Main League Soccer has some unimaginable stadiums throughout the nation. A rising variety of stunning soccer-specific stadiums with downtown areas have opened up through the years and whereas some golf equipment nonetheless share stadiums with NFL groups, sure organizations, comparable to Atlanta United and the Seattle Sounders, have proven that they will fill NFL-sized stadiums with regularity. However there are additionally a handful of stadiums deep within the suburbs, golf equipment which might be nonetheless taking part in in make-shift services and markets which might be struggling to draw followers. Beneath is The Oregonian/OregonLive rankings of the stadiums in Main League Soccer. LAFC’s Banc of California Stadium and DC United’s Audi Subject haven’t but opened and weren’t included within the rankings.

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21. Yankee Stadium (NYCFC)

NYCFC has used Yankee Stadium as a “short-term” venue since coming into MLS in 2015, however the membership has made little progress at discovering a everlasting dwelling and seems set on staying in Yankee Stadium for some time. That is an issue. Yankee Stadium was designed to accommodate the New York Yankees and is a horrible venue for soccer. The sphere is much too slender and the fan expertise leaves a complete lot to be desired. The sight traces are significantly problematic as a result of the stadium is about up for baseball, not soccer. Regardless of the subpar venue, NYCFC ranked fifth in MLS in common attendance in 2017 with 22,643 followers per sport. The membership has averaged 21,136 followers per sport in three matches up to now this 12 months.

David Silverman

20. Gillette Stadium (New England Revolution)

The New England Revolution play in one of many least soccer-friendly stadiums in MLS. Gillette Stadium is primarily the house of the New England Patriots. Primarily based on the signage throughout the stadium, it could be arduous to inform {that a} soccer group even performs within the venue. The situation of the stadium can be removed from supreme. The stadium is positioned in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is 30 miles outdoors of Boston. Regardless of the poor venue, the Revolution averaged a good 19,367 followers per sport in 2017. However even with respectable attendance, the huge NFL stadium normally seems empty throughout Revolution video games. This 12 months, the membership has averaged simply 12,024 followers per sport in 4 video games up to now.

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19. MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus Crew)

MAPFRE Stadium opened in 1999 and was the primary soccer-specific stadium in MLS. However regardless of its essential historical past, MAPFRE Stadium now has the sensation of an previous and worn-down venue that’s in severe want of renovations. The stadium, which is north of downtown Columbus, is missing in facilities and ambiance. The Crew have some devoted followers, however the membership has struggled to attract numbers to its stadium. Columbus completed twentieth in MLS with a median attendance of 15,439 followers per sport in 2017. With the Crew doubtlessly leaving Columbus, the membership has averaged simply 9,511 followers per sport in three video games this 12 months.

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18. Dick’s Sporting Items Park (Colorado Rapids)

Dick’s Sporting Items Park is a soccer-specific stadium that has been the house of the Colorado Rapids since 2007. The 18,000-seat stadium is positioned in Commerce Metropolis, Colorado, which is 10 miles outdoors of Denver. The inconvenient location  of the stadium has been a difficulty for the Rapids because the membership has tried to draw followers. Having an open air stadium Colorado has additionally been problematic as followers and gamers need to take care of troublesome climate situations regularly. The Rapids averaged 15,322 followers per sport in 2017, which ranked second-worst in MLS. Colorado has averaged 13,149 in three video games this season.

Minnesota United FC

17. TCF Financial institution Stadium (Minnesota United)

Minnesota United entered MLS final season with a vibrant and devoted fan base and the membership will doubtless have an amazing sport day environment when its new soccer-specific stadium, Allianz Subject, opens subsequent 12 months. However for now, Minnesota United is caught taking part in on the College of Minnesota’s TCF Financial institution Stadium, which primarily homes the college’s soccer group. Nonetheless, Minnesota averaged a powerful 20,538 followers per sport in 2017 and has averaged 20,598 followers per sport in two video games up to now this season. Sooner or later, Minnesota might have one of many higher stadiums and atmospheres in MLS. However TCF Financial institution Stadium merely is not as much as the usual that has been set throughout MLS and Minnesota will proceed to be restricted by its present venue this season.

