Ams1984 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 42 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: Even if some people were taking a generous accounting of attendance (though there is no evidence that is occurring)... Even if some people approach this league with a sense of optimism (though the optimism seems largely warranted)... And even if people are trying to look on the bright side of events (after literally decades of being a soccer backwater)... What is the big friggin deal? Why the incessant need to try and quench the enthusiasm? THAT is the part that galls me. Amen, preach on! I really don’t get the obsession with constant negativity and pessimism! As if it isn’t already hard enough being a Canadian soccer fan, some of us seek to constantly stand in our own damned way. BuzzAndSting, deschamp86, gator and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Stryker911, Ams1984, Ivanovski94 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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grasshopper1917 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Should be interesting to see how this round of Voyagers cup crowds will end up. I know in Halifax this is the first game that was not included in the season ticket package and we had some ticketing problems. York has an interesting promotion all tickets are 10$. I'm thinking the games not included in the season tickets may be a bit challenging. Might be interesting to see if other clubs offer big promotions like York? PS - for a variety of reasons Wednesday is shaping up to likely be by far our smallest crowd on the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 11 minutes ago, grasshopper1917 said: Should be interesting to see how this round of Voyagers cup crowds will end up. I know in Halifax this is the first game that was not included in the season ticket package and we had some ticketing problems. York has an interesting promotion all tickets are 10$. I'm thinking the games not included in the season tickets may be a bit challenging. Might be interesting to see if other clubs offer big promotions like York? PS - for a variety of reasons Wednesday is shaping up to likely be by far our smallest crowd on the season. Why is the start time so early for Halifax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper1917 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 31 minutes ago, narduch said: Why is the start time so early for Halifax? That is a mystery. There never really was an explanation. Our first cup game was 6pm due to a memorial cup game in town at 8pm. Not sure how or why 6:15 was chosen for a start time - very odd for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, grasshopper1917 said: That is a mystery. There never really was an explanation. Our first cup game was 6pm due to a memorial cup game in town at 8pm. Not sure how or why 6:15 was chosen for a start time - very odd for sure. The only possible explanation I can think of is that it minimizes the overlap between the HFX-Valour and York-FCE matches for the stream viewers. Pretty weak sauce if so. Edited June 4, 2019 by jonovision CanadaFan123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I have a bunch of naysayers on ignore so I'd like to post this to show some perspective. Some CPL teams eclipse many USLC teams that have been around longer in a league that have been around far longer. This is the "half-full" glass. Not bad for a 6 weeks old league. 😎 MLS Atlanta United FC 52,535 MLS Seattle Sounders 38,180 MLS FC Cincinnati 27,517 MLS Portland Timbers 25,218 MLS Toronto FC 24,790 MLS Orlando City SC 23,089 MLS LA Galaxy 22,187 MLS LAFC 22,159 MLS NYC FC 21,341 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps 20,391 MLS Minnesota United 19,724NWSL Portland Thorns FC 19,461MLS Sporting KC 18,856 MLS Real Salt Lake 17,219 MLS D.C. United 16,918 MLS San Jose Earthquakes 16,628 MLS New York Red Bulls 16,131 MLS Montreal Impact 15,983 MLS Philadelphia Union 15,840 MLS Houston Dynamo 14,931 MLS FC Dallas 14,531 MLS NE Revolution 14,345 MLS Colorado Rapids 13,748NWSL Utah Royals FC 13,014MLS Columbus Crew 12,930USLC New Mexico United 12,299 USLC Indy Eleven 11,320 USLC Sacramento Republic FC 10,742MLS Chicago Fire 10,635CPL Forge FC 9,795USLC Louisville City FC 8,088 USLC Las Vegas Lights FC 7,593 USLC Hartford Athletic 7,246 USLC Memphis 901 FC 6,957 USLC El Paso Locomotive FC 6,938CPL Valour FC 6,731USLC Phoenix Rising FC 