Record attendances in United States club soccer

Competitive men's professional soccer has been played in the United States since 1912 and since 2001 for women's. Numerous leagues have existed over the years with some recognized by the United States Soccer Federation and some not. The lists below are the single game attendance records for men's outdoor (60,000+), women's outdoor (20,000+), and men's indoor (18,000+) matches in American club soccer.

Michigan Stadium during Real Madrid vs. Manchester United friendly game which set a record for most fans to watch a soccer game in the United States, August 2, 2014

Men's soccer

MLS attendance

See also: Major League Soccer attendance

This list includes matches in which at least one Major League Soccer team has participated. This list does not include several matches played in the U.S. between two clubs not based in the United States (e.g. Chelsea vs. A.C. Milan in the 2009 World Football Challenge).

Rank	Year	Attendance	Teams	Competition	Venue & Location
1	2015	93,226[1]	Barcelona at LA Galaxy	2015 ICC	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
2	2009	93,137[2]	Barcelona at LA Galaxy	Friendly
3	2010	89,134[3]	Real Madrid at LA Galaxy	Friendly
4	2014	86,432[4]	Manchester United at LA Galaxy	Friendly
5	2023	82,110[5]	Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy	MLS
6	2022	74,479[6]	LA Galaxy at Charlotte FC (club inaugural home match)	MLS	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
7	2018	73,019[7]	Portland Timbers at Atlanta United FC	MLS Cup 2018	Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
8	2024	72,610[8]	Inter Miami CF at Sporting Kansas City	MLS	Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
9	2019	72,548[9]	LA Galaxy at Atlanta United FC	MLS	Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
10	2018	72,317[10]	Juventus at MLS All-Stars	All-Star Game
11	2018	72,243[11]	Seattle Sounders FC at Atlanta United FC	MLS
12	2018	72,035[12]	D.C. United at Atlanta United FC	MLS
13	2018	72,017[13]	Real Salt Lake at Atlanta United FC	MLS
14	2018	71,932[14]	Orlando City SC at Atlanta United FC	MLS
15	2017	71,874[15]	Toronto FC at Atlanta United FC	MLS
16	2018	71,812[16]	Chicago Fire FC at Atlanta United FC	MLS
17	2023	71,635[17]	Inter Miami CF at Atlanta United FC	MLS
18	2010	70,728[18]	Manchester United at MLS All-Stars	All-Star Game	Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
19	2018	70,526[19]	New York City FC at Atlanta United FC	MLS Playoffs	Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
20	2017	70,425[20]	Orlando City SC at Atlanta United FC	MLS
21	2019	70,382[21]	FC Cincinnati at Atlanta United FC	MLS
22	2024	70,076[22]	Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy	MLS	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
23	2018	70,016[23]	New York Red Bulls at Atlanta United FC	MLS Playoffs	Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

International doubleheaders

The following are MLS league matches that were part of a double-header involving international or foreign teams.

Rank	Year	Attendance	Teams	Competition	Venue & location
1	2006	92,516[24]	New England Revolution at Chivas USA	MLS	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
2	1996	92,216	Tampa Bay Mutiny at LA Galaxy	MLS	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
3	2005	88,816	LA Galaxy at Chivas USA	MLS	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
4	1996	78,416	MLS East vs. MLS West	MLS All-Star Game	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
5	1999	73,123	D.C. United at San Jose Clash	MLS	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California
6	2022	71,189[25]	Chivas de Guadalajara at LA Galaxy	Leagues Cup	SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
			América at Los Angeles FC
8	2006	70,550	LA Galaxy at Houston Dynamo	MLS	Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
9	2009	61,572	Columbus Crew at San Jose Earthquakes	MLS	Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California

NASL attendance

This list includes matches in which at least one team from the North American Soccer League (1968–84) has participated.

