TAMPA, Fla. – A record-setting night of midweek action pushed the United Soccer League to surpass 1.5 million in total attendance for the 2017 USL regular season on Wednesday night, as the league’s fans continue to turn out in record numbers. Coming only six-and-a-half weeks after the league reached the one million attendance mark, fan interest in the USL continues to surge across the country as the race for the 2017 USL Cup Playoffs kicks into high gear.
The league entered the night at a total attendance for the 2017 season of 1,471,949, and with almost 31,000 fans combined in attendance in the first three games of the night at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Slugger Field in Louisville, Ky.