What makes one Soccer City better than another?
Well, the folks at WalletHub.com used their own metrics to determine the best and worst cities for soccer in America. It would come as no surprise to those that call Rio Tinto Stadium home that Salt Lake City was the top-rated out of the 172 cities that qualified, using 18 key metrics.
Those included Performance level of MLS teams; Friendliness and engagement of MLS fans; Accessibility of MLS stadium; Average ticket price to an MLS game and more.
The list, by MLS markets, is as follows (with overall ranking in parenthesis):
1. Real Salt Lake (1)
2. Seattle (6)
3. Kansas City (7)
4. Washington, D.C. (9)
5. Dallas (10)
6. Boston (13)
7. Columbus (16)
8. Orlando (19)
9. Los Angeles (21)
10. Philadelphia (22)
11. Portland (23)
12. Denver (26)
13. New York (30)
14. Houston (33)
15. Chicago (37)
16. San Jose (47)
