Even in the USL, FC Cincinnati had matches with attendance in the top ten for soccer games across the Americas. They led in USL attendance in every one of their three years in the league.
This was a key reason why MLS chose FC Cincinnati as an expansion team. There was already a terrific market. And that has not changed.
This season, through 16 home games of the first MLS season, the team has averaged 27,442. That ranks third in MLS, behind only the Seattle Sounders, 39,806, and Atlanta United, 53,003.
And all this is despite being eliminated from the postseason many weeks ago.