FC Cincinnati gained the highest attendance for a soccer match in North America over the weekend, with their friendly against Crystal Palace drawing an astonishing crowd of 35,061.

The third division club's attendance at Nippert Stadium was higher than every other Major League Soccer match - and beat the next best by nearly 10,000.

It is an incredible achievement for a club who were founded less than a year ago and proved once again why their lofty ambitions to become an MLS expansion team are fully justified.