Competitive men's professional soccer has been played in the United States since 1912 and since 2001 for women's. Numerous leagues have existed over the years with some recognized by the United States Soccer Federation and some not. The lists below are the single game attendance records for men's outdoor (60,000+), men's indoor (18,000+), and women's outdoor (16,000+) matches in American club soccer.
Video Record attendances in United States club soccer
Men's soccer
MLS attendance
This list includes matches in which at least one Major League Soccer team has participated. This list does not include several matches played in the U.S. between two clubs not based in the United States (e.g. Chelsea vs. A.C. Milan in the 2009 World Football Challenge).
International doubleheaders
The following are MLS league matches that were part of a double-header involving international teams.
NASL attendance
This list includes matches in which at least one team from the North American Soccer League (1968-84) has participated.
*Cosmos dropped "New York" from name in 1977 and 1978 seasons
Indoor soccer
This list refers to indoor soccer matches, not to regulation soccer matches played in indoor stadiums. Nearly all of the most attended indoor matches occurred during the 1980s in the Major Indoor Soccer League. The majority of these were hosted by the St. Louis Steamers during the early 1980s, or by the Cleveland Force during the mid 1980s.
Maps Record attendances in United States club soccer
Women's soccer
WUSA, WPS, NWSL attendance
These lists include the top-attended league matches from WUSA (2001-2003), WPS (2009-2011), and the NWSL (2013-present), split into standalone matches and matches that were doubleheaders with MLS teams. Doubleheaders make up the majority of WUSA- and WPS-era attendance records above 12,000 fans.
Most top records are held by the Washington Freedom of WUSA (all but two over 21,500); the Freedom also hold the WPS attendance record. Portland Thorns FC held the top six NWSL attendance records until the debut home game for the Orlando Pride, which set the new NWSL record. The Thorns consistently draw over 14,000 fans and average over 17,000; they are the only NWSL team to have drawn over 10,000 fans more than twice - the Pride and the Chicago Red Stars, in addition to their individual records listed below, have drawn over 14,000 once more each, and the Houston Dash have drawn over 13,000 twice. No team aside from Portland has ever drawn an individual game attendance between 10,000 and 13,000.
Foreign clubs attendance
The following table shows record attendances for club soccer matches played in the U.S. where neither team was from a U.S. based league.
See also
- Major League Soccer attendance
- National Women's Soccer League attendance
- Soccer in the United States
- List of soccer clubs in the United States
- List of soccer stadiums in the United States
References
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