Take Me Out to the Ballgame – Week 14
The Week 14 numbers look like this…
| 5 year comparison | ||||||||
| Week 14 | 109 GP | YTD | ||||||
| Avg | +/- | GP | Avg | +/- | Avg | +/- | GP | |
| 2006 | 10,494 | 7 | 14,917 | 14,602 | 88 | |||
| 2007 | 15,376 | 46.52% | 12 | 14,905 | -0.08% | 15,174 | 3.91% | 97 |
| 2008 | 17,581 | 14.35% | 7 | 16,407 | 10.08% | 17,306 | 14.05% | 100 |
| 2009 | 16,192 | -7.90% | 6 | 14,977 | -8.72% | 15,318 | -11.48% | 106 |
| 2010 | 17,579 | 8.56% | 8 | 16,443 | 9.78% | 16,443 | 7.34% | 109 |
| YTD – 109 Games | ||||
| Average | Median | %<10K | %>20k | |
| 2006 | 14,917 | 13,111 | 22.02% | 17.43% |
| 2007 | 14,905 | 14,173 | 11.93% | 20.18% |
| 2008 | 16,407 | 15,276 | 11.93% | 25.69% |
| 2009 | 14,977 | 14,271 | 15.60% | 16.51% |
| 2010 | 16,443 | 14,322 | 10.09% | 22.02% |
Here are the attendance comparisons to 2009:
| MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games | |||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Att | Cap % | Att | Att +/- | GP | Cap % | Cap | |
| Seattle | 29,364 | 90.63% | 36,146 | 23.10% | 8 | 101.82% | 35,500 |
| Philadelphia | NA | NA | 26,221 | NA | 3 | 83.24% | 18,500 |
| LA Galaxy | 19,298 | 71.47% | 20,687 | 7.20% | 7 | 76.62% | 27,000 |
| Toronto | 20,151 | 91.69% | 20,410 | 1.29% | 7 | 92.87% | 21,978 |
| Houston | 15,689 | 69.73% | 16,318 | 4.01% | 8 | 72.52% | 22,500 |
| N.Y./N.J. Red Bulls | 10,966 | 43.54% | 16,282 | 48.48% | 7 | 64.64% | 25,189 |
| Real Salt Lake | 16,045 | 76.46% | 16,277 | 1.45% | 8 | 84.16% | 19,340 |
| D.C. United | 14,303 | 63.57% | 14,734 | 3.01% | 7 | 65.49% | 22,500 |
| ChivasUSA | 15,625 | 57.87% | 14,451 | -7.52% | 7 | 53.52% | 27,000 |
| Columbus Crew | 12,868 | 64.34% | 14,368 | 11.65% | 7 | 71.84% | 20,000 |
| Chicago | 11,726 | 58.63% | 14,267 | 21.66% | 6 | 71.33% | 20,000 |
| Colorado Rapids | 11,940 | 66.02% | 13,716 | 14.88% | 6 | 75.84% | 18,086 |
| FC Dallas | 8,770 | 41.38% | 11,240 | 28.17% | 7 | 53.04% | 21,193 |
| NE Revolution | 13,242 | 58.85% | 10,603 | -19.93% | 7 | 47.12% | 22,500 |
| KC Wizards | 9,703 | 93.44% | 9,966 | 2.70% | 7 | 95.96% | 10,385 |
| San Jose | 11,774 | 56.32% | 9,515 | -19.19% | 7 | 92.38% | 10,300 |
My disclaimer about the capacity calculations
For my calculations, I’ve taken the 3 teams playing in Amercan football stadiums, DCU in RFK, Houston in Robertson and New England in Foxboro and assigned maximum capacities at 22,500. I took the 22,500 number from an approximate average of the soccer specific stadiums in use.
Observations
Toronto started off the week with a near full house on a Thursday evening. RSL followed that up with a terrific 19,000+ on Friday. Columbus drew 14,000+. Don’t know if Dallas had extracurriculars, but they pulled in just under 16,000! San Jose had a sellout, while Chivas USA had another so-so gate, just under 14,500. On July 4th, Colorado sold out despite nasty weather. And the Galaxy also sold out as Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle returned to action.
Rookie Watch: Ike Opara scored for San Jose. Blair Gavin scored for Chivas USA and Danny Mwanga tallied for the Union. Andy Najar netted for DC United. Tim Ream(RBNY) had a decent game.
