: Attendance Figures :

8/30/2002 Up-to-date with slight alteration to 2001 overall league attendance figure.
9/3/2002 Final 2002 A-League Figures. A-League attendance has increased for the third consecutive season & has reached 3000 fans per game for the first time since USL took over operation of the A-League in 1997.

team	HGP	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	total	av.	2001 av.	%diff
Atlanta	14	1,386	769	1,452	598	835	540	1,544	743	952	665	1,019	1,052	1,504	1,020	14,079	1,006	1,941	-48.2%
Calgary	14	1,230	1,175	2,011	1,754	1,025	1,450	2,241	2,000	1,416	1,328	1,012	711	923	2,132	20,408	1,458	n/a	n/a
Charleston	14	3,791	3,107	3,595	3,553	3,325	2,942	3,045	3,395	3,964	3,304	2,854	3,801	2,665	3,142	46,483	3,320	3,083	7.7%
Charlotte	14	1,036	1,423	536	1,025	340	1,042	1,172	887	922	1,494	1,914	1,232	853	1,257	15,133	1,081	1,510	-28.4%
Cincinatti	14	941	567	562	532	542	631	672	876	659	1,123	810	816	712	831	10,274	734	876	-16.2%
El Paso	14	2,275	1,872	2,004	1,430	1,573	2,342	2,670	2,861	2,271	2,012	2,986	1,981	3,112	1,776	31,165	2,261	3,018	-26.2%
Hampton Rds	14	1,594	1,110	544	1,955	937	805	669	1,070	1,187	788	1,336	787	701	766	14,249	1,018	n/a	n/a
Indiana	14	1,123	2,348	1,089	2,387	2,147	1,745	1,743	3,467	1,611	1,757	1,967	4,557	1,981	2,493	30,415	2,173	1,931	12.5%
Milwaukee	14	1,262	1,104	1,833	2,312	2,171	1,822	3,284	2,167	1,718	2,158	2,341	1,368	1,621	3,644	28,805	2,058	2,682	-23.3%
Minnesota	14	3,809	2,648	4,432	3,915	3,811	3,710	4,481	3,585	4,231	7,590	2,121	3,285	2,812	3,642	54,072	3,862	3,512	10.0%
Montreal	14	5,821	2,861	2,123	2,151	2,123	3,472	5,465	5,682	7,234	6,872	5,461	7,653	7,816	7,752	72,486	5,178	2,103	146.2%
Pittsburgh	14	2,068	1,014	2,074	2,014	1,228	2,129	2,263	1,691	2,198	2,204	3,086	2,202	3,573	4,085	31,829	2,274	3,226	-29.5%
Portland	14	8,775	5,354	5,663	4,914	5,212	4,293	3,890	6,865	6,289	7,612	4,860	4,671	10,109	9,141	87,648	6,261	5,974	4.8%
Richmond	14	2,742	2,342	3,116	2,878	2,691	2,693	2,307	2,288	2,210	1,279	4,410	2,413	2,145	515	34,029	2,431	2,436	-0.2%
Rochester	14	11,031	8,348	9,858	9,958	10,323	9,444	11,066	9,869	10,284	8,898	11,061	10,202	10,510	9,257	140,109	10,008	10,780	-7.2%
Seattle*	14	2,756	1,805	2,274	2,481	1,837	2,547	2,595	25,515	2,073	2,167	2,974	2,016	2,689	3,494	57,223	4,087	1,885	116.8%
Toronto	14	2,076	3,500	1,118	2,009	624	1,330	1,050	1,293	1,053	2,114	1,085	3,253	1,568	2,143	24,216	1,730	2,795	-38.1%
Vancouver	14	5,816	2,896	3,171	3,872	4,037	3,309	2,638	3,054	4,039	4,361	3,771	4,097	3,989	3,712	52,762	3,769	5,542	-32.0%
totals	252	59,532	44,243	47,455	49,738	44,781	46,246	52,795	77,308	54,311	57,726	55,068	56,097	59,283	60,802	765,385	3,037	2,954	2.8%

away team	home team	att.
Montreal	Charlotte	546
Atlanta	Richmond	1,258
Minnesota	El Paso	1,270
Vancouver	Portland	4,771
El Paso	Minnesota	1,567
Charlotte	Montreal	6,883
Portland	Vancouver	4,060
Richmond	Atlanta	351
Milwaukee	Minnesota	1,321
Rochester	Montreal	6,345
Seattle	Vancouver	5,686
Richmond	Charleston	2,379
Montreal	Rochester	10,637
Minnesota	Milwaukee	3,579
Charleston	Richmond	2,043
Vancouver	Seattle	3,917
Milwaukee	Vancouver	6,056
Rochester	Richmond	3,327
Vancouver	Milwaukee	3,223
Richmond	Rochester	10,148

team	home games	total	ave.
Rochester	14	140,109	10,008
Portland	14	87,648	6,261
Montreal	14	72,486	5,178
Seattle*	14	57,223	4,087
Minnesota	14	54,072	3,862
Vancouver	14	52,762	3,769
Charleston	14	46,483	3,320
Richmond	14	34,029	2,431
Pittsburgh	14	31,829	2,274
El Paso	14	31,165	2,226
Indiana	14	30,415	2,173
Milwaukee	14	28,805	2,058
Toronto	14	24,216	1,730
Calgary	14	19,638	1,403
Charlotte	14	15,133	1,081
Hampton Roads	14	14,249	1,018
Atlanta	14	14,079	1,006
Cincinatti	14	10,274	734

* Seattle's attendance figures for 2002 include a single figure of 25,515 for the game which opened the new Seattle Seahawks stadium. Removing that game gives the average below:

team	HGP	total	av.	2001 av.	%diff
Seattle	13	31,708	2,439	1,885	29.4%

year	ave.	% diff.
2002	3,037	2.8%
2001	2,954	10.9%
2000	2,664	12.2%
1999	2,374	-6.2%
1998	2,531	-0.4%
1997	2,542	n/a