The good info is behind a paywall and I'm having trouble pulling it on
mobile :/ In absolute numbers the women have been making more at the gate.
TV sales are bundled so there's no good info there, although IIRC the
ratings numbers might be worth digging into.
You want to search on Wall Street Journal US Soccer financial analysis, and
then you should be able to get a URL for the Wayback Machine. US Soccer is
doing a media blitz right now, so it may not be at the top of the news
results.
Anecdotally, I live in a soccer-mad city and have attended a Hex game for
the men and a friendly for the women in the same stadium. While both were
rowdy and fun, more people came out to see the women in a meaningless game.
That said, the Sounders pull more than the Reign by an order of magnitude
during the regular season. National team and league play are really in two
different buckets in peoples' minds, I guess.
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Date: 2019-08-22 04:05 pm (UTC)The good info is behind a paywall and I'm having trouble pulling it on mobile :/ In absolute numbers the women have been making more at the gate. TV sales are bundled so there's no good info there, although IIRC the ratings numbers might be worth digging into. You want to search on Wall Street Journal US Soccer financial analysis, and then you should be able to get a URL for the Wayback Machine. US Soccer is doing a media blitz right now, so it may not be at the top of the news results.
Anecdotally, I live in a soccer-mad city and have attended a Hex game for the men and a friendly for the women in the same stadium. While both were rowdy and fun, more people came out to see the women in a meaningless game. That said, the Sounders pull more than the Reign by an order of magnitude during the regular season. National team and league play are really in two different buckets in peoples' minds, I guess.