The strong finish to the season is reflected in the final 2018 MLS attendance figures for Week 35, as the circuit ends up just slightly down from 2017’s per-game average.



Here are the numbers to date for 2018 MLS attendance, as of October 28:

Team Av. Total Gms 2017 YOY Week 35 1 Atlanta United FC 53,002 901,033 17 48,200 0.10 2 Seattle Sounders 40,641 690,893 17 43,666 -0.07 42,617 3 Toronto FC 26,628 452,675 17 27,647 -0.04 23,895 4 LA Galaxy 24,444 415,543 17 22,251 0.10 27,068 5 Minnesota United 23,902 406,342 17 20,538 0.16 6 Orlando City SC 23,866 405,730 17 25,028 -0.05 7 NYC FC 23,211 394,583 17 22,643 0.03 26,441 8 LAFC 22,042 374,716 17 NA NA 9 Vancouver Whitecaps 21,946 373,089 17 21,760 0.01 25,348 10 Portland Timbers 21,144 359,448 17 21,144 0.00 11 Sporting KC 19,950 339,148 17 19,536 0.02 20,702 12 San Jose Earthquakes 19,032 323,547 17 19,875 -0.04 13 Real Salt Lake 18,605 316,286 17 18,781 -0.01 14 New York Red Bulls 18,601 316,214 17 21,175 -0.12 20,023 15 Montreal Impact 18,569 315,665 17 20,046 -0.07 16 NE Revolution 18,347 311,897 17 19,367 -0.05 28,832 17 D.C. United 17,635 299,803 17 17,904 -0.01 18 Houston Dynamo 16,906 287,408 17 17,500 -0.03 19 Philadelphia Union 16,518 280,805 17 16,901 -0.02 20 FC Dallas 15,512 263,707 17 15,122 0.03 21 Colorado Rapids 15,333 260,660 17 15,322 0.00 15,172 22 Chicago Fire 14,806 251,708 17 17,383 -0.15 19,459 23 Columbus Crew 12,447 211,603 17 15,439 -0.19 17,677 TOTALS 21,873 8,552,503 391 22,147 -0.01 267,234 WEEKLY AV. 24,294

Last week attendance totaled 383,622 fans in the most well-attended week for 2018 MLS attendance, as 15 matches generated some serious numbers. Those serious numbers continued to end the season, with a robust 24,294 fans per match in 11 matches. Almost every team outdrew their season average by healthy margins–welcome news for most of the teams in action. The most important stat when you look at the 2018 MLS attendance numbers: season attendance per match was only down 1 percent. Earlier this year attendance was down some 6 percent year over year thanks to horrendous weather plaguing the early season. This makes for a decent rally, to be sure.