ASL Attendance

This is a work in progress: attendance figures (as best as can be found) for the second American Soccer League, which began play in 1933 after the collapse of the first ASL and lasted through 1983. The figures for 1982 come from the 1983 American Soccer League Media Guide, and are incomplete (obviously). The 1978 figures come from Andy Crossley’s excellent Fun While It Lasted, and there was a math error in those figures. There is a lot of history in this league, but its attendance figures are probably going to be very difficult to find.

1982 G Total Average
Detroit Express 4 35,725 8,931
Carolina Lightnin’ 14 77,343 5,525
Rochester Flash 5 19,696 3,939
Georgia Generals 4 14,400 3,600
Oklahoma City Slickers 14 44,260 3,161
Pennsylvania Stoners 13 31,530 2,425
Nashville Diamonds 6 8,688 1,448
ASL TOTALS 60 231,642 3,861
 
1978 G Total Average
Indianapolis Daredevils 12 52,512 4,376
Southern California Lazers 12 46,982 3,915
Los Angeles Skyhawks 12 45,957 3,830
New York Apollo 12 44,298 3,692
Cleveland Cobras 12 40,417 3,368
Sacramento Gold 12 34,722 2,894
New Jersey Americans 12 35,553 2,963
California Sunshine 12 27,576 2,298
New York Eagles 12 15,456 1,288
Connecticut Yankees 12 11,613 968
ASL TOTALS 120 355,086 2,959