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16. Toyota Stadium (FC Dallas)

Toyota Stadium has been the house of FC Dallas since 2005 and was an early mannequin for soccer-specific stadiums all through MLS. However the truth that it’s a soccer-specific venue is likely one of the few positives about Toyota Stadium. The facilities contained in the venue have lagged behind these of different newer stadiums throughout MLS. The 20,500-seat stadium can be an hour outdoors of Dallas and is almost inconceivable to succeed in by public transit. The situation of the stadium hasn’t helped Dallas generate fan curiosity. Regardless of being one of many higher groups in MLS lately, FC Dallas has struggled to get followers out to Toyota Stadium. FC Dallas averaged a league-worst 15,122 followers per sport in 2017 and is averaging 14,106 followers per sport in 4 video games this season.

Rafael Alvarez/Chicago Hearth Soccer Membership

15. Toyota Park (Chicago Hearth)

Toyota Park is a soccer-specific stadium that has been the house of the Chicago Hearth since 2006. Throughout that point, the stadium has suffered from its inconvenient location in Bridgeview, Illinois, which is 15 miles outdoors of Chicago and isn’t simply accessible on public transit. The Hearth ranked 18th in MLS with a median attendance of 17,383 followers per sport in 2017. The membership has averaged 15,159 fan per sport in 4 matches this season. The empty seats make for a lackluster sport day environment at Toyota Park.

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14. BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston Dynamo)

BBVA Compass Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium that has been the house of the Houston Dynamo since 2012. The 22,000-seat stadium is centrally positioned in downtown Houston. With its orange seats and orange facade, the stadium actually stands out as effectively. It is a good venue, however the environment at BBVA Compass Stadium is normally subdued because the Dynamo are not often in a position to fill the venue. Houston ranked seventeenth in MLS in attendance in 2017 with a median attendance of 17,500 followers per sport. This season, the Dynamo have averaged 17,872 followers per sport in three matches up to now.

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13. Talen Power Stadium (Philadelphia Union)

Talen Power Stadium is a 18,500-seat stadium that opened in 2010. The soccer-specific venue sits proper off the Delaware River and  followers are gifted an unimaginable view of the Commodore Barry Bridge from contained in the stadium. The stadium contains a 2,000-seat supporters’ part and the Philadelphia Union actually get a lift from their devoted and longtime supporters’ group, the Sons of Ben. However there are additionally some main points with Talen Power Stadium. The stadium is positioned 15 miles outdoors of Philadelphia in Chester, Pennsylvania, generally known as one of the vital violent cities in America. The undesirable location and the Union’s poor kind lately have made it troublesome for the membership to fill its stadium on sport days. Philadelphia averaged 16,812 followers per sport in 2017 and has averaged 15,651 followers per sport in 4 video games this season.

Montreal Impression

12. Stade Saputo (Montreal Impression)

Stade Saputo is a soccer-specific stadium that has been the house of the Montreal Impression since 2008. The stadium is commonly full on sport days and the membership has a number of supporters’ teams that assist to create a vibrant environment on the venue. The stadium is accessible by public transit as effectively. The Impression have additionally labored to enhance the facilities on the stadium over the past 12 months as they’ve tried to create a fair higher sport day environment. The Impression averaged 20,046 followers per sport in 2017 and drew 26,005 followers of their lone dwelling sport up to now this season.

Toronto FC

11. BMO Subject (Toronto FC)

BMO Subject turned Canada’s first soccer-specific stadium when it opened in 2007. The stadium has undergone constant enhancements through the years. A grass area was added in 2010. The stadium then underwent renovations forward of the 2016 season to broaden capability to over 30,000 and add a canopied-roof to cowl all three stands. The stadium is now dwelling to each Toronto FC and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Soccer League. The supporters’ part is within the south finish of the stadium and the membership has put in a pulley-system to allow followers to provide giant tifo shows. Toronto FC, far and away the perfect group in MLS final season, drew 27,647 followers per sport in 2017. The membership has averaged 27,320 followers in two video games this 12 months.