| Week 14 Games | ||
| Toronto | 1 | TFC Connected |
| Houston | 1 | Soccer y Fútbol – Jose de Jesus Ortiz |
| Real Salt Lake | 5 | RSL – Behind the Shield |
| New England | 0 | Revolution Soccer |
| Columbus | 2 | Columbus Dispatch – Crew XTra |
| Chicago | 1 | Chicago Fire Confidential |
| FC Dallas | 1 | 3rd Degree – Buzz Carrick |
| Kansas City | 0 | Kansas City – Hillcrest Road |
| San Jose | 1 | San Jose Center Line Soccer |
| DC United | 1 | DCU – Steve Goff – Soccer Insider |
| Chivas USA | 1 | Chicago Fire Confidential |
| Philadelphia | 1 | Philadelphia Union Talk |
| Colorado | 1 | Undercurrent |
| RBNY | 1 | Red Bulls Reader |
| Los Angeles | 3 | LA – Official Blog |
| Seattle | 1 | Seattle Times |
| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GFA | GAA | PPG | PTS | GD | |
| Los Angeles | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 1.67 | 0.33 | 2.40 | 36 | 20 |
| Real Salt Lake | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 1.93 | 0.79 | 1.93 | 27 | 16 |
| Columbus | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 1.54 | 0.92 | 2.08 | 27 | 8 |
| NY Red Bull | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 1.79 | 25 | 1 |
| Colorado | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 1.23 | 0.92 | 1.69 | 22 | 4 |
| Dallas | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1.23 | 0.92 | 1.62 | 21 | 4 |
| Toronto FC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1.23 | 1.15 | 1.46 | 19 | 1 |
| San Jose | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1.23 | 1.15 | 1.46 | 19 | 1 |
| Houston | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 1.40 | 1.47 | 1.20 | 18 | -1 |
| Chicago | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.31 | 17 | 0 |
| Seattle | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 1.07 | 1.53 | 1.00 | 15 | -7 |
| Kansas City | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 0.85 | 1.31 | 0.92 | 12 | -6 |
| Chivas USA | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 1.07 | 1.50 | 0.79 | 11 | -6 |
| Philadelphia | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 1.25 | 1.92 | 0.92 | 11 | -8 |
| New England | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 0.93 | 1.86 | 0.79 | 11 | -13 |
| DC United | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 0.79 | 1.79 | 0.79 | 11 | -14 |
Streaking
- RSL are unbeaten in their last 9 regular season games.
- RSL are unbeaten in their last 18 regular season home games.
- Chivas USA are winless in 7 but they did break their 6 game losing streak.
- Colorado are unbeaten in their last 6 games.
- Dallas are unbeaten in their last 5 road games.
- Toronto are unbeaten in their last 14 regular season home games(7 in ’09).
- Kansas City are winless in their last 8 road games(2 in ’09).
- Los Angeles are unbeaten in their last 10 regular season home games(3 in ’09).
MLS Throw Ins
- Half of this week’s games ended 1-1.
- There have been 25 draws compared to 39 in ’09 thru the first 109 matches.
- There have been 67 clean sheets in the first 109 matches, counting scoreless draws as 2.
- Through 109 games: goal scoring is down around 6% from 2009, 2.51 vs 2.63.
- RSL has lost only twice in its last 37 home matches. They lost only once in ’08 and ’09, a feat matched by Houston.
Congestion Time
The time stretches below start and end with a full week(minimum) between games at the front and back end.
- In a 29 day stretch, Houston and ChivasUSA will play 9 games, between MLS, US Open Cup and SuperLiga.
- In a 24 day stretch, Chicago will play 7 games, between MLS, US Open Cup and SuperLiga.
- In a 24 day stretch, New England will play 6 games, between MLS, US Open Cup and SuperLiga.
6 of the 8 MLS clubs, including defending cup holders Seattle are through to the 4th round. The winner will compete in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League.
4th round schedule (All Times ET)
July 6
- 7:30pm Charleston Battery (USL-2) at Columbus Crew (MLS) Columbus Crew Stadium; Columbus, Ohio
- 8:30pm Chivas USA (MLS) at Houston Dynamo (MLS) Robertson Stadium; Houston, Texas
July 7
- 10:00pm Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) at Seattle Sounders (MLS) Starfire Sports Complex; Tukwila, Wash.
July 21
- 7:30pm Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) at D.C. United (MLS) Maryland SoccerPlex – Boyds, MD
The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup structure
In case you were wondering, here is the World Cup schedule(June 11-July 11). Note that the latest start time(ET) is 2pm.
5 Responses to Take Me Out to the Ballgame – Week 14
just a bit of an fyi. your average for TFC is off by a bit. you have 20,249 but the actual average over 7 games is 20,410. according to the TFC website and official game recaps the 7 home attendances to date were: 21,978; 18,394; 20,060; 20,672; 21,583; 18,809; 21,374 for a total attendance to date of 142,870 and an average of 20,410.
Ole:
Thank you, you are correct. Found the error in my formula. Had the 20,410 in 3 other places in my spreadsheet, but the wrong number where it is picked up for the web posting. Thanks again.
Peter
pshaw. don’t mention it. plus i have to check my numbers about 4 times to make sure i don’t have typos or transposed numbers so i completely understand that sort of thing happens. that is why having a bunch of people keeping track of things to keep each other cross checked is a good thing.
Wow. I hope the spike in attendance is due to the World Cup and not just the holiday weekend. Really nice to see that; should end the season nicely.
Not mentioned is who Seattle beat to get to the final the future MLS Portland Timbers.
They drew 16k for the mid week game. (The loudest away game the Sounder’s will have for sure)
There were Sounder’s fans there, but they will draw better than average next year. I would be surprised if they are not in the top 5 in attendance next year. With Vancouver being one of the teams too.