Now do us all a favor and try to care a little more about the Champions League than the rest of MLS. Please.

The official attendance for the US Open Cup Final was 17,329, just a shade over the 16,382 that came out for the Portland v. Seattle third-round match. If that number is true, that’s not too bad, and D.C. United should get a little credit for marketing this game successfully. During the game, though, I thought Fox Soccer Channel was working pretty hard to obscure the actual number of empty seats in RFK Stadium. Keeping the cameras on the flag-heavy Barra Brava helped a little.

Sounders fans had a fairly decent showing, too, even though this group seems smaller than the one I was expecting to be there:

Must be the economy.

Favorite post-game smack: http://butyoudidntwinthisone.com/

Favorite tweet came from my buddy Jeff:

This just in – the Washington production of “Stomp” will now star Josh Wicks.

More game coverage at Soccer By Ives and the Seattle Times.