Comments on: July 4th in Major League Soccer http://footiebusiness.com/2009/07/02/july-4th-in-major-league-soccer/ Looking at the business side of the beautiful game Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ben Berger http://footiebusiness.com/2009/07/02/july-4th-in-major-league-soccer/#comment-444 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:34:31 +0000 http://footiebusiness.com/?p=428#comment-444 That is a good analysis. It will be interesting to see if his return game at NY draws as well as it has in the past two years.

]]> By: Peter C http://footiebusiness.com/2009/07/02/july-4th-in-major-league-soccer/#comment-443 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:44:34 +0000 http://footiebusiness.com/?p=428#comment-443 You mentioned the ‘Golden’ return. I’ve been tracking LA’s attendance.

Comparing LA’s 5 away games(I didn’t count Toronto and Seattle) drew 106,945 in ’08. Comparable matches have drawn 58,740 this year. Home attendance is down 23.4%(48,109).
That makes a 106,849 loss in attendance, some of course, attributable to the economy, but most directly attributable to Becks absence.

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