Based upon the team's attendance this season, the fact that the upper deck of Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be open, and the league's history, Atlanta United has a very good chance of setting another record on Thursday when it hosts Columbus on Thursday in the first round of the MLS playoffs.
Here are the most-attended playoff games in MLS history:
All-Time Top 20 MLS Postseason Single-Game Attendances
Home Team Att. Date
1 MLS Cup '02 61,316 10/20/2002 LA 1 @ NE 0
2 Montreal Impact 61,004 11/22/2016 TOR 2 @ MTL 3
3 MLS Cup '97 57,431 10/26/1997 COL 1 @ DC 2
4 MLS Cup '98 51,350 10/25/1998 DC 0 @ CHI 2
5 Seattle Sounders FC 46,758 11/30/2014 LA 1 @ SEA 2
6 MLS Cup '09 46,011 11/22/2009 RSL 1 @ LA 1
7 MLS Cup '99 44,910 11/21/1999 DC 2 @ LA 0
8 Seattle Sounders FC 44,575 11/18/2012 LA 1 @ SEA 2
9 Seattle Sounders FC 42,774 11/22/2016 COL 1 @ SEA 2
10 MLS Cup '07 39,859 11/18/2007 HOU 2 @ NE 1
11 Seattle Sounders FC 39,599 11/01/2015 DAL 1 @ SEA 2
12 Seattle Sounders FC 39,537 10/28/2015 LA 2 @ SEA 3
13 MLS Cup '00 39,159 10/15/2000 CHI 0 @ KC 1
14 Seattle Sounders FC 38,912 11/10/2014 DAL 0 @ SEA 0
15 Seattle Sounders FC 38,507 11/02/2013 POR 2 @ SEA 1
16 Seattle Sounders FC 37,073 10/30/2016 DAL 0 @ SEA 3
17 Seattle Sounders FC 36,151 10/27/2016 KC 0 @ SEA 1
18 MLS Cup '16 36,045 12/10/2016 SEA 0 @ TOR 0
19 Seattle Sounders FC 36,021 11/02/2011 RSL 0 @ SEA 2
20 Toronto FC 36,000 11/30/2016 MTL 2 @ TOR 5
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