by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Oct 15, 2015

2015 MLS Attendance:



TEAM AVERAGE (+/-)

Seattle 43,547

Orlando City 32,202

New York City 28,695

Toronto FC 23,752

LA Galaxy 23,167

San Jose 21,165

Portland 21,142

Houston 20,690

Vancouver 20,477

Real Salt Lake 20,224

Sporting KC 19,758

NY Red Bulls 19,568

New England 18,169

Montreal 17,559

Philadelphia 17,460

Columbus 16,852

FC Dallas 16,229

D.C. United 16,003

Chicago 15,762

Colorado 15,657

LEAGUE AVERAGE

21,404.

Highest MLS Attendance:

AVG. TEAM (YEAR)

43,547 *Seattle (2015)

32,202 *Orlando City (2015)

28,695

*New York City (2015)

Major League Soccer moves into the final two weekends of the season when some of its biggest crowds of the regular season are expected. But already MLS attendance is up 11.8 percent to 21,404 fans a game and will shatter last year's record of 19,147.The arrival of expansion teams New York City FC and Orlando City and folding of Chivas USA account for much of the increase but year-to-year attendance for the 18 returning teams is still up almost 3 percent.(-.4%)(+8%)(+9%)(+42%)(+2%)(+3%)(+.3%)(-1%)(-1%)(+1%)(+9%)(+1%)(-1%)(-.2%)(-3%)(+6%)(-2%)(+4%)For the eighth year in a row, Seattle (43,547) will account lead MLS in average attendance by a wide margin, but Orlando City (32,202) and NYCFC (28,695) will crack the top 10 in all-time attendance. Each has one more home game.Average attendance of 11 of the 18 returning teams are up compared to 2014, and five others are down by 1 percent or less. FC Dallas is down 3 percent and Chicago is down 2 percent.San Jose, which moved into Avaya Stadium, is up 42 percent while the LA Galaxy (9 percent), New England (9 percent), Toronto FC (8 percent) and D.C. United) (6 percent) all have seen healthy increases.The Revs' increase should top 10 percent for the season as they expect a record regular-season crowd of more than 40,000 for their final home game of the season Saturday against Montreal.A record 10 teams will average more than 20,000 fans a game, up from eight in 2014. Averaging 19,758 fans a game, Sporting Kansas City has 68 straight sellouts.44,038 Seattle (2013)43,734 Seattle (2014)43,144 Seattle (2012)38,496 Seattle (2011)36,173 Seattle (2010)30,897 Seattle (2009)28,916 LA Galaxy (1996)*One home game remaining.