With the regular season ending with Decision Week matches, 2019 MLS attendance ended up on a strong note, with almost 300,000 fans attending 12 matches.



Here are both season and Week 31 totals for 2019 MLS attendance, as of Oct. 6:

Team Av. Total Gms 2018 YOY Week 31 1 Atlanta United FC 52,510 892,663 17 53,002 -0.01 44,617 2 Seattle Sounders 40,247 684,192 17 40,641 -0.01 47,297 3 FC Cincinnati 27,336 464,720 17 NA NA 4 Portland Timbers 25,218 428,706 17 21,144 0.19 25,218 5 Toronto FC 25,048 425,816 17 26,628 -0.06 23,692 6 LA Galaxy 23,205 394,477 17 24,444 -0.05 7 Orlando City SC 22,761 386,940 17 23,866 -0.05 22,433 8 LAFC 22,251 378,265 17 22,042 0.01 22,537 9 NYC FC 21,107 358,820 17 23,211 -0.09 10 Minnesota United 19,723 335,291 17 23,902 -0.17 11 Vancouver Whitecaps 19,514 331,745 17 21,946 -0.11 18,378 12 San Jose Earthquakes 18,781 319,272 17 19,032 -0.01 13 Sporting KC 18,601 316,211 17 19,950 -0.07 14 Real Salt Lake 18,121 308,050 17 18,605 -0.03 15 D.C. United 17,744 301,644 17 17,635 0.01 18,732 16 New York Red Bulls 17,281 293,769 17 18,601 -0.07 17 Philadelphia Union 17,111 290,883 17 16,518 0.04 18,525 18 NE Revolution 16,737 284,535 17 18,347 -0.09 19 Montreal Impact 16,171 274,904 17 18,569 -0.13 15,022 20 Houston Dynamo 15,674 266,464 17 16,906 -0.07 21,777 21 Columbus Crew 14,856 252,555 17 12,447 0.19 22 FC Dallas 14,842 252,313 17 15,512 -0.04 15,623 23 Colorado Rapids 14,284 242,833 17 15,333 -0.07 24 Chicago Fire 12,324 209,516 17 14,806 -0.17 TOTALS 21,310 8,694,584 408 21,873 -0.03 293,851 WEEKLY AV. 24,488

The league experienced a rise in total attendance thanks to the addition of FC Cincinnati, but 2019 saw a 3 percent decline from 2018 on a per-match average. Some of the decline is understandable (Minnesota United moving to a smaller venue represents a 1 percent dip on its own), and we expect other declines to be addressed in the offseason–and some, like the move of the Chicago Fire from SeatGeek Stadium to Soldier Field, are already underway.