Thirteen Reasons Why Attendance Was Lousy Last Saturday

This photo was from a good night, attendance-wise at DSGP. Last Saturday, notsomuch. - Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY SportsAnd how the supporters and the Rapids can make it better.

This past week, the Colorado Rapids had a great game against Toronto FC, in gloriously nice weather. And yet many fans are gnashing their teeth over our disappointing attendance for the match: 10,772.

The Dick holds around 18,700 at capacity. So, 10K's not very good. In fact, it's about 31% off last year's average attendance numbers. If the team continued to draw at that level, it would be the worst average attendance in MLS by far, and the worst in Rapids history since the very first year. These numbers are care of…