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The Evergreen Premier League will pass the 10,000 mark in total attendance this weekend when matches are hosted in Tacoma, Bellingham, Yakima and Vancouver. See match previews here.

The first-year elite adult men’s soccer league has seen 30 of it’s 56 matches played. The total turnstile count for all matches is 9,446, an average of 331 per contest.

As the league was being put together there was a stated effort on the part of clubs to connect with their communities. The results so far are encouraging in terms of numbers but also in terms of individual moments between fans and players.

The Spokane Shadow lead the EPLWA in attendance averaging 590 fans per match. Bellingham is close behind at 559. Vancouver (361), Wenatchee (327) and Yakima (314) are in the middle. In the greater Puget Sound area the three EPLWA sides are making strides but linger at the back of the pack. South Sound (190), Seattle Stars (153) and WestSound (151).

The rest of the season looks promising for the EPLWA in terms of trending. The top 5 attendance clubs still have 17 matches left to host.

Other Leagues

This is a year of great growth in Washington adult elite soccer. The state has four clubs in the PDL, two in the NPSL and eight in the EPLWA. The NPSL clubs, Seattle Sporting FC and Inter United FC, have not released attendance numbers as their seasons wind down. The PDL clubs are averaging 258 fans per match so far. Kitsap Pumas – 426, Sounders U23- 362, Puget Sound Gunners- 167, Washington Crossfire- 75. The Sounders U23 play at Kitsap on Friday in a match that drew 900 last year. On Sunday they host the annual battle at Tumwater against the Timbers U-23 that usually draws over 1,000.

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