If you think the phenomenal interest in this summer’s World Cup has abated, check out these attendance figures from all soccer game this past weekend in the United States and Canada — more than 500,000 people!
INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CUP
Manchester United vs. Real Madrid in Ann Arbor, Mich.: 109,318 (U.S. record)
AC Milan vs. Liverpool in Charlotte, N.C.: 69,364
Olympiacos vs. Manchester City in Minneapolis: 34,047
Inter Milan vs. Roma in Philadelphia: 12,169 (photo above)
Monday: 50,000 expected for Manchester United vs. Liverpool in Miami, 8 p.m. ET (Fox Sports 1, ESPN Deportes)
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Seattle at San Jose: 48,765 (first sporting event at 49ers new stadium)
Philadelphia at Kansas City: 21,318
New England at New York: 20,862
Portland at Los Angeles: 20,089
D.C. United at Houston: 20,061
Real Salt Lake at Colorado: 17,554
Toronto at Montreal: 16,665
Columbus at Chicago: 14,332
Dallas at Chivas USA: 3,951
NATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE
Houston at Portland: 19,123 (league record)
Western New York at Boston: 3,754
Chicago at Washington: 3,102
Seattle at Kansas City: 3,029
NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE (2nd division: top two games)
Atlanta at Indianapolis: 10,285
Carolina at New York: 4,649
(Minnesota-Ottawa was part of a doubleheader with Olympiacos-Manchester City)
USL-PRO (3rd division: top two games)
Charlotte at Orlando: 5,029
Charleston at Rochester: 4,445
