Photo: Alex Schierholtz

Soccer in the United States is certainly gaining steam.

Orlando City SC has proven that in the Central Florida market, by averaging close to 8,000 fans per game in the USL PRO table. But a recent story by Soccer America’s Paul Kennedy points to impressive attendance figures around the United States of games ranging from Major League Soccer to international tournaments like the Gold Cup.

Check out the top 20 attended matches in 2013 in the US!

Attendance   Teams                      Competition   

81,410       USA-Honduras/Mexico-Panama Gold Cup semifinals
70,540       USA-El Salvador/Honduras   Gold Cup quarterfinals
67,273       Real Madrid-Chelsea/LAG*   Guinness Int'l ChampionsCup
62,107       Mexico-Nigeria             Friendly
57,920       USA-Panama                 Gold Cup final
56,822       Mexico-Panama/Canada**     Gold Cup Group A
54,2297      Mexico-Trinidad&Tobago***  Gold Cup quarterfinals
54,1848      Real Madrid-Inter Milan    Friendly
53,679       Seattle-Vancouver          MLS
50,0281      San Jose Galaxy            MLS
48,263       Manchester City-Chelsea    Friendly
47,359       USA-Germany                Friendly
43,345       Mexico-Denmark             Friendly
41,983       Chelsea-Inter Milan        Guinness Int'l ChampionsCup
40,681       Real Madrid-Everton/LAG****Guinness Int'l ChampionsCup
40,487       USA-Panama                 World Cup 2014 qualifying
40,150       Seattle/Portland           MLS
39,764       Chelsea-AC Milan*****      Guinness Int'l ChampionsCup
39,462       Manchester City-Chelsea    Friendly
39,368       Spain-Ireland              Friendly

*Los Angeles Galaxy/AC Milan

**Canada-Martinique

***Trinidad & Tobago Panama-Cuba

****Los Angeles Galaxy/Panama-Cuba

*****Valencia-Inter Milan