All-Time NASL Attendance

Charlie Cooke of the Los Angeles Aztecs dribbles against the San Diego Sockers in an NASL match on July 4, 1978 at the Rose Bowl.

Here is the best information available on attendance figures for the North American Soccer League, which played from 1967-1984, updated on July 26, 2020.

Regular Season Attendance Summary, 1967-1984
YearLeagueGTotalAverageGrowth
1967USA73568,1187,782 
1967NPSL159754,7524,747 
1968NASL2541,193,2864,698-17.6%
1969NASL2984,9742,930-37.6%
1970NASL80252,8833,1617.9%
1971NASL111454,9944,09929.7%
1972NASL55260,7734,74115.7%
1973NASL90537,6485,97426.0%
1974NASL1501,167,1327,78130.2%
1975NASL2201,681,6307,644-1.8%
1976NASL2402,470,57410,29434.7%
1977NASL2343,171,78013,55531.7%
1978NASL3604,690,19713,028-3.9%
1979NASL3605,119,58214,2219.2%
1980NASL3845,549,17414,4511.6%
1981NASL3364,723,73714,059-2.7%
1982NASL2242,944,64213,146-6.5%
1983NASL1802,384,26013,2460.8%
1984NASL1081,161,98010,759-18.8%
 TOTAL3,64739,172,11610,741 
Playoff Attendance Summary, 1967-1984
YearLeagueGTotalAverage
1967USA117,82417,824
1967NPSL225,36612,683
1968NASL645,7437,624
1969NASL
NO PLAYOFFS HELD
1970NASL214,8647,432
1971NASL843,3965,425
1972NASL316,4475,482
1973NASL346,59915,533
1974NASL544,4028,880
1975NASL7129,63618,519
1976NASL11274,30524,937
1977NASL17497,72229,278
1978NASL21631,60930,077
1979NASL29688,79323,751
1980NASL29642,88822,169
1981NASL33706,28721,403
1982NASL18303,46216,859
1983NASL16281,73917,609
1984NASL772,23410,319
 TOTAL2154,440,12620,652

 

1967 United Soccer Association
TeamGTotalAverage
Houston Stars6118,81319,802
Dallas Tornado655,3609,227
New York Skyliners652,5968,766
Washington Whips*754,5977,800
Los Angeles Wolves646,6607,777
Vancouver Royal Canadians642,1137,019
Toronto City641,5386,923
Cleveland Stokers639,3996,567
Detroit Cougars634,2475,708
San Francisco Gales632,5315,422
Chicago Mustangs625,2394,207
Boston Rovers625,0254,171
USA TOTAL73568,1187,782
*One game was replayed, both figures included
 
1967 National Professional Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
St.Louis Stars16121,7197,607
Atlanta Chiefs*15104,4166,961
Baltimore Bays1693,4145,838
Philadelphia Spartans1684,1775,261
Oakland Clippers1679,2804,955
New York Generals1667,7494,234
Toronto Falcons1660,6753,792
Los Angeles Toros1651,4633,216
Pittsburgh Phantoms1649,9593,122
Chicago Spurs1641,9002,619
NPSL TOTAL159754,7524,747
*One game was unplayed
 
1968 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
Kansas City Spurs16136,1608,510
Washington Whips*1492,1996,586
Vancouver Royals1699,1576,197
Atlanta Chiefs*1375,3245,794
New York Generals1689,6905,606
St.Louis Stars1686,2125,388
Toronto Falcons1684,5425,284
Baltimore Bays*1150,9104,628
Cleveland Stokers1668,8744,305
Detroit Cougars*1459,7274,266
San Diego Toros*1563,6784,245
Boston Beacons1664,0644,004
Oakland Clippers*1555,5053,700
Houston Stars1651,9433,246
Dallas Tornado1646,8582,929
Chicago Mustangs*1332,0212,463
Los Angeles Wolves*1536,6152,441
NASL TOTAL2541,193,4794,699
*Attendance figure missing for 17 games and 1 was unplayed
 
1969 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
Kansas City Spurs*729,9124,273
Atlanta Chiefs*620,2273,371
Dallas Tornado*411,6912,923
St.Louis Stars818,1922,274
Baltimore Bays*44,9521,238
NASL TOTAL2984,9742,930
*Attendance figure missing for eleven games
 
1970 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
Rochester Lancers1463,0844,506
Washington Darts1454,5203,894
Atlanta Chiefs*1236,8993,075
St.Louis Stars1438,4242,745
Kansas City Spurs*1331,1782,398
Dallas Tornado*1328,9662,228
NASL TOTAL80253,0713,163
*Attendance figure missing for four games
 
1971 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
Toronto Metros1483,9005,993
Rochester Lancers1482,1925,871
New York Cosmos*1358,7164,517
Atlanta Chiefs1459,8434,275
St.Louis Stars1450,1033,579
Dallas Tornado1446,5623,326
Washington Darts1445,6653,262
Montreal Olympique1434,1642,440
NASL TOTAL111461,1454,154
*Attendance figure missing for one game
 
