514 -8.85% 6 62.57% 20,000 San Jose 16,509 15,313 10,409 -36.95% 8 98.90% 10,525 ChivasUSA 13,632 18,800 8,201 -39.84% 7 43.62% 18,800



My disclaimer about the capacity calculations





For my 2012 calculations, I took the 2 teams playing in football stadiums, DCU in RFK and New England in Foxboro and assigned maximum capacities as follows, DCU-22,500 and New England-22,500. I took the 22,500 from an approximate average of the soccer specific stadiums in use. Capacities are adjusted for the few games that are played in larger venues.

Additional note: Over the years, several stadiums’ capacities have been reported with different numbers. For example, I used 20,455 for Columbus in 2012. If any of you have the accurate soccer capacity for stadiums that differ from mine, please let me know. Also, capacity at CenturyLink in Seattle is a moving target.





Observations





Toronto had 19,200+. Red Bulls drew just under 20,000. Columbus had a weak crowd of 11,000+. Kansas City sold out. Colorado had a strong 17,500+. Salt Lake drew 19,000+. Chivas USA failed again to draw 10,000. New England drew over 19,100.

Chivas USA attendance is getting beyond embarrassing. They are the 2nd team in league history to not break 10,000 in any of its first 7 home matches. The 2003 Dallas team has the unenviable record of not having broken 10,000 in any of its home matches. Chicago drew 14,500+.



Just 34 of the 128 regular season matches have been won by the visiting team.

Newcomer Goal Scoring Watch: Jonathan Osorio scored for Toronto. Claudio Bieler netted for Sporting KC. Ofafemi Martins scored for Seattle. Feel free to add your newcomer observations in the comment section.



The Competition on the Field



This week’s matches, home team listed first with all time home record(W-D-L) v opponent(including this week’s games)

Conference Standings





Chicago are winless in 7 regular season road matches.



Chivas USA are winless in 8 regular season matches.



Colorado are unbeaten in 6 regular season matches.



Dallas are undefeated in 12 regular season home matches.



DC United are winless in 11 regular season matches.



DC United are winless in 7 regular season road matches.



DC United are winless in 6 regular season home matches.



Montréal are undefeated in 6 regular season home matches.



Portland are unbeaten in 11 regular season matches.



Portland are unbeaten in 8 regular season road matches.



San Jose are undefeated in 7 regular season home matches.



San Jose are winless in 8 regular season road matches.



Toronto are winless in 6 regular season home matches.



Toronto are winless in 13 regular season road matches.



Toronto are winless in 11 regular season matches.



Vancouver are winless in 14 regular season road matches.



Vancouver are undefeated in 6 regular season home matches.



MLS Throw Ins



There have been 36 draws thru 128 matches.



There have been 69 clean sheets thru 128 matches, counting scoreless draws as 2.



Through 128 games: goal scoring is down 1.2% from 2012, 2.49 vs 2.52.