Wednesday, November 9, 2011

UCSB leads rise in college soccer attendance

Soccer America reports on the rising attendance in college soccer, lead by the University of California Santa Barbara.



UC Santa Barbara drew 13,822 fans, the largest crowd of the season and second largest crowd ever for an on-campus regular-season game, for its 2-0 win over Cal Poly.

UCSB, which has led the nation in attendance for five straight years, is averaging 5,375 fans a game at Harder Stadium in 2011.

In 2010, a record 15,896 fans watched UCSB-UCLA at Harder Stadium. The Gauchos own the three highest attended on-campus games in NCAA history and four of the top five.

-- No. 1 New Mexico drew the highest regular-season crowd ever at the UNM Soccer Complex as 5,284 fans watched the unbeaten Lobos beat UNLV, 3-0. New Mexico has averaged 4,400 fans for its last five games.

2011 Top Men's Crowds

13,822 1. UC Santa Barbara-Cal Poly
13,772 2. UC Santa Barbara-San Diego
11,075 3. Cal Poly-UC Santa Barbara
7,957 4. Maryland-Duke
7,821 5. Louisville-UCLA
7,423 6. Clemson-South Carolina
7,178 7. Maryland-Stanford
5,819 8. Akron-Ohio State
5,648 9. Maryland-Creighton
5,568 10. Saint Louis-Missouri State

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