Take Me Out to the Ballgame Week 30

The Week 30 numbers look like this...

5 year comparison

Final WeekYTDYTD

Avg+/-GPAvg+/-GP

200620,277NA615,502NA192

200720,5751.47%716,7678.16%195

200817,338-15.73%716,460-1.83%210

200919,91614.87%816,037-2.57%225

201017,292-13.17%916,6753.98%240

2009 season ran 32 weeks

End of Season

AverageMedian%<10K%>20k

200615,50214,17518.75%18.75%

200716,76714,6558.21%29.74%

200816,46015,18810.95%24.76%

200916,03714,68614.67%20.44%

201016,67515,3327.50%22.50%

Here are the attendance comparisons to 2009:

MLS Attendance - Equal # of Home Games

20092010

AttCap %AttAtt +/-GPCap %Cap

Seattle30,89795.36%36,17317.08%15101.90%35,500

LA Galaxy20,41675.61%21,4375.00%1579.40%27,000

Toronto20,34492.57%20,4530.53%1593.06%21,978

PhiladelphiaNANA19,252NA1591.24%18,500

N.Y./N.J. Red Bulls12,49149.59%18,44147.64%1573.21%25,189

Houston17,04775.77%17,3101.54%1576.93%22,500

Real Salt Lake16,37581.00%17,0954.39%1588.39%19,340

Chicago14,68973.44%15,8147.66%1579.07%20,000

Columbus Crew14,44772.23%14,6421.35%1573.21%20,000

ChivasUSA15,09255.90%14,575-3.42%1553.98%27,000

D.C. United16,08871.50%14,532-9.67%1564.59%22,500

Colorado Rapids12,33168.18%13,3298.09%1573.70%18,086

NE Revolution13,73261.03%12,987-5.43%1557.72%22,500

FC Dallas12,44158.70%10,815-13.07%1551.03%21,193

KC Wizards10,05396.81%10,2872.32%1599.06%10,385

San Jose14,11492.56%9,659-31.57%1593.78%10,300

My disclaimer about the capacity calculations

For my calculations, Ive taken the 3 teams playing in Amercan football stadiums, DCU in RFK, Houston in Robertson and New England in Foxboro and assigned maximum capac! ities at 22,500. I took the 22,500 number from an approximate average of the soccer specific stadiums in use.

Philly's first two home games were played at Lincoln Financial Field. The announced capacity for the Union was published as 38,000 and will be calculated as such.

San Jose's 4th match in 2009 was at Oakland Alameda Coliseum and drew over 15,800. Their 7th match was also at OAC and they drew over 17,100. Their 11th was part of a doubleheader with Barcelona and drew over 61,500.

FC Dallas' 14th home match in 2009 was part of a doubleheader(Mexico v Colombia), played at the Cotton Bowl, drawing over 51,000.

Observations

A little over 9,600 showed up for the Quakes match that only had seeding implications. They were treated, however to a hat trick by Chris Wondowlowski, setting a single season franchise record of 17 goals. The Red Bulls had 15,800+ for its Thursday match. Disappointing, considering they were playing to clinch the Eastern Division. A terrific turnout in Houston for the season finale. Over 18,000 in DC for Jaime Moreno's last match for United. An SRO crowd in Kansas City. A good showing in Colorado saw a wild finish. Chivas USA had 14,800 for a meaningless match. Columbus closed out its season with its largest crowd of the year.

Rookie Watch: Tony Tchani had an assist for RBNY. Eric Alexander has an assist for FC Dallas.

Joel Lindpere, on my preseason 'watch list'(bottom of post) scored for RBNY. Geoff Cameron scored for Houston.

The 16,675 average attendance is the 3rd highest. It says something about David Beckham's star power that even with Seattle's fantastic 36,000+ average, 2007, Beckham's first season, is still the 2nd highest attendance. And it's even more astounding since he didn't arrive until late in the season.