1972 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
St.Louis Stars754,4097,773
Toronto Metros750,2097,173
Rochester Lancers738,5375,505
Atlanta Chiefs*630,2045,034
New York Cosmos729,9764,282
Dallas Tornado728,6494,093
Montreal Olympique716,1542,308
Miami Gatos714,7832,112
NASL TOTAL55262,9214,780
*Attendance figure missing for one game
 
1973 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
Philadelphia Atoms10115,01411,501
Dallas Tornado1074,7427,474
St.Louis Stars1063,3676,337
Toronto Metros1059,6145,961
New York Cosmos1055,9315,593
Miami Toros1054,7855,479
Rochester Lancers1040,6884,069
Montreal Olympique1038,5573,856
Atlanta Apollos1033,1673,317
NASL TOTAL90535,8655,954
1974 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
San Jose Earthquakes10165,94216,594
Seattle Sounders10134,34213,434
Philadelphia Atoms10117,83711,784
Vancouver Whitecaps10100,97910,098
Boston Minutemen1096,4229,642
Dallas Tornado1084,6948,469
Miami Toros1073,4037,340
St.Louis Stars1071,8917,189
Rochester Lancers1059,0785,908
Los Angeles Aztecs1050,9835,098
Washington Diplomats1049,7464,975
Denver Dynamos1048,4024,840
Baltimore Comets1041,3884,139
New York Cosmos1035,7813,578
Toronto Metros1034,5763,458
NASL TOTAL1501,165,4647,770
 
1975 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
San Jose Earthquakes11197,19417,927
Seattle Sounders11185,00016,818
Portland Timbers11159,53614,503
Tampa Bay Rowdies11118,00510,728
New York Cosmos11114,94910,450
Washington Diplomats1197,3208,847
Los Angeles Aztecs1191,3728,307
Vancouver Whitecaps1183,3697,579
Philadelphia Atoms1180,0477,277
Toronto Metros1168,9856,271
St.Louis Stars1166,7776,071
Rochester Lancers1158,6615,333
Miami Toros1154,1274,921
Dallas Tornado1150,9324,630
Boston Minutemen1148,6434,422
San Antonio Thunder1148,5284,412
Chicago Sting1147,5424,322
Hartford Bicentennials1140,9203,720
Denver Dynamos1140,1943,654
Baltimore Comets1129,0492,641
NASL TOTAL2201,681,1507,642
 
1976 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
Seattle Sounders12285,94123,828
Minnesota Kicks12277,40423,117
Portland Timbers12241,99620,166
San Jose Earthquakes12231,33819,278
New York Cosmos12218,71918,227
Tampa Bay Rowdies12197,42916,452
Dallas Tornado12169,11314,093
Vancouver Whitecaps12103,8778,656
Los Angeles Aztecs1296,6068,051
San Diego Jaws1273,8226,152
St.Louis Stars1273,7956,150
Washington Diplomats1271,5545,963
Philadelphia Atoms1267,4135,618
Chicago Sting1266,9335,578
Toronto Metros1266,6635,555
Rochester Lancers1261,9065,159
San Antonio Thunder1257,5244,794
Hartford Bicentennials1241,0373,420
Miami Toros1236,8433,070
Boston Minutemen1230,9712,581
NASL TOTAL2402,470,88410,295
 
1977 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
New York Cosmos13443,94734,150
Minnesota Kicks13426,02032,771
Seattle Sounders13314,93624,226
Tampa Bay Rowdies13253,38819,491
San Jose Earthquakes13230,61017,739
Dallas Tornado13214,62616,510
Portland Timbers13171,70813,208
Washington Diplomats13169,48713,037
Vancouver Whitecaps13154,66011,897
Los Angeles Aztecs13125,2959,638
St.Louis Stars13118,6359,126
Ft.Lauderdale Strikers13105,8158,140
Toronto Metros1395,1697,321
Las Vegas Quicksilvers1392,0317,079
Rochester Lancers1378,8436,065
Chicago Sting1367,6475,204
Team Hawaii1359,0564,543
Connecticut Bicentennials1350,7303,902
NASL TOTAL2343,172,60313,558
 
1978 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
New York Cosmos15717,84247,856
Minnesota Kicks15462,90430,860
Seattle Sounders15338,67722,578
Tampa Bay Rowdies15271,85618,124
Vancouver Whitecaps15235,86615,724
San Jose Earthquakes15214,77714,318
Detroit Express15182,90612,194
New England Tea Men15180,95412,064
Oakland Stompers15178,94111,929
Portland Timbers15177,04911,803
Tulsa Roughnecks15168,83411,256
California Surf15167,56911,171
Washington Diplomats15161,74110,783
Ft.Lauderdale Strikers15157,18810,479
Los Angeles Aztecs15139,5149,301
Memphis Rogues15135,4829,032
Dallas Tornado15128,1498,543
Philadelphia Fury15121,1278,075
Houston Hurricane15116,2477,750
Colorado Caribous15111,2667,418
Rochester Lancers15101,4026,760
Toronto Metros-Croatia1593,5016,233
San Diego Sockers1577,1855,146
Chicago Sting1569,2674,618
NASL TOTAL3604,710,24413,084
 