Rank	Year	Attendance	Teams	Competition	Venue & location
1	1977	77,691[26]	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers at Cosmos	NASL playoffs	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
2	1979	76,031[27]	Tulsa Roughnecks at New York Cosmos	NASL playoffs
3	1977	75,646[28]	Santos FC at Cosmos (Pelé farewell, 10/1/77)	friendly
4	1978	74,901[29]	Cosmos vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies	NASL Soccer Bowl
5	1977	73,669[30]	Rochester Lancers at Cosmos	NASL playoffs
6	1979	72,342[31]	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers at New York Cosmos	NASL
7	1980	71,413[32]	NASL Select at New York Cosmos	friendly
8	1978	71,219[33]	Seattle Sounders at Cosmos	NASL
9	1980	70,312[34]	Ft. Lauderdale Strikers at New York Cosmos	NASL
10	1979	70,134[35]	Argentina at New York Cosmos (6/6/79)	friendly
11	1979	70,042[36]	Tampa Bay Rowdies at New York Cosmos (8/8/79)	NASL
12	1978	65,287[37]	Portland Timbers at Cosmos	NASL playoffs
13	1978	62,497[38]	New England Tea Men at Cosmos	NASL
14	1977	62,394[39]	Tampa Bay Rowdies at Cosmos	NASL
15	1980	60,384[40]	Vancouver Whitecaps at New York Cosmos	Trans-Atlantic Challenge
16	1978	60,199[41]	Minnesota Kicks at Cosmos	NASL playoffs
17	1980	60,182[41]	Seattle Sounders at New York Cosmos	NASL
18	1978	60,032[42]	Tampa Bay Rowdies at Cosmos	NASL

*Cosmos dropped "New York" from name in 1977 and 1978 seasons

Indoor soccer

This list refers to indoor soccer matches, not to regulation soccer matches played in indoor stadiums. Nearly all of the most attended indoor matches occurred during the 1980s in the Major Indoor Soccer League. The majority of these were hosted by the St. Louis Steamers during the early 1980s, or by the Cleveland Force during the mid 1980s.

Rank	Year	Attendance	Teams	Competition	Venue & Location
1	1987	21,728	Dallas Sidekicks at Tacoma Stars	MISL Championship	Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Washington
2	1987	20,284	Dallas Sidekicks at Tacoma Stars	MISL Championship
3	1986	20,174	Minnesota Strikers at Cleveland Force	MISL	Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
4	1986	19,476	San Diego Sockers at St. Louis Steamers	MISL playoffs	St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri
5	1986	19,468	Baltimore Blast at Cleveland Force	MISL	Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
6	1982	19,398[43][44]	Tampa Bay Rowdies at Chicago Sting	NASL	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
7	1984	19,360	New York Arrows at Cleveland Force	MISL	Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
8	1981	19,298	Denver Avalanche at St. Louis Steamers	MISL	Checkerdome, St. Louis, Missouri
9	1980	19,229	Philadelphia Fever at St. Louis Steamers	MISL
10	1981	19,112	Philadelphia Fever at St. Louis Steamers	MISL
11	1980	19,108	Detroit Lightning at St. Louis Steamers	MISL
12	1983	19,106	Chicago Sting at Cleveland Force	MISL playoffs	Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
13	1984	19,048	Pittsburgh Spirit at Cleveland Force	MISL
14	1983	18,881	Wichita Wings at St. Louis Steamers	MISL	Checkerdome, St. Louis, Missouri
15	1986	18,797	Minnesota Strikers at Cleveland Force	MISL playoffs	Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
16	1987	18,674	San Diego Sockers at Cleveland Force	MISL
17	1984	18,630	Pittsburgh Spirit at Cleveland Force	MISL playoffs
18	1984	18,627	Baltimore Blast at Cleveland Force	MISL

Women's soccer

WUSA, WPS, NWSL attendance

These lists include the top-attended league matches from WUSA (2001–2003), WPS (2009–2011), and NWSL (2013–present), split into standalone matches and matches that were doubleheaders with MLS teams.^[45]

Standalone matches

Bay FC of the NWSL set the standalone club match attendance record across all United States women's leagues of 40,091 at Oracle Park against Washington Spirit on August 23, 2025.

