El Tráfico creates MLS history at Rose Bowl by setting a single-game attendance record

July 4th marked history at Rose Bowl, where the audience set a single-game attendance record in a match between LA Galaxy and LAFC at the MLS. The 20th El Tráfico edition between these two teams drew 82,110 fans, establishing a new MLS single-game attendance record. LA, behind masterclass performances from Riqui Puig and Tyler Boyd, won the showdown 2-1.

The cross rivalry between these teams locked horns against each other at the Rose Bowl, which is indeed a historic venue in Pasadena, California. This Matchday 23 fixture was originally set for MLS is Back weekend as the 2023 campaign began, but it got shifted to summertime due to a postponement (inclement weather). Coming to the previous record of biggest single-game attendance, Charlotte FC held it as it welcomed 74,479 fans to Bank of America Stadium for the 2022 expansion side’s inaugural home match.

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Biggest single-game attendance record in MLS history

Check out the largest standalone match attendances in MLS history, in the table below.

AttendanceDateCompetition
 82,110LA vs. LAFC – July 4, 2023Regular season
74,479Charlotte vs. LA – March 5, 2022Regular season
73,019Atlanta vs. Portland – Dec. 8, 2018MLS Cup 2018
72,548Atlanta vs. LA – Aug. 3, 2019Regular season
72,243Atlanta vs. Seattle – July 15, 2018Regular season

Greg Vanney on this incredible record

Greg Vanney, the head coach as well as the sporting director of LA Galaxy, stated the atmosphere of the ground to be exciting. He said for him personally, to be back in the Rose Bowl, to see it full, to take a second and realize just how far the league has come since we kicked it off in ’96 to where it is now with the level of the two teams, the competition tonight, the quality of players on the field – all of it. It’s just an incredible venue, incredible atmosphere and wonderful game that he thinks entertained as these games always do, he further stated.

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