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The teams making a College Cup close to home has been kind of a crap shoot every year. 2002 was an all California college cup final match (UCLA vs Stanford), as was 2006 (UCSB vs UCLA), yet the College Cup wasn't held in the west. Western teams also had the runners up in 2004 and 2005. Although western teams haven't made the most recent cups, UCSBs fan base, location, and weather were probably convincing in rotating the College Cup back to the west (the last time the cup was held in the midwest, 2006 in St. Louis, the semifinal games were delayed a day due to weather, and the final game was played on a consecutive day). UCSB estimated they had sold 5,600-5,700 tickets (stadium capacity is 16,000) before the quarter final games were played, so it will be interesting to see how many of those people show up, and how many tickets are sold now that the final four is set.

It looks like college soccer is doing well in attendance this year too: http://www.socceramerica.com/article/40128...n-the-rise.html