Take a bow, Atlanta United.
Two attendance records were broken by the expansion side on Sunday in their regular-season finale, a 2-2 home draw, vs. Toronto FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium:
- The single-game attendance record
The crowd of 71,824 fans that turned out for the match surpassed the previous standalone single-game high of 70,245, which ATL UTD had previously established against Orlando City on September 16. - The single-season attendance average
Atlanta United also raised their season average to an unprecedented 48,200, topping Seattle Sounders' 2015 showing (44,247) and setting a new bar for American soccer, topping the New York Cosmos of 1978 (nearly 48,000).
Seattle, second this season at 43,666, finished with the fourth-highest all-time mark and stretched a league-record to 150 consecutive matches with at least 25,000 fans; Toronto FC is second at 29 and counting. Four clubs -- TFC, the Portland Timbers, New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire -- each set a record (by average) for their current stadium.
Additionally, MLS finished 2017 with a league-wide season average attendance figure of 22,106, marking the first time the league finished above 22,000, drawing more than 8 million total fans, also for the first time. Thirty-five matches topped 40,000 fans, up from 11 in 2016.
Final 2017 Regular-Season Team Attendance Report
| HOME GAMES | ROAD GAMES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLUB | DATES | TOTAL | AVERAGE | DATES | TOTAL | AVERAGE |
| Atlanta United | 17 | 819,404 | 48,200 | 17 | 379,475 | 22,322 |
| Chicago Fire | 17 | 295,511 | 17,383 | 17 | 383,763 | 22,574 |
| Colorado Rapids | 17 | 260,476 | 15,322 | 17 | 373,648 | 21,979 |
| Columbus Crew SC | 17 | 262,469 | 15,439 | 17 | 353,135 | 20,773 |
| FC Dallas | 17 | 257,077 | 15,122 | 17 | 389,855 | 22,933 |
| D.C. United | 17 | 304,369 | 17,904 | 17 | 382,887 | 22,523 |
| Houston Dynamo | 17 | 297,507 | 17,500 | 17 | 351,730 | 20,690 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 17 | 332,121 | 19,537 | 17 | 359,950 | 21,174 |
| LA Galaxy | 17 | 378,182 | 22,246 | 17 | 406,912 | 23,936 |
| Minnesota United | 17 | 349,138 | 20,538 | 17 | 364,563 | 21,445 |
| Montreal Impact | 17 | 340,783 | 20,046 | 17 | 352,384 | 20,728 |
| New England Revolution | 17 | 329,233 | 19,367 | 17 | 371,220 | 21,836 |
| New York City FC | 17 | 377,016 | 22,177 | 17 | 391,529 | 23,031 |
| New York Red Bulls | 17 | 359,977 | 21,175 | 17 | 429,369 | 25,257 |
| Orlando City SC | 17 | 425,477 | 25,028 | 17 | 434,718 | 25,572 |
| Philadelphia Union | 17 | 285,797 | 16,812 | 17 | 360,761 | 21,221 |
| Portland Timbers | 17 | 359,448 | 21,144 | 17 | 388,839 | 22,873 |
| Real Salt Lake | 17 | 319,284 | 18,781 | 17 | 323,212 | 19,012 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 17 | 337,873 | 19,875 | 17 | 369,603 | 21,741 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 17 | 742,314 | 43,666 | 17 | 359,673 | 21,157 |
| Toronto FC | 17 | 470,005 | 27,647 | 17 | 395,633 | 23,273 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 17 | 364,073 | 21,416 | 17 | 344,675 | 20,275 |
| MLS Totals | 374 | 8,267,534 | 22,106 | 374 | 8,267,534 | 22,106 |
