Sunday, June 02, 2019

Major League Soccer

Through 13 weeks every team in the league is down in attendance. The league average is 8% lower than through the same period a year ago. And, 2018 saw the first league-wide attendance drop in five years. The team averages ranges from -1%, LAFC, to a disturbingly large -17% in Minnesota, double trouble because Minnesota is a recently added team; they came into the league with Atlanta.

The darkest aspect of the situation is that every team is affected.