That included later matches when fans had figured out what the Leagues Cup was about and where this slate of matches was going. With the Sunday games pending in this second week including the Orlando City SC match, attendance has run from a high of 46,080 to a low of 1,020.
The low was at D.C. United vs. Santos Laguna, held at Subaru Park. The previous Leagues Cup match had 14,400 watching D.C. against Atlanta United.
So it’s likely that the Leagues Cup still has to capture the imagination of D.C. United supporters, rather than representing the only place where the call to boycott has worked.
U.S. Open Cup fans called for the boycott when MLS announced it favored support for the Leagues Cup by reducing participation in the history of the U.S. Open. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said the league is still developing and expected higher attendance in the newly formed Leagues Cup.
Not all Orlando City supporter groups pledged their membership to the boycott.
The high attendance for the Tigres UANL 2-1 win over Inter Miami was in the same orbit as this year’s record Leagues Cup attendance. That was set in the first week with 50,765 attending San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chivas de Guadalajara.
Fans haven’t seen enough to grasp the direction of this year’s tournament yet. However, the pace of attendance is running above last year.
For the first Leagues Cup
