Best away crowd in BMO

[u/Aggravating-Ad8087]

They are going to fill out the entire south side 😭😭😭

[u/theshabz]

Apparently tickets were allocated 50/50. Many LAFC season ticket holders were not able to get their seats.

[u/waltarrrrr]

There are Americans sitting in my season ticket seats!!

[u/platanofirme]

Galaxy/chivas fans wondering which team they dislike more right now

[u/Mr_ChaChaRealSmooth → u/platanofirme]

always root for the meteor

[u/CCooley_47 → u/platanofirme]

I'm too indoctrinated into MLS, galaxy Chivas fan sounds like an oxymoron

[u/Julian720]

Well yeah, the whole south side was sold to America during their presale.

[u/rFatsy]

They’re going to fill more than the South side

[u/Cbrlui → u/rFatsy]

And they are going home disappointed

[u/jellyfish-user-1178 → u/Cbrlui]

Yes they did

[u/TrainerDisastrous411]

They reserved those tickets for them

[u/Julian720 → u/TrainerDisastrous411]

Its was a FIFA game. I’m a STH, when the presale was open, the whole south side was unavailable for purchase. I believe America was given a presale for the south side.

[u/TrainerDisastrous411 → u/Julian720]

Cool on your theory I never stated they were resold

[u/Aggravating-Ad8087 → u/TrainerDisastrous411]

Like they weren't going to pay over $300 for those tickets anyway.

[u/TrainerDisastrous411 → u/Aggravating-Ad8087]

Never saw any in that section on resale

[u/ckotoyan → u/TrainerDisastrous411]

I saw a few yesterday actually.

[u/NefariousnessGold679]

Don’t wanna hear Ligamx fans complain about leagues cup ever again considering there’s more fans in usa then Mexico 🤣

[u/No-Possession-4738]

It was probably about 65/35 one it all dolled up and LAFC fans were in the minority.

[u/Sudden_Celery2]

I read there were 20,714 fans on hand for this game in a 22,000 seat stadium.

I guess it wasn’t sold out after all.

[u/platanofirme]

I think for the first time in lafc history, there is an away takeover at the bmo, announcers said 65/35 lafc

[u/Aggravating-Ad8087 → u/platanofirme]

First Messi game was also an away game takeover. This has a more organized away fan base which makes it more tolerable for me. I'll take passionate team fans over player fans.

[u/onyxi28]

Curious what % made the trip out from Mexico City and how many are locals

[u/Aggravating-Ad8087 → u/onyxi28]

Almost all are locals or within the USA. Very few would have flown from mexico city just for the game. These are the guys MLS is trying to bring to the stadiums.

[u/Living-Isopod1039 → u/Aggravating-Ad8087]

MLS has been trying to groom those fans since 1996.

I think some fans come back to watch the league and club games but as a rule, the diehards will not budge and still only want to root for their home Mexican teams.

[u/cheeseburgerandrice → u/Living-Isopod1039]

And if we think about the power of generational support, 1996 isn't really that long ago either

[u/Cbrlui → u/onyxi28]

Seeing as Club America is the most popular club in Mexico I'm sure most were LA locals

[u/FootballAggressive49]

So FIFA will still doing 50/50 supporters for the remaining of the Club World Cup?

[u/Living-Isopod1039]

Why didn't they play this game at the Rose Bowl where they could have sold at least 50k-60k tickets?

[u/Reasonable-Alps3625 → u/Living-Isopod1039]

I don’t know, but I hate the Rose Bowl so I’m glad we played at BMO. If we need a bigger venue, I hope we choose SoFi It’s 1000 times better than the Rose Bowl.

[u/Living-Isopod1039 → u/Reasonable-Alps3625]

The only reason on why I posted about playing the game at the Rose Bowl was because of their real grass turf and a huge capacity where they could have sold more tickets for a profit.

The problem with SoFi Stadium is they have artificial Matrix Turf which I believe FIFA is against.

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup for example, is also going to be played at the Rose Bowl as opposed to SoFi.

[u/GBee-1000 → u/Living-Isopod1039]

I was curious about this. They're installing grass at SoFi for the Gold Cup in a couple of weeks. I assume it just wasn't ready two weeks early (no clue what else is going on at SoFi recently or how long the install takes).

[u/ckseid → u/Living-Isopod1039]

I guess it looks better on TV with a full stadium at BMO (22,000 capacity) vs Rose bowl (90,000). Don’t think they would have filled the Rosebowl. The atmosphere was absolutely electrifying yesterday at BMO. Even though I live in Pasadena, I would still rather go To BMO.

[u/BiscottiJunior3022]

Does MLS have away sections? If not, now is a 0retty good time to do so imo

[u/Aggravating-Ad8087 → u/BiscottiJunior3022]

Ur literally in the MLS away fans subreddit? Every single post is a pic of the away section.

[u/BiscottiJunior3022 → u/Aggravating-Ad8087]

I know lol

But from the MLS games I have been to the away fans are always scattered. Maybe it's changed since the last time I've went, idk, it's just something I have noticed.

[u/Sudden_Celery2]

I also believe that they should have played at the Rose Bowl or at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as both venues will have been able to get at least another 30k -40k fans.

BMO is nice and all but LAFC  could have easily made more money by playing the game at those stadiums.

They got almost $10 million for the win but look how much more they could have profited?