Here are the year-by-year attendance figures for the Women’s United Soccer Association, the first attempt at a large-scale women’s pro soccer league, which played from 2001-2003. The comparison between this league and its descendent, Women’s Professional Soccer, is pretty striking, as only one WPS team (Los Angeles, which lasted just one year, had the backing of AEG and was the best team in the league that year) would crack the all-time list of WUSA team attendances.
Women’s United Soccer Association 2003 | G | Total | Average |
Washington Freedom | 10 | 99,276 | 9,928 |
Philadelphia Charge | 10 | 72,450 | 7,245 |
Atlanta Beat | 11 | 76,541 | 6,958 |
Boston Breakers | 11 | 76,244 | 6,931 |
San Jose CyberRays | 10 | 67,912 | 6,791 |
Carolina Courage | 11 | 63,109 | 5,737 |
San Diego Spirit | 11 | 61,983 | 5,635 |
New York Power | 10 | 42,494 | 4,249 |
WUSA TOTAL | 84 | 560,009 | 6,667 |
Women’s United Soccer Association 2002 | G | Total | Average |
Washington Freedom | 11 | 102,264 | 9,297 |
Boston Breakers | 10 | 81,202 | 8,120 |
San Jose CyberRays | 11 | 78,836 | 7,167 |
Philadelphia Charge | 11 | 76,685 | 6,971 |
Atlanta Beat | 10 | 67,842 | 6,784 |
San Diego Spirit | 10 | 58,832 | 5,883 |
Carolina Courage | 10 | 58,392 | 5,839 |
New York Power | 11 | 61,323 | 5,575 |
WUSA TOTAL | 84 | 585,376 | 6,969 |
Women’s United Soccer Association 2001 | G | Total | Average |
Washington Freedom | 10 | 144,207 | 14,421 |
Atlanta Beat | 11 | 122,013 | 11,092 |
Boston Breakers | 11 | 88,127 | 8,102 |
Bay Area CyberRays | 10 | 76,922 | 7,692 |
Philadelphia Charge | 10 | 71,541 | 7,154 |
New York Power | 10 | 57,192 | 5,719 |
San Diego Spirit | 11 | 62,821 | 5,711 |
Carolina Courage | 11 | 57,817 | 5,256 |
WUSA TOTAL | 84 | 680,640 | 8,103 |
All WUSA Teams | G | Total | Average |
Washington Freedom | 31 | 345,747 | 11,153 |
Atlanta Beat | 32 | 266,396 | 8,325 |
Boston Breakers | 32 | 245,573 | 7,674 |
Bay Area/San Jose CyberRays | 31 | 223,670 | 7,215 |
Philadelphia Charge | 31 | 220,676 | 7,119 |
San Diego Spirit | 32 | 183,636 | 5,739 |
Carolina Courage | 32 | 179,318 | 5,604 |
New York Power | 31 | 161,009 | 5,194 |
WUSA TOTAL | 252 | 1,826,025 | 7,246 |