Paul Kennedy of Soccer America reports on the past week's attendance in Major League Soccer.
Thanks in part to expansion teams Portland and Vancouver both drawing capacity crowds, MLS average attendance is up more than 1,300 fans a game over the final 2010 average, though several teams that date back to the launch of MLS in 1996 are struggling at the gate.
* Columbus is averaging only 10,850 fans a game at Crew Stadium. Its 15-year low was 12,275 fans a game in 1998, its last season at Ohio Stadium.
* New England is averaging only 9,853 fans a game. Average attendance at Gillette Stadium has fallen in each of the last four years to a low of 10,041 in 2010.
MLS ATTENDANCE:
| Club (2011 Rank) | Week 6 Home Games | 2011 Home Average | 2010 Home Average (Final) |
| Chicago (11) | 12,473 | 14,278 | 15,814 |
| Chivas USA (12) | -- | 14,845 | 14,576 |
| Colorado (14) | 14,185 | 13,727 | 13,329 |
| Columbus (15) | -- | 10,850 | 14,642 |
| D.C. United (4) | 18,052 | 20,935 | 14,532 |
| FC Dallas (13) | -- | 14,476 | 10,815 |
| Houston (10) | -- | 15,536 | 17,310 |
| Kansas City (-) | -- | -- | 10,287 |
| Los Angeles (2) | 23,719 | 25,239 | 21,437 |
| New England (17) | 11,414 | 9,853 | 12,987 |
| New York (9) | -- | 16,318 | 18,441 |
| Philadelphia (7) | -- | 17,589 | 19,254 |
| Portland (8) | -- | 18,627 | -- |
| Real Salt Lake (5) | -- | 18,010 | 17,095 |
| San Jose (16) | 10,525 | 10,064 | 9,659 |
| Seattle (1) | -- | 36,290 | 36,173 |
| Toronto FC (6) | 20,145 | 19,593 | 20,453 |
| Vancouver (3) | 21,000 | 20,843 | -- |
| Leaguewide | 16,518 | 17,370 | 16,037 |
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