{"id":1705,"date":"2017-09-11T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minor-leagues.com\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2018-01-19T14:42:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T20:42:09","slug":"north-american-soccer-league-attendance-2011-to-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minor-leagues.com\/v1\/?p=1705","title":{"rendered":"North American Soccer League Attendance 2011 to 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the defining characteristics of Minor Sports Leagues is that they play to smaller crowds of fans. Minor-Leagues.com has compiled a series of posts that provides details of attendance figures.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>North American Soccer League<\/b> (<b>NASL<\/b>) is a professional men&#8217;s soccer league with teams in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It is sanctioned by the <a title=\"United States Soccer Federation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Soccer_Federation\">United States Soccer Federation<\/a> as a Division II league in the <a title=\"United States soccer league system\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_soccer_league_system\">American league system<\/a>, under <a title=\"Major League Soccer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Major_League_Soccer\">Major League Soccer<\/a> (MLS) and equal with <a title=\"United Soccer League\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Soccer_League\">United Soccer League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the fan attendance for the entire league from 2011 to 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"1372\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">League<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">Sport<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">Season<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\"># of Teams<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">Team Change<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">Games<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">Games Change<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">Total Attendance<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">TA Change<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">Average Attendance<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">AA Change<\/td>\n<td width=\"137\">Source<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">North American Soccer League (AAA)<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Association_football\">Association Football<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">8 (6 USA 2 CAN)<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">-25.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">112<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">-37.78%<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">422,212<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">-47.28%<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">3,770<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">-15.26%<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenn.com\/the_blog\/?page_id=3822\">kenn.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">North American Soccer League (AAA)<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Association_football\">Association Football<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">8 (7 USA 1 CAN)<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">112<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">426,252<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">0.96%<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">3,806<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">0.95%<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenn.com\/the_blog\/?page_id=3822\">kenn.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">North American Soccer League (AAA)<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Association_football\">Association Football<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2013<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">8 (7 USA 1 CAN)<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">98<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">-12.50%<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">457,674<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">7.37%<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">4,670<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">22.70%<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenn.com\/the_blog\/?page_id=3822\">kenn.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The North American Soccer League operates as a group of independent club owners as opposed to the single-entity structure of Major League Soccer. Most players and team personnel will play in the NASL hoping to attract notice of the higher league MLS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the defining characteristics of Minor Sports Leagues is that they play to smaller crowds of fans. Minor-Leagues.com has compiled a series of posts that provides details of attendance figures. The North American Soccer League (NASL) is a professional men&#8217;s soccer league with teams in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. 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