The Seattle Sounders beat Portland 1-0 in Clint Dempsey’s home debut and there were a number of people there to both welcome him and make sure the club’s visiting rivals felt the alternative. The match drew sixty seven,385 followers — the best attendance ever for a match in Seattle (beating a 2011 friendly against Manchester United that drew sixty seven,052), the second highest ever for an MLS match (only trailing the league’s 1996 opener between the LA Galaxy and NY/NJ MetroStars which had sixty nine,255) and third highest on the earth for the weekend, in keeping with ESPN. In fact, the one reason the attendance wasn’t larger is because they reached most capacity for the NFL stadium in which they play, CenturyLink Discipline.
And to match the huge attendance figure, Seattle followers had an equally massive tifo show that learn “Construct a bonfire” (Timbers followers modified a Man United chant that includes those lyrics) with their very own 4 horsemen of the Cascadia apocalypse driving by way of the flames…
The excessive attendance determine wasn’t all down to Clint Dempsey’s arrival, though. The corresponding fixture final yr drew 66,452. So far this season, Seattle’s common attendance is sort of forty three,000 — virtually double the second greatest LA Galaxy (which is afforded by their much greater capability). However attendance was never Seattle’s problem, nor is it the league’s. What does desperately require bettering is MLS television ratings and on this evening, national broadcaster ESPN slipped up a few occasions of their try to help the cause.
First, they inadvertently made fun of the league by mixing up the phrase “parity” with “parody” on a halftime graphic.
Then their feed reduce out for a significant period throughout the second half, forcing them to go present commercials during the match. But none of that saved Seattle fans from having fun at Portland’s expense.
This is what a Seattle record attendance of 67,385 for Clint Dempsey’s home debut looks like
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