Attendance Project: WUSA

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 Assoc. 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 Assoc. 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 Assoc. 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
San Jose 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
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