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10. Rio Tinto Stadium (Actual Salt Lake)

Rio Tinto Stadium is a gorgeous soccer-specific venue that has been the house of Actual Salt Lake since 2008. Whereas the stadium is positioned 12 miles south of downtown in Sandy, Utah, Rio Tinto Stadium is likely one of the extra enticing venues in MLS. The structure of the stadium and its cover roof stand out, as does the view of the Wasatch Mountains that may be seen from contained in the venue. The fan help for Actual Salt Lake can be notable. Whereas the membership does not all the time promote out its 20,213-seat venue, it did common 18,781 followers per sport in 2017. The membership has averaged 17,685 followers per sport in three matches this season.

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9. StubHub Middle (LA Galaxy)

StubHub Middle has been a key venue for soccer in america since opening in 2003. The soccer-specific stadium is positioned outdoors of downtown Los Angeles in Carson, California, however its location is convenient-enough for many soccer followers within the LA space. The stadium itself boasts super sight traces for followers, nice facilities and one of many greater fields in MLS. The stadium complicated is dwelling to U.S. Soccer’s West Coast operations. Whereas the 27,000-seat stadium is actually a pleasant venue, the environment on sport days typically leaves lots to be desired. The Galaxy averaged 22,246 followers per sport in 2017 and have averaged 26,125 followers per sport in three video games this season as they’ve added famous person Zlatan Ibrahimovic to their roster.

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8. Avaya Stadium (San Jose Earthquakes)

Avaya Stadium opened in 2015 and rapidly turn into a vacation spot for soccer in america. The facilities at Avaya Stadium are significantly spectacular. The 18,000-seat stadium options the most important outside bar in North America and an array of various meals vans at each sport. The stadium is positioned simply outdoors of downtown San Jose and is adjoining to the San Jose Worldwide Airport for followers touring in for the sport. The San Jose Earthquakes commonly fill the stadium and obtain devoted help from their longtime supporters’ group, the San Jose Ultras. The membership has been in a position to push capability above the initially listed 18,000. San Jose averaged 19,875 followers in 2017 and has averaged 17,941 in three video games this season.

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7. BC Place (Vancouver Whitecaps)

BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium within the coronary heart of downtown Vancouver. It it dwelling to each the Whitecaps and the BC Lions of the Canadian Soccer League. The higher deck of the stadium is mostly closed on sport days, which creates an intimate, however electrical environment within the decrease bowl and ensures that each fan has an amazing view of the motion on the sector. The retractable roof helps to advertise that intimate environment and allows followers to have a snug expertise whatever the climate. The stadium has turn into an essential vacation spot for soccer in Canada and commonly hosts worldwide video games. The Whitecaps come near filling the decrease bowl each sport and the dedication of the Whitecaps’ supporters group, the Southsiders, is integral to the sport day environment at BC Place. The Whitecaps averaged 21,416 followers in 2017 and have averaged 24,026 followers in three video games this season.

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6. Pink Bull Area (New York Pink Bulls)

Pink Bull Area has been an essential vacation spot for soccer in america because it opened in 2010. The 25,000-seat stadium commonly hosts U.S. males’s and ladies’s nationwide group video games. Watching a sport inside Pink Bull Area is especially worthwhile as a result of there isn’t a dangerous view in the home and the proximity to the sector creates a tremendous expertise for followers within the decrease bowl. The stadium’s design is supposed to lure in noise and the environment on sport days may be electrical. That stated, the placement of the sector in Harrison, New Jersey is much from supreme and the stadium isn’t full. The Pink Bulls averaged 21,175 followers in 2017 and have averaged 16,053 in three video games this season.

