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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Also, weekday game notwithstanding, it's a bit of a shame York couldn't parlay a big attendance game in the CanChamp into anything. Smallest league game crowd of the season for them, and a league record low of 1769. They now hold five of the 10 lowest attended games in league history (Pacific 3, Cavalry 1, Edmonton 1), and two CanChamp figures that are lower than that.
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A big part of York's problem is that they decided to market themselves as a very local team representing the York Region (hence the York 9 name) but they don't actually play within that area at the moment. They play in North York which is actually part of Toronto while they try to figure out a new stadium in Newmarket or Markham. So people in the area around the stadium (York University) aren't really eager to commit to the team and aren't really being marketed to while the people who they are trying to market to have to travel to the games which is making it hard to convert them from supporting TFC.
It's a tough situation and hopefully the figure out the stadium soon. Certainly they are the team in the most precarious position in the league.