Portland Thorns FC held the top six NWSL attendance records until the debut home game of the Orlando Pride in 2016, which set the new NWSL record; that record was eclipsed by the Thorns in 2019 and still later by San Diego Wave FC in its debut at the new Snapdragon Stadium in 2022. The Thorns consistently draw over 14,000 fans and averaged slightly over 20,000 in the 2019 season, the last before COVID-19 effects; until that season they were the only NWSL team to have drawn over 10,000 fans more than thrice. Continued strong numbers from Utah Royals FC and a club-record post-World Cup standalone match from the Chicago Red Stars^[46] pushed both clubs to their fourth 10,000-plus attendances.

The 2022 NWSL season, the first season since 2019 that was relatively unaffected by COVID-19, not only saw a new league single-game attendance record, but was also marked by very strong attendance for the debuting Angel City FC, which sold out its stadium four times in its first regular season and drew over 18,000 for two other home matches. Angel City was also Wave FC's opponent for the latter side's record-setting game.

In 2023, the NWSL broke its single-match record once again at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, when OL Reign hosted the Washington Spirit before 34,130 spectators for the team's regular-season finale and final regular-season home match of retiring player Megan Rapinoe.^[47]

The Chicago Red Stars of the NWSL set the next standalone club match attendance record of 35,038 at Wrigley Field against Bay FC on June 8, 2024.^[48]

Rank	Year	Attendance	Teams	Competition	Venue, location
1	2024	35,038[47]	Bay FC at Chicago Red Stars	NWSL	Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
2	2001	34,148[49]	Bay Area CyberRays at Washington Freedom (league inaugural match)	WUSA	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
3	2023	34,130[47]	Washington Spirit at OL Reign	NWSL	Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington
4	2023	32,262[50]	OL Reign at San Diego Wave FC	NWSL Playoff	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, California
5	2024	32,066[51]	Kansas City Current at San Diego Wave FC (season opener)	NWSL
6	2022	32,000[52]	Angel City FC at San Diego Wave FC (opening match at new stadium)[a]	NWSL
7	2023	30,854[53]	Chicago Red Stars at San Diego Wave FC (season opener)	NWSL
8	2023	30,312[54]	Racing Louisville FC at San Diego Wave FC	NWSL
9	2001	30,271[55]	Carolina Courage at Washington Freedom	WUSA	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
10	2024	26,516	North Carolina Courage at San Diego Wave FC	NWSL Playoff	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, California
11	2022	26,215[56]	Chicago Red Stars at San Diego Wave FC	NWSL Playoff
12	2023	25,515[57]	Angel City FC at San Diego Wave FC	NWSL
13	2019	25,218[58]	North Carolina Courage at Portland Thorns FC	NWSL	Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
	2023	25,218[59]	OL Reign at Portland Thorns FC	NWSL
	2023	25,218[60]	NJ/NY Gotham FC at Portland Thorns FC	NWSL Playoff
16	2023	25,111[61]	NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. OL Reign	NWSL Championship Final	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, California
17	2023	24,936[62]	Houston Dash at San Diego Wave FC	NWSL
18	2019	24,521[63]	Washington Spirit at Portland Thorns FC	NWSL	Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
19	2024	24,115	Chicago Red Stars at San Diego Wave FC	NWSL	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, California
20	2024	23,541	Washington SPirit at San Diego Wave FC	NWSL	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, California
21	2016	23,403[64]	Houston Dash at Orlando Pride (club inaugural match)	NWSL	Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
22	2024	23,212	Angel City FC at Portland Thorns FC	NWSL	Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
23	2023	22,682[65]	OL Reign at San Diego Wave FC	NWSL	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, California
24	2019	22,329[66]	Houston Dash at Portland Thorns FC	NWSL	Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
25	2023	22,107[67]	North Carolina Courage at Portland Thorns FC	NWSL
26	2022	22,035[68]	San Diego Wave FC at Portland Thorns FC	NWSL Playoff
27	2022	22,000	North Carolina Courage at Angel City FC (club's inaugural regular-season match)[b][69]	NWSL	Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California
			San Diego Wave FC at Angel City FC[70]
			OL Reign at Angel City FC[71]
			Racing Louisville FC at Angel City FC[72]
	2023		NJ/NY Gotham FC at Angel City FC[73]		BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, California
			San Diego Wave FC at Angel City FC[74]
			Houston Dash at Angel City FC[75]
			OL Reign at Angel City FC[76]
			Portland Thorns FC at Angel City FC[77]
	2024		Bay FC at Angel City FC[78]
			North Carolina Courage at Angel City FC[79]
			Orlando Pride at Angel City FC[80]
			Portland Thorns FC at Angel City FC[81]