6,535 USLC San Antonio FC 6,352 USLC Nashville SC 6,320CPL HFX Wanderers FC 6,200USLC Tampa Bay Rowdies 5,771NWSL Chicago Red Stars 5,333 NWSL Orlando Pride 5,156USLC Birmingham Legion FC 4,803 USLC Ottawa Fury FC 4,765 USLC Fresno FC 4,574NWSL NC Courage 4,551CPL York9 FC 4,260USLC OKC Energy FC 4,253CPL FC Edmonton 4,238USLC North Carolina FC 4,194USL1 Forward Madison FC 4,075USLC Saint Louis FC 4,017 USLC Rio Grande Valley FC** 4,016NWSL Reign FC 3,807 NWSL Houston Dash 3,783USLC Reno 1868 FC** 3,522CPL Pacific FC 3,374USL1 Richmond Kickers 3,347USLC CS Switchbacks FC 3,285 USLC Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3,170CPL Cavalry FC 3,154NWSL Washington Spirit 3,024USLC Orange County SC 2,980 USLC Austin Bold FC 2,662 USLC Tulsa Roughnecks 2,650 USLC Charleston Battery 2,477USL1 Greenville Triumph SC 2,415 USL1 Chattanooga Red Wolves 2,384 USL1 Lansing Ignite FC 2,285USLC Tacoma Defiance* 2,202 USLC Atlanta United 2* 2,150 USLC Real Monarchs SLC* 2,041USL1 North Texas SC* 2,000 USL1 S. Georgia Tormenta FC* 1,957USLC Portland Timbers 2* 1,863 USLC Charlotte Independence 1,576NWSL Sky Blue FC 1,379USL1 FC Tucson*** 1,158USLC Loudoun United FC* 825 USLC LA Galaxy II* 723 USLC New York Red Bulls II* 692 USLC Bethlehem Steel FC* 633 USLC Swope Park Rangers* 349USL1 Toronto FC II* 243 USL1 Orlando City B* 211* MLS reserve team **MLS/USL hybrid ***USL reserve team Source: Soccer Stadium Digest Ams1984, CDNFootballer, Gopherbashi and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 ^ parrot reply coming in 5..4..3..2..1.. deschamp86, Bbeto and Ansem 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Soooo many variables for individual attendances in the various markets that it can be hard to find relevance in the data. Will say this, one eye opener in the above listings is how modest some of the MLS attendances are (overall and relative to capacity) whilst producing something other than less than modest gates. There's a graphic which would be more enlightening. Attendance along side operating budget and gate revenue (so far as we reasonably know). The Real Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 6 hours ago, grasshopper1917 said: That is a mystery. There never really was an explanation. Our first cup game was 6pm due to a memorial cup game in town at 8pm. Not sure how or why 6:15 was chosen for a start time - very odd for sure. I would check into Waye Mason's amendments to the popup approval motion that was presented to Halifax city council back in 2017. There may have been one that set a limit on when events on weeknights had to finish by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 8 hours ago, Ansem said: I have a bunch of naysayers on ignore so I'd like to post this to show some perspective. Some CPL teams eclipse many USLC teams that have been around longer in a league that have been around far longer. This is the "half-full" glass. Not bad for a 6 weeks old league. 😎 Still early in the season and we'll have to wait for the "home opener" effect to get leveled out so I expect that we'll see TFC2 drop significantly. Winnipeg Fury, Cheeta, MM3/MM2/MM and 3 others 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) It's probably only Hamilton and York 9 that have bloated numbers right now due to their well-documented use of free admission making tickets distributed numbers markedly different from paid attendance in that context. The Valour will likely drop a bit due to having the extra 4000 or so at the home opener but the rest where capacity is not so easily expandable are probably already not too far off where they will be at season's end. The Halifax number is startlingly good and very exciting for the future of pro soccer in Canada given the market size involved. Edited June 4, 2019 by Ozzie_the_parrot The Real Marc and Gian-Luca 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Gopherbashi said: Still early in the season and we'll have to wait for the "home opener" effect to get leveled out so I expect that we'll see TFC2 drop significantly. I wonder if they can beat their record for worst attendance of 50. Bbeto, CDNFootballer and Cheeta 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 TFC will be more concerned about how many players break through to the first team. Would be good if we reach a point on here where everybody wants all Canadian pro soccer teams to succeed regardless of what league they are in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 