There is something called the Centre Internationale d”Etude du Sport sitting in a Swiss chateau that does nothing but analyze sports statistics, especially soccer. Dream job anyone?
Before you brush up your resume, here’s a taster of what they do. As reported today by NBC Sports, the CIES Football Observatory publishes a monthly report on various topics as they deem fit. The current month’s report takes a look at attendance in soccer across 51 different leagues in 42 countries. The report is good news for MLS and Atlanta United.
Atlanta United, based on attendance averages over the past five seasons (yes, I know we’ve only had two), ranks no.