1. Wave FC opened its inaugural season in 2022 at another San Diego venue, Torero Stadium. That venue seats only 6,000, compared to the 32,000 of Snapdragon Stadium in its soccer configuration.
2. In 2021 and 2022, the NWSL opened its season with the NWSL Challenge Cup, a completely separate competition from the regular league season.

MLS doubleheaders

WUSA attendances:^[82][83][84]

WUSA doubleheader listing:^[85]

Rank	Year	Attendance	Teams	Competition	Venue, location
1	2023	42,054[86]	Portland Thorns at OL Reign	NWSL	Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington
2	2001	30,271	Carolina Courage at Washington Freedom	WUSA	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
3	2021	27,278	Portland Thorns FC at OL Reign	NWSL	Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington[87]
4	2002	24,240	San Diego Spirit at Washington Freedom	WUSA	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
5	2022	23,951	San Diego Wave FC at Chicago Red Stars	NWSL	Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois[88][89]
6	2003	21,892	New York Power at Washington Freedom	WUSA	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
7	2003	21,859	Carolina Courage at Washington Freedom	WUSA
8	2001	21,682[90]	Boston Breakers at Washington Freedom	WUSA
9	2002	21,539	Washington Freedom at Boston Breakers	WUSA	CMGI Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts[91]
10	2002	20,105	Carolina Courage at Washington Freedom	WUSA	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Foreign clubs attendance

The following table shows record attendances for club soccer matches played in the U.S. where neither team was from a U.S. based league.