Week 30 Games

San Jose3San Jose Center Line Soccer9,633

Chivas USA0Chivas USA - Official Blog

RBNY2Red Bulls Reader15,866

New England0Revolution Soccer

Houston2Soccer y Ftbol - Jo! se de Je sus Ortiz23,990

Seattle1Seattle Times

DC United2DCU - Steve Goff - Soccer Insider18,071

Toronto3TFC Connected

Kansas City4Kansas City - Hillcrest Road11,518

San Jose1San Jose Center Line Soccer

Colorado2Undercurrent17,729

Real Salt Lake2RSL - Behind the Shield

Chivas USA1Chivas USA - Official Blog14,825

Chicago4Chicago Fire Confidential

Columbus3Columbus Dispatch - Crew XTra19,006

Philadelphia1Philadelphia Union Talk

Los Angeles2LA - Official Blog24,993

FC Dallas13rd Degree - Buzz Carrick

GPWDLGFGAGFAGAAPPGPTSGD

Los Angeles 30185744261.470.871.975918

Real Salt Lake 301511445201.500.671.875625

NY Red Bull30156938291.270.971.70519

Dallas 301214442281.400.931.675014

Columbus 30148840341.331.131.67506

Seattle301461039351.301.171.60484

Colorado 301210844321.471.071.534612

San Jose 301371034331.131.101.53461

Kansas City 301161336351.201.171.30391

Chicago 30991237381.231.271.2036-1

Toronto FC 30981333411.101.371.1735-8

Houston 30961540491.331.631.1033-9

New England 30951632501.071.671.0732-18

Philadelphia30871535491.171.631.0331-14

Chivas USA30841831451.031.500.9328-14

DC United 30642021470.701.570.7322-26

Well, the final weekend didn't hold the interest of past seasons, as for the first time in a while, all playoff teams were decided last week. This week was for seeding and the Supporters' Shield.


Colorado finishes above San Jose because of goal differential after they split their two matches. Same for Dallas over Columbus except they drew both games. Overall goal differential determines the standings after head to head.


KC missed the playoffs by seven points. That's the largest gap since the league returned to 2 conferences in 2002.

Down the Stretch(ordered since Sep 1)

Points per game since

the All-Star GameSep 1

GPPPG! GPPPG

Los Angeles121.58382.000

Salt Lake131.92382.000

Seattle122.16782.000

NY Red Bull141.78681.750

San Jose151.533101.700

Colorado141.64391.667

Dallas141.71491.444

Kansas City141.64391.444

Houston131.07781.250

New England151.20091.222

Philadelphia161.06391.222

Chicago161.188111.091

Toronto140.85790.889

DC United130.76980.875

Columbus131.23170.857

Chivas USA140.92990.667

Random Notes

• 5 teams finished with 50 or more points.
  
• 3 teams won at least 15 games. Last time was 2007.
  
• RSL and Dallas lost 4 games, the fewest ever in a 30 game season. San Jose lost 4 in a 32 game season in '05.
  
• The season ends with Jamie Moreno as the all time leading goal scorer with 133. Jeff Cunningham has 132.
  
• Chris Wondolowski, getting his shot due to injury, wins the Golden Boot for most goals in the 2010 season.
  
• Donovan leads the league in assists, despite missing time for the World Cup.

Streaking

• RSL are unbeaten in their last 25 regular season home games, an MLS record.
  
• RSL are unbeaten in their last 14 MLS games.
  
• Dallas are unbeaten in their last 10 league home games.
  
• Seattle are unbeaten in their last 7 league home games.

MLS Throw Ins

• There were 58 draws in 240 matches compared to 69 in all of '09(225 matches).
  
• There were 147 clean sheets in 2010, counting scoreless draws as 2.
  
• Goal scoring was down around 2.6% from 2009, 2.46 vs 2.53.
  
• RSL has lost only twice in its last 45 home league matches(3 seasons).
  
• Houston lost only one home game in '08 and in '09. They lost 6 at home this year.
  
• DC United yielded 17 goals in the last 15 minutes of games.
  
• DC United set a MLS record, being shut out 17 times in one season.

CONCACAF Champions League

RSL a! nd Colum bus are thru to the quarterfinals. RSL finish 1st in Group A, Columbus 2nd in Group B. Seattle assured its place in next year's CCL by winning the US Open Cup. Los Angeles joins Seattle in next year's tourney as Supporters' Shield winner.

• Aug 17 Toronto 2 Cruz Azul 1
• Aug 18 Columbus 1 Municipal 0
• Aug 18 Real Salt Lake 2 Arabe Unido 1
• Aug 19 Marathn 2 Seattle 1

• Aug 24 - Arabe Unido 1 Toronto 0
• Aug 24 - Santos Laguna 1 Columbus 0
• Aug 25 - Cruz Azul 5 Real Salt Lake 4
• Aug 25 - Seattle 0 Monterrey 2
  

• Sep 14 Columbus 3 Joe Public 0
• Sep 14 Saprissa 2 Seattle 0
• Sep 15 Real Salt Lake 4 Toronto 1

• Sep 21 Columbus 1 Santos Laguna 0
• Sep 21 Cruz Azul 0 Toronto 0
• Sep 22 Arabe Unido 2 Real Salt Lake 3
• Sep 22 Monterrey 3 Seattle 2

