http://imgur.com/a/pw0Yy
Here's a good look at the new keeper's uniforms on Saunders. Looks pretty cool.
Here's a good look at the new keeper's uniforms on Saunders. Looks pretty cool.
Josh Saunders [Goalkeeper]
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Josh has hair!
agree about the black and its not attractive and the green makes him look cool as a lettuce
he looks sad in the green one. maybe he knows he's going to be #2 this year behind lurch.
on a side note, is anyone bothered that he didn't take the no.1 kit number. i don't know why but it bothers me that our starting keeper didn't wear 1 on his kit.
It could just be that he's a Joe Namath fan or something, or some other random reason he likes the number 12.
If you look around MLS you'll see that there are very few starting keepers that wear #1. I've always thought it was strange to see all the different numbers worn by keepers in this league. Saunders is hardly the exception.
Yeah, that was the non-trolling half of what I was getting at.
http://www.americansocceranalysis.com/2016-keeper-xg/
Not sure exactly what metric is used to determine expected goals, but this is a pretty good statistics site, and Josh is ranked very poorly in this chart.
Not sure exactly what metric is used to determine expected goals, but this is a pretty good statistics site, and Josh is ranked very