Year	Attendance	Teams	Competition	Venue & Location	Ref.
2014	109,318	Manchester United vs. Real Madrid	2014 ICC	Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan	[92]
2016	105,826	Chelsea vs. Real Madrid	2016 ICC	Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan	[93][94]
2018	101,254	Liverpool vs. Manchester United	2018 ICC	Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan	[95][96]
2022	93,702	Real Madrid vs. Juventus	Soccer Champions Tour	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California	[97]
2017	93,098	Manchester City vs. Real Madrid	2017 ICC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California	[98][99]
2006	92,650	Chivas de Guadalajara vs. Barcelona		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California	[100]
2016	86,641	Real Madrid vs. Paris Saint-Germain	2016 ICC	Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio	[101][94]
2023	83,164	Chivas de Guadalajara vs. Club América	Friendly (El Súper Clásico)	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California	[102]
2024	82,154	Real Madrid vs. Barcelona	Soccer Champions Tour 2024	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey	[103]
2017	82,104	Juventus vs. Barcelona	2017 ICC	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey	[99]
2023	82,026	Barcelona vs. Real Madrid	Soccer Champions Tour	AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas	[104]
2016	82,012	Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid	2016 ICC	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey	[94]
2009	81,807	Chelsea vs. Internazionale	2009 WFC	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California	[105]
2011	81,807	Manchester United vs. Barcelona	2011 WFC	FedExField, Landover, Maryland	[106]
2017	80,162	Barcelona vs. Manchester United	2017 ICC	FedExField, Landover, Maryland	[107]
2015	78,914	Chelsea vs. Barcelona	2015 ICC	FedExField, Landover, Maryland	[108]
2022	78,128	Bayern Munich vs. Manchester City	Audi Summer Tour	Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin	[109]
2024	77,559	Manchester United vs. Liverpool	Friendly	Williams–Brice Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina	[103]
2018	71,597	Real Madrid vs. Juventus	2018 ICC	FedExField, Landover, Maryland	[96]
2024	71,280	Manchester City vs. Chelsea	Friendly	Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio	[110]
2009	71,203	Chelsea vs. Milan	2009 WFC	M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland	[111]
2023	70,814	Real Madrid vs. Milan	Soccer Champions Tour	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California	[112]
2023	70,789	Newcastle United vs. Chelsea	2023 Premier League Summer Series	Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia	[113]
		Brentford vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
2011	70,780	Chivas de Guadalajara vs. Barcelona	2011 WFC	Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida	[114]
2023	70,223	Arsenal vs. Barcelona	Soccer Champions Tour	SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California	[115]
2024	69,879	Liverpool vs. Arsenal	Friendly	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	[103]
2014	69,364	Milan vs. Liverpool	2014 ICC	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina	[116]
2015	68,416	Barcelona vs. Manchester United	2015 ICC	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California	[108]
2023	67,801	Real Madrid vs. Manchester United	Soccer Champions Tour	NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas	[117]
2017	67,401	Manchester United vs. Manchester City	2017 ICC	NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas	[99]
2013	67,273	Real Madrid vs. Chelsea	2013 ICC	Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida	[118]
2018	66,805	Barcelona vs. Tottenham Hotspur	2018 ICC	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California	[96]
2017	66,014	Real Madrid vs. Barcelona	2017 ICC	Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida	[99]
2023	65,128	Chelsea vs. Brighton & Hove Albion	2023 Premier League Summer Series	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	[113]
2017	65,109	Real Madrid vs. Manchester United	2017 ICC	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California	[119]
2018	64,141	Manchester United vs. Real Madrid	2018 ICC	Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida	[96]
2016	64,101	Chelsea vs. Milan	2016 ICC	U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota	[94]
2022	63,811	Arsenal vs. Chelsea	2022 Florida Cup	Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida	[120]
2024	62,617	Real Madrid vs. Chelsea	Soccer Champions Tour 2024	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina	[121]
2023	63,503	Juventus vs. Real Madrid	2023 Florida Cup	Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida	[122]
2014	62,583	Real Madrid vs. Internazionale	2014 ICC	California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California	[123]
2024	62,486	Arsenal vs. Manchester United	Friendly	SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California	[124][103]
2019	61,417	Club América vs. Chivas de Guadalajara	Friendly (El Súper Clásico)	Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois	[125]
2015	61,351	Manchester United vs. Paris Saint-Germain	2015 ICC	Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois	[126]
2022	61,299	Real Madrid vs. Barcelona	Soccer Champions Tour	Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada	[127]
2014	61,238	Manchester United vs. Internazionale	2014 ICC	FedExField, Landover, Maryland	[128]
2015	61,224	Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea	2015 ICC	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina	[108]
1980	60,384	Manchester City vs. Roma	1980 TACC	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey	[40]
2019	60,143	Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid	2019 ICC	NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas	[129]
2011	60,087	Barcelona vs. Club América	2011 WFC	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas	[130]
2019	60,043	Napoli vs. Barcelona	2019 La Liga-Serie A Cup	Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan	[131]

See also

• Women's association football portal

• Major League Soccer attendance
• National Women's Soccer League attendance
• Soccer in the United States
• List of soccer clubs in the United States
• List of soccer stadiums in the United States