By The Numbers: What We've Done, What Must We Do

Standard MLS W-L-T format:

Home Record:
6-7-4 22 Pts 1.294 PPG -- Second Worst in the league better only than Colorado.
Away
4-10-3 15 Pts 17 PPG

Home Jersey
7-11-6 (24 Games)
Away Jersey
3-6-1 (10 Games) Not bad considering the Away jersey used 9/10 games away (not that we were smashing at home).

Overall PPG
1.088
PPG Before Any Transfers Arrived
1.111
PPG After First Transfers Arrived (Iraola, Angelino)
1.06
PPG After Mena and Pirlo's First Game
1.14
PPG After Lampard's First Game
1.00
PPG Final 10 Games
1.00
Record in Final 10 Games
3-6-1
PPG Low Point
0.58 After Game 12
PPG High Point (excluding through first 4 games)
1.194 Game 31
Highest Winning GD
2 -- six times
Highest Losing GD
-4 Galaxy
Best 10 Game Stretch
5-3-2 -- Games 13-22, May 30-Aug 1
Points in First 17 Games
17
Point in Last 17 Games
20
Longest Win Streak
3 -- twice
Longest Unbeaten Streak
3 -- twice
Longest Losing Streak
4
Longest Winless Streak
11
 
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A few more:

1. We ranked sixth league-wide for goals scored. The only other team in the top 10 with a negative GD was Orlando at 10.
2. We ranked 19th for goals allowed.
3. We ranked 15 for GD, two spots higher than our points rank.
4. Two West Conf teams had better road records than our home record.
5. Two East Conf teams, including NYRB, had road records equal to our home record.

Conference comparison notes:
1. East and West had the same points total for places 1, 2, and 4.
2. For the key Sixth Place spot, West was only 2 points higher than East.
3. The Seventh Place team in the West did not have enough points to break the playoff line in the East.
4. You have to go to irrelevant spots 8, 9, and 10 in each conference to see the West pulling ahead of the East in significant fashion.
 
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A bit more on our game-by-game goal differentials.

As noted our worst was -4 against LA Galaxy. There were no -3, only five -2 (we had six +2), but a whopping eleven -1. We just lost a lot of close games this year.
Rounding out, we had the mentioned six plus 2 and four +1.
 
I keeping looking and seeing new breakdowns:

As noted our low point was Week 12, near the end of the 11 game winless streak, with a PPG of 0.583. In just the next 6 games, we improved to 1.111 by going 4-1-1 getting 13 points in 6 games for a PPG of 2.167 over the six games. At 1.111 the projected point total was 37.78. We ended up with 37, rounding down more than up but basically right on target.

Meaning that after that six game stretch that ended July 4, for the rest of the season, the team basically was treading water.
 
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