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5. Century Hyperlink Subject (Seattle Sounders)

CenturyLink Subject was constructed for the Seattle Seahawks and has the texture of an NFL stadium. However whereas MLS groups have historically struggled in large NFL stadiums, the Seattle Sounders are one in every of simply two groups in MLS which have been in a position to make the most of their NFL-sized stadium to create an environment near what may be seen in soccer stadiums throughout Europe. The downtown location of CenturyLink Subject can be supreme and makes it simple for followers to come back out to the video games. The Sounders averaged 43,666 followers in 2017 and have averaged 39,770 in two video games this season. Whereas the sheer variety of followers is essential to creating the colourful and thrilling environment at CenturyLink Subject on sport days, the coordinated chants and unimaginable help from Seattle’s supporters’ group, the Emerald Metropolis Supporters, can be a key a part of each Sounders sport.

Sporting Kansas Metropolis

4. Kids’s Mercy Park (Sporting Kansas Metropolis)

Sporting Kansas Metropolis set a normal for soccer-specific stadiums when Kids’s Mercy Park opened in 2011. The stadium features a 2,000-seat space and accessible tifo room for the membership’s supporters’ group, the Kansas Metropolis Cauldron. The super fan help actually contributes to an intimate and thrilling sport day environment at Kids’s Mercy Park. The structure of the stadium additionally serves to advertise an ideal environment as effectively. The roof helps to maintain noise throughout the stadium and create an much more boisterous setting. The stadium is positioned in Kansas Metropolis, Kansas and surrounded by eating places and outlets that followers can get pleasure from earlier than and after matches as effectively. The capability of the stadium is listed at 18,500, however the membership has been in a position to supply extra seating. Sporting Kansas Metropolis averaged 19,537 in 2017 and has averaged 19,208 in 4 video games this season.

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3. Windfall Park (Portland Timbers)

Windfall Park is near the highest of this checklist for one cause: The environment. The Timbers Military has helped to create one of many prime sport day experiences throughout any sport in america. The devoted fan base in Portland, which supported the Timbers and the game of soccer lengthy earlier than the membership entered MLS, has set a brand new customary for the way followers can help their groups. By way of their coordinated chants, unimaginable tifo shows and superb dedication to the membership and group, the Timbers Military has turn into arguably the perfect supporters’ group in MLS. With the fan help, the Timbers have offered out each sport since coming into MLS in 2011. Windfall Park is centrally positioned in downtown and simply accessible by public transit as effectively. Nevertheless it additionally feels just like the previous, historic stadium that it’s and is proscribed by its seating capability of 21,144. The seating capability will leap to about 25,000 when the membership completes stadium renovations in Spring 2019 and the environment at Windfall Park will solely get higher when extra followers are allowed in. For any fan of soccer in america, experiencing the sport day environment at Windfall Park is a should.

Orlando Metropolis SC

2. Orlando Metropolis Stadium (Orlando Metropolis SC)

Orlando Metropolis Stadium was accomplished in time for Orlando Metropolis SC’s first dwelling sport of 2017 and it’s now the most effective locations to look at soccer in america. The soccer-specific stadium is only a few blocks from the guts of downtown and the stadium itself was constructed with the intention of selling an unimaginable environment on sport days. Orlando Metropolis Stadium options the primary safe-standing part in america for the membership’s supporters’ group. The roof of the stadium was constructed at an angle to lure in noise. And the sight traces and seating assist followers really feel near the motion. The stadium is the proper dwelling for Orlando Metropolis’s devoted fan base. The membership averaged 25,028 on sport days in 2017, which ranked fourth in MLS, and has averaged 23,790 up to now this 12 months.

Atlanta United FC

1. Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta United)

Atlanta United has come nearer than some other Main League Soccer group to making a sport day environment like that seen in soccer stadiums throughout Europe. That is as a result of Atlanta United attracts greater than double the followers of most MLS groups. Atlanta United averaged a league-best 48,200 followers in 2017 and has averaged  51,812 followers in 4 dwelling video games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this season. Mercedes-Benz Stadium can be a incredible new stadium positioned centrally in downtown Atlanta. Whereas the stadium is dwelling to each the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United, the soccer membership has proven that it could actually fill an NFL-sized stadium and has set a brand new customary for MLS with its unimaginable sport day environment at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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