Do you have any proof of this? Or do you want to admit it was a statement of wishful thinking and unvarnished hatred towards soccer, known as football throughout the world minus U.S./Canada (the sport you actually use your foot with the ball).
I do hate soccer, there isn't a more boring sport on the planet.
By the way, here's my proof: DC United vs San Jose had a sell-out of 24,000+; LA vs N.England had a crowd of 25,152; Columbus vs NY had a crowd of 20,356; KC vs Chicago had a crowd of 20,229. This was 4 games out of the 5 opening games that did this well. Basketball arenas, nonetheless a WNBA game, can't fit these many. MLS games will mostly be on weekends, simiilar to the NFL, I don't see why you would think attendance figures will drop drastically. In fact, most of the fans that go to MLS games have season tickets (15 home games).
I don't buy those #s and they aren't great either. I know the Meytrostars inflate their attendance #s and I assume it is done in most of the MLS Stadiums. Also, MOST of the fans at Metrostars games are their w/ FREE or very cheap tickets.
MLB Opener (NY Yankees vs Devil Rays in Japan) aired on ESPN on Sunday night 8:00pm had a rating of 1.9 which ESPN stated it was the best rating EVER on their network for a MLB opener. MLS Opener had a rating of 1.8 - But then again, let's just assume the "WNBA is more popular".
Do you realize that game was live at 5AM? then shown on tape delay at night?
Show me the great soccer TV #s, I GUARANTEE you can't find any b/c no one watches soccer in this Country.
MLS attendance SHOULD be higher than the WNBA, no one cares about the WNBA either and they play in 15-20,000 seat Arenas while MLS teams play in 50,000+ seat Stadiums.