• Sep 28 Toronto 1 RSL 1
• Sep 29 Municipal 2 Columbus 1
• Sep 29 Seattle 2 Marathn 0

• Oct 19 Toronto 1 Arabe Unido 0
• Oct 19 RSL 3 Cruz Azul 1
• Oct 19 Seattle 1 Saprissa 2
• Oct 21 Joe Public 1 Columbus 4

CONCACAF Champions League

Awdlptsgd

RSL(USA)411137

Cruz Azul(MEX)312106

Toronto(CAN)2228-3

Arabe Unido(PAN)1053-10

B

Santos Laguna(MEX)4111312

Columbus(USA)402126

Municipal(GUA)2228-4

Joe Public(T&T)0151-14

C

Monterrey(MEX)510167

Saprissa(CRC)312104

Marathon(HON)2046-6

Seattle(USA)1053-5

D

Olimpia(HON)411135

Toluca(MEX)3121010

Puerto Rico(CFU)2228-2

FAS(SLV)0242-13

CONCACAF Champions League Group Phase

Group AArabe UnidoRSLCruz AzulTorontoHome

Arabe Unido(PAN)X5002,9755011,325

RSL(USA)10,626X20,46811,57914,224

Cruz Azul(MEX)5,0156,156X5,2805,484

Toronto(CAN)10,38510,58116,862X12,609

Away8,6755,74613,4355,787

Group BColum! busMunic ipalSantos LagunaJoe PublicHome

Columbus(USA)X5,7456,2985,4455,829

Municipal(GUA)3,534X10,4142,4985,482

Santos Laguna(MEX)4,7003,600X7,0005,100

Joe Public(T&T)NR500900X700

Away4,1173,2825,8714,981

Group CMonterreySaprissaSeattleMarathonHome

Monterrey(MEX)X12,04219,6979,62813,789

Saprissa(CRC)1,635X3,0002,8992,511

Seattle(USA)22,51311,434X11,76815,238

Marathon(HON)5001,8201,990X1,437

Away8,2168,4328,2298,098

Group DTolucaOlimpiaPuerto RicoFASHome

Toluca(MEX)X7,4635,1653,9855,538

Olimpia(HON)4,654X5,5509,2006,468

Puerto Rico(CFU)4,1222,632X2,0502,935

FAS(SLV)3,5001,0003,500X2,667

Away4,0923,6984,7385,078

No Report on Columbus at Joe Public

MLS Playoff Attendance - 2006-2009

Just a taste to remind you that Take Me Out to the Ballgame will morph into Take Me Out to the Playoffs, as we did last season.

This year's playoff matchups in the quarterfinals(home team first) - Will Hesmer, Columbus keeper, suffered an injury, out for playoffs

• Oct 28 Colorado v Columbus
• Oct 30 Dallas v Salt Lake
• Oct 30 San Jose v Red Bulls
• Oct 31 Seattle v Los Angeles

• Nov 4 Red Bulls v San Jose
• Nov 6 Columbus v Colorado
• Nov 6 Salt Lake v Dallas
• Nov 7 Los Angeles v Seattle

5 year comparison

Quarterfinals Totals(both legs)

Avg+/-Teams

200513,273NACHI, COL, DAL, DCU, LA, NE, RBNY, SJ

200612,736-4.05%CHI, COL, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, NE, RBNY

200717,04133.81%CHI, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, KC, NE, RBNY

200814,960-12.22%CHI, CHV, CLB, HOU, KC, NE, RBNY, RSL

200920,75538.74%CHI, CHV, CLB, HOU, LA, NE, RSL, SEA

Semifinals Totals

Avg+/-Teams

200515,454NANE v CHI - COL v LA

200621,33038.02%DCU v NE - HOU v COL

200720,645-3.21%NE v CHI - HOU v KC

200817,348-15.97%CLB v CHI - RSL v RBNY

200923,54835.74%LA v HOU - CHI v RSL

Finals Totals

Avg+/-Tea! msVenue< p>200521,193NANE v LAPizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX

200622,4275.82%NE v HOUPizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX

200739,85977.73%NE v HOURFK Stadium, Wash DC

200827,000-32.26%RBNY v CLBHome Depot Center, LA, CA

200946,01170.41%RSL v LAQwest Field, Seattle, WA

Playoff Totals

Avg+/-

200514,390NA

200615,1795.49%

200719,77130.25%

200816,488-16.60%

200923,55942.88%

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