The 2011 regular-season attendance of 17,872 marked an all-time high for the 16-year-old league, whose highest attendance average came in its inaugural season of 1996. For MLS team attendance rankings and attendance history ...
* MLS's 17,872 attendance average in 2011 marked an 11.4 percent increase from 2010's 16,037 and is the league's highest since the 1996 inaugural season's 17,406.
* Total attendance for 306 games was a record 5.47 million.
* Seattle's average of 38,496 makes it the attendance leader for the third straight year and sets a record for all-time highest season attendance average for an MLS team. Seattle averaged 36,173 in 2010 and 30,897 in its inaugural 2009 season when it beat the Galaxy's 1996 high mark of 28,916.
* MLS newcomers Portland and Vancouver drew 18,827 and 20,406, respectively.
* Twelve of the 16 returning clubs saw an increase in attendance over 2010, with Kansas City, in its new Livestrong Sporting Park, enjoying the biggest boost: up 73 percent to 17,810.
* The 10 games in Week 32, the last of the regular season, averaged 20,144 and included season highs at Chicago (20,237) and Houston (30,018).
* MLS's 17,872 attendance average in 2011 marked an 11.4 percent increase from 2010's 16,037 and is the league's highest since the 1996 inaugural season's 17,406.
* Total attendance for 306 games was a record 5.47 million.
* Seattle's average of 38,496 makes it the attendance leader for the third straight year and sets a record for all-time highest season attendance average for an MLS team. Seattle averaged 36,173 in 2010 and 30,897 in its inaugural 2009 season when it beat the Galaxy's 1996 high mark of 28,916.
* MLS newcomers Portland and Vancouver drew 18,827 and 20,406, respectively.
* Twelve of the 16 returning clubs saw an increase in attendance over 2010, with Kansas City, in its new Livestrong Sporting Park, enjoying the biggest boost: up 73 percent to 17,810.
* The 10 games in Week 32, the last of the regular season, averaged 20,144 and included season highs at Chicago (20,237) and Houston (30,018).
MLS ATTENDANCE:
| Club (2011 Rank) | Week 32 Home Games | 2011 Home Average (Final) | 2010 Home Average (Final) |
| Chicago (14) | 20,237 | 14,273 | 15,814 |
| Chivas USA (13) | 22,137 | 14,830 | 14,576 |
| Colorado (12) | -- | 14,838 | 13,329 |
| Columbus (17) | -- | 12,185 | 14,642 |
| D.C. United (11) | 15,965 14,317 | 15,196 | 14,532 |
| FC Dallas (16) | -- | 12,861 | 10,815 |
| Houston (9) | 30,018 | 17,694 | 17,310 |
| Kansas City (8) | -- | 17,810 | 10,287 |
| Los Angeles (2) | -- | 23,335 | 21,437 |
| New England (15) | -- | 13,222 | 12,987 |
| New York (5) | 25,044 | 19,749 | 18,441 |
| Philadelphia (7) | -- | 18,259 | 19,254 |
| Portland (6) | -- | 18,827 | -- |
| Real Salt Lake (10) | 20,378 | 17,591 | 17,095 |
| San Jose (18) | 10,744 | 11,858 | 9,659 |
| Seattle (1) | -- | 38,496 | 36,173 |
| Toronto FC (4) | 21,600 | 20,267 | 20,453 |
| Vancouver (3) | 17,288 | 20,406 | -- |
| Leaguewide | 20,144 | 17,872 | 16,037 |
TOP MLS TEAM ATTENDANCE AVERAGES
2011 Seattle: 38,496
2010 Seattle: 36,173
2009 Seattle: 30,897
1996 Los Angeles: 28,916
2008 Los Angeles: 26,009
2007 Los Angeles: 24,252
2005 Los Angeles: 24,204
1996 MetroStars: 23,898
2004 Los Angeles: 23,809
2003: Los Angeles: 21,983
1998 Los Angeles: 21,784
2001: D.C. United 21,518
1997 New England: 21,423
2006 Los Angeles: 20,814
2002: Colorado: 20,687
2000 Los Angeles: 20,400
1999 Columbus: 17,696
MLS YEAR-BY-YEAR ATTENDANCE AVERAGE
1996 - 17,406
1997 - 14,603
1998 - 14,312
1999 - 14,282
2000 - 13,756
2001 - 14,961
2002 - 15,821
2003 - 14,898
2004 - 15,559
2005 - 15,108
2006 - 15,504
2007 - 16,770
2008 - 16,460
2009 - 16,037
2010 - 16,675
2011 - 17,872
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