Last season, Major League Soccer saw 11 clubs increase, or stay the same, in their overall attendance during the 2016 campaign. The other nine saw either a slight decline or a rather large one, with the largest being FC Dallas at -12%. Of course, some of these MLS attendance changes were due to facility changes, but there were no new stadiums opened in 2016.
This season, the new addition of stadiums and clubs to the league will obviously increase the overall attendance at the end of the season.
Here’s a look at how the league performed in week one.