Red Bulls on Course to Surpass 2010 Attendance

Despite the Results, Attendance at RBA Is Up (Photo by Dan Dickinson)

It has been a while since we updated our MLS Attendance Tracker feature (our apologies, but life has a nasty habit of getting in the way of soccer sometimes). In any case, we have a brand spanking new update this morning, which you can find either here or by clicking the link below the Twitter feed on the right of our homepage. The big takeaway for the Red Bulls is that, despite a pretty horrific year on the pitch, the club is well on course to surpass 2010 attendance (+2.9% to date), with only the rescheduled Los Angeles Galaxy and Philadelphia Union matches remaining.

It remains to be seen, of course, how the Red Bulls' new pricing scheme - and 2011 season results - affect attendance as Red Bull Arena enters its third season.

On the whole, MLS has seen 4.7 million fans attend games so far this year, compared to 3.8 million all of last year. The additions of Portland and Vancouver have certainly helped.

Ranked Total Home Attendance
1) Seattle Sounders FC: 553,987
2) LA Galaxy: 342,693
3) Toronto FC: 302,803
4) Portland Timbers: 299,739
5) New York Red Bulls: 284,510
6) Philadelphia Union: 273,253
7) Vancouver Whitecaps: 269,281
8) Sporting Kansas City: 265,017
9) Real Salt Lake: 257,971
10) Houston Dynamo: 253,594
11) Colorado Rapids: 222,056
12) Chivas USA: 213,831
13) Chicago Fire: 212,049
14) D.C. United: 211,872
15) FC Dallas: 208,414
16) Columbus Crew: 191,581
17) San Jose Earthquakes: 180,318
18) NE Revolution: 178,352

Ranked Total Attendance (Home and Away)
1) Seattle Sounders FC: 797,553
2) LA Galaxy: 673,750
3) New York Red Bulls: 613,387
4) Toronto FC: 555,199
5) Portland Timbers: 540,384
6) Vancouver Whitecaps: 532,983
7) Sporting Kansas City: 527,320
8) Houston Dynamo: 507,235
9) Philadelphia Union: 501,609
10) Real Salt Lake: 486,051
11) Colorado Rapids: 484,321
12) Chivas USA: 483,717
13) Chicago Fire: 474,889
14) FC Dallas: 470,052
15) Columbus Crew: 457,225
16) NE Revolution: 457,000
17) D.C. United: 450,221
18) San Jose Earthquakes: 429,746 

Many thanks to our friend Chris Lalli for compiling all the data! 

Red Bulls on Course to Surpass 2010 Attendance