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Message: [QUOTE="jekelish, post: 1076853, member: 82"] That's not particularly fair either, since the most talented young players are generally going to be plucked by the newly forming MLS academies or if they are REALLY good enough, development academies overseas. For instance, one of our top young prospects is an 18 year old kid named Lynden Gooch, who is already playing in Sunderland's developmental team in the EPL. But obviously, college soccer attendance is nowhere near college hoops attendance. As of the 2012 season, the D1 national leader was UC Santa Barbara, which averaged 5,542 per game (UConn, surprisingly, is #2). Obviously, the stadiums are not as large, there isn't as much talent, and it's just not a commercial college sport like football or basketball. That said, looking at the figures, the attendance numbers are steadily increasing and have been for the last 16 years. Since 1998, the average attendance leader has risen by nearly 3,000 fans per game. [/QUOTE]