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I hope Sam Jones does them again next year. I loved it and looked forward to the power rankings just for the snark!
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you know i feel like no one really sticks out. I guess Gil is favorite?

Gil was amazing in the first half of the year then really calmed down. Mukhtar was amazing late in the season. Taty was streaky but won the Golden Boot. I feel like it's probably Gil's to win because of the season NE had and he was the runaway favorite early in the year when NE went up and ran away from everyone else. Taty should at least be top 3.
 
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you know i feel like no one really sticks out. I guess Gil is favorite?
Something that bothers me about Carlos Gil potentially winning the MVP award. Yes, New England set the most points for a single season but in terms of individual performance look at this basic comparison:

2021 Carlos Gil: 2285 minutes, 4G/18A
- Potentially first in voting?
- No real standout individual performances but a great singular team performance

2019: Maxi Moralez 2434 minutes, 7G/20A
- 4th in MVP voting behind Carlos Vela (2726 minutes 34G/15A), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2610 minutes, 30G/7A, 27G/4A)
- 2019 certainly had better individual season performances
- If Maxi put together those stats this season, would he win the MVP? (G+A leader is 28 this year, Mukhtar 16G/12A)
 
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Something that bothers me about Carlos Gil potentially winning the MVP award. Yes, New England set the most points for a single season but in terms of individual performance look at this basic comparison:

2021 Carlos Gil: 2285 minutes, 4G/18A
- Potentially first in voting?
- No real standout individual performances but a great singular team performance

2019: Maxi Moralez 2434 minutes, 7G/20A
- 4th in MVP voting behind Carlos Vela (2726 minutes 34G/15A), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2610 minutes, 30G/7A, 27G/4A)
- 2019 certainly had better individual season performances
- If Maxi put together those stats this season, would he win the MVP? (G+A leader is 28 this year, Mukhtar 16G/12A)

id say he would be 2 since the team record will probably push him out of top spot.
 
Sportico is reporting Mark Abbott, President and CEO of MLS is stepping down.
 
How would this affect things going on with the league? I don't actually know what he does behind the scenes.
 
Watched the Nashville v Orlando highlights which sent me on a Mukhtar intel search.
Found it surprising (probably because I don’t know a great deal about most leagues on this planet) that he’s scored almost as many goals in his two years in MLS as he did from 214 -2019 in Poruguese, Austrian and Danish Leagues.
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Watched the Nashville v Orlando highlights which sent me on a Mukhtar intel search.
Found it surprising (probably because I don’t know a great deal about most leagues on this planet) that he’s scored almost as many goals in his two years in MLS as he did from 214 -2019 in Poruguese, Austrian and Danish Leagues.
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And he only has 1 penalty goal in MLS in 2021.