What was that Ozzie? Oh I don't understand... I don't speak "ignore" Bbeto, deschamp86 and Bison44 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Im a TFC season ticket holder since 2007. I want them to succeed. I'm just having a bit of fun. Besides the club needs to do a way better job of developing young talent. Not sure what that has to do with attendance though. TFC really should be questioned as to why they aren't doing a better job. But our MSM is so flaccid and useless All I know is im happy that the CPL said no to MLS reserve sides. Blackjack15, Bbeto, CDNFootballer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Really hope Halifax can carry the momentum from Saturday and have a great crowd but it seems they may suffer from a unknowledgable crowd (which mls teams still suffer from so not a big deal). Many people probably thought Halifax was eliminated after the last match v Vaughan... even with a video board in 2015 a lot of TFC fans thought they had beat out Montreal at home when they lost on away goals. Halifax does need to get a video board to keep people informed of upcoming matches, replays etc. Still let’s hope that the buzz can build for tonight. With pubs so close I think they can get a sizeable walk up crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 1 minute ago, CanadaFan123 said: Really hope Halifax can carry the momentum from Saturday and have a great crowd but it seems they may suffer from a unknowledgable crowd (which mls teams still suffer from so not a big deal). Many people probably thought Halifax was eliminated after the last match v Vaughan... even with a video board in 2015 a lot of TFC fans thought they had beat out Montreal at home when they lost on away goals. Halifax does need to get a video board to keep people informed of upcoming matches, replays etc. Still let’s hope that the buzz can build for tonight. With pubs so close I think they can get a sizeable walk up crowd. Staff in that case. They literally announced the win and set off fireworks. CanadaFan123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 7 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: Really hope Halifax can carry the momentum from Saturday and have a great crowd but it seems they may suffer from a unknowledgable crowd (which mls teams still suffer from so not a big deal)... Definitely no shortage of blue dots on Ticketmaster, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: TFC will be more concerned about how many players break through to the first team. Would be good if we reach a point on here where everybody wants all Canadian pro soccer teams to succeed regardless of what league they are in. Yes it would and I think a large majority on here do and even the Fury 😎 though most don't agree with the path they have taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) USLC Charleston Battery 2,477, looks like they will be folding soon, no wait , they have been around for what 20 years. The Ottawa Fury #s are "inflated" by the school day crowd........... I may hold the record for most teams supported that folded (actual ass in the seat, not from far) Montreal Olympique (NASL), Montreal Manic (NASL) Montreal Supra (CSL) Inter Montreal (CSL2) After jinking all the Montreal teams I moved to Ottawa. Ottawa Wizards (CPSL), Ottawa Pioneers/Intrepid (CSL) Capital City FC (CPSL) Ottawa Fury Women (USL) and I might even be able to claim the Toronto Lynx as I travelled to Toronto several times to see them play, including the season that Derosario and Stalteri played for them. Edited June 4, 2019 by MM3/MM2/MM Ivanovski94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Ansem said: What was that Ozzie? Oh I don't understand... I don't speak "ignore" You're doing a great job of ignoring him, too. 🙄 nfitz, Kent, grande and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 One of the problems with the Cup games is that they don't appear on the Centre Circle app. I went on last night to get tickets for the Forge/Cavalry game and the game was not there. I'm not sure it was even on the schedule on the app (can't remember). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 4 hours ago, narduch said: I wonder if they can beat their record for worst attendance of 50. Depends if they're counting two 17-man rosters and 4 officials as part of that number. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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