1979 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
New York Cosmos15700,34846,690
Tampa Bay Rowdies15428,19728,546
Minnesota Kicks15368,70524,580
Vancouver Whitecaps15344,43622,962
Seattle Sounders15284,96318,998
Tulsa Roughnecks15246,38316,426
San Jose Earthquakes15226,38015,092
Los Angeles Aztecs15215,00314,334
Detroit Express15210,86414,058
Ft.Lauderdale Strikers15205,61613,708
Washington Diplomats15179,60011,973
Toronto Blizzard15177,32111,821
San Diego Sockers15169,07111,271
Portland Timbers15167,58411,172
California Surf15154,95610,330
Edmonton Drillers15148,8549,924
Dallas Tornado15139,5859,306
Rochester Lancers15130,2008,680
Chicago Sting15120,9358,062
Atlanta Chiefs15110,2447,350
Memphis Rogues15107,0537,137
New England Tea Men1598,4336,562
Houston Hurricane1593,1756,212
Philadelphia Fury1584,3565,624
NASL TOTAL3605,112,26214,201
 
1980 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
New York Cosmos16684,06842,754
Tampa Bay Rowdies16453,51228,345
Vancouver Whitecaps16429,34126,834
Seattle Sounders16387,93624,246
Tulsa Roughnecks16316,59319,787
Washington Diplomats16307,28319,205
Minnesota Kicks16292,46018,279
Toronto Blizzard16240,68015,043
Ft.Lauderdale Strikers16228,46914,279
San Jose Earthquakes16210,70313,169
San Diego Sockers16204,04212,753
Los Angeles Aztecs16192,91212,057
Chicago Sting16186,75211,672
Detroit Express16179,16611,198
Edmonton Drillers16174,71710,920
Portland Timbers16163,36010,210
Memphis Rogues16157,8299,864
New England Tea Men16139,9658,748
Rochester Lancers16124,1057,757
California Surf16121,4867,593
Dallas Tornado16108,0266,752
Houston Hurricane1693,0955,818
Atlanta Chiefs1678,1484,884
Philadelphia Fury1671,4454,465
NASL TOTAL3845,546,09314,443
 
1981 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
New York Cosmos16557,71334,857
Montreal Manic16379,26323,704
Vancouver Whitecaps16371,78323,236
Tampa Bay Rowdies16370,59323,162
Seattle Sounders16291,58518,224
Tulsa Roughnecks16275,01217,188
Minnesota Kicks16265,67216,605
San Diego Sockers16236,82414,802
Ft.Lauderdale Strikers16213,17813,324
Chicago Sting16206,22712,889
San Jose Earthquakes16195,87612,242
Washington Diplomats16193,70212,106
Edmonton Drillers16170,10910,632
Portland Timbers16168,25910,516
Calgary Boomers16168,01910,501
Jacksonville Tea Men16152,1119,507
California Surf16132,7778,299
Toronto Blizzard16116,5907,287
Atlanta Chiefs1699,0226,189
Los Angeles Aztecs1693,0315,814
Dallas Tornado1674,7164,670
NASL TOTAL3364,732,06214,084
 
1982 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
New York Cosmos16459,88828,743
Montreal Manic16341,57321,348
Tampa Bay Rowdies16296,04818,503
Vancouver Whitecaps16292,01118,251
Tulsa Roughnecks16232,86214,554
Seattle Sounders16200,63012,539
Ft.Lauderdale Strikers16197,52512,345
San Jose Earthquakes16176,18711,012
Chicago Sting16150,0339,377
Portland Timbers16140,5838,786
San Diego Sockers16136,5048,532
Toronto Blizzard16129,6748,105
Jacksonville Tea Men16114,5647,160
Edmonton Drillers1678,7454,922
NASL TOTAL2242,946,82713,155
 
1983 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
Vancouver Whitecaps15437,45429,164
New York Cosmos15408,63527,242
Team America15195,03213,002
Tulsa Roughnecks15186,22912,415
Golden Bay Earthquakes15178,99911,933
Toronto Blizzard15174,45711,630
Tampa Bay Rowdies15167,57511,172
Chicago Sting15164,06110,937
Ft.Lauderdale Strikers15162,43010,829
Seattle Sounders15122,7218,181
Montreal Manic15118,6507,910
San Diego Sockers1570,2684,685
NASL TOTAL1802,386,51113,258
 
1984 North American Soccer League
TeamGTotalAverage
Vancouver Whitecaps12182,49415,208
Minnesota Strikers12171,15114,263
New York Cosmos12153,80712,817
Toronto Blizzard12137,42011,452
Tampa Bay Rowdies12131,19410,933
Golden Bay Earthquakes12123,38310,282
Chicago Sting12100,5128,376
Tulsa Roughnecks1293,5677,797
San Diego Sockers1268,4225,702
NASL TOTAL1081,161,95010,759
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