Possible, but hardly a terrible decision. Doing so allows for another shot at a player better suited when the big leagues around the world are between seasons which boosts the available players out of contract or teams willing to part for the right price.
Honestly if he continues this way, it'll be a tough battle between him and Vela for MVP
In the 10451 zip code maybe. Everywhere else Vela is and will be running away with it barring a catastrophe. Vela has more goals than Maxi has Goals Plus Assists and his team is making a joke of the league.
This goes back to the same thing we talked about last time though... Let's wait to see what happens to LAFC when Vela's not playing. That determines real MVP imo. If he's not playing and they're still ripping the league apart, then he's not the MVP.
I hope his visit back to MLS was fulfilling.
Was he even on the bench last match when the bench wasn’t even full?
No, but he was on the bench for a couple of other games when we were short of a regular, full 18. I wonder if he was left off Sunday as a courtesy to him and Memphis because he was going back. I realize the odds of him both seeing the field and then getting hurt were barely de minimis, but that might just be the way to do things.
I wonder if making the 18 is some sort of contract item triggering a bonus/raise after x-number of matches.
That is the definition of MVP....That no person in any sport uses.
after a quick google search I find that I've wrongly defined MVP for my whole life. In my head, and how I've been told (since i was a child... guess everyone who told me was wrong...) is that the MVP is the person on a team (or in a league) that without that player, the team would not survive. (or in case of league, whoever is the most most important from all the teams)
Interesting, I wonder where the concept originated? As in, what was the first instance it was used in.
FredMertz that it's most often best player but with some situation specific caveats. The most common caveat is around team performance, It's typically the best player on a good team. I have rarely seem an MVP given to the best player that happened to be on a terrible team that missed the playoffs for example. I also think in most major American sports it tends to be best offensive player more often that not. Winning the award for a position like Goalie would typically take some kind of statistically historic performance like most shut outs ever. It's confusing because the name doesn't really align with how it's typically rewarded. I agree with
It gets even messier when you get into some of the "its this guy's turn" habits of voters which happens a lot in the NBA. Karl Malone won MVP over Jordan one year just because the voters got tired of voting for Jordan. This year when James Harden and Giannas both had amazing seasons a lot of people said they'd vote for Giannas because Harden got his MVP last year and they voted for Harden the year before because he should have won the year before that.
It's a super subjective award which often times makes it a bit useless. Things like golden boot in soccer seem much more meaningful to me because it's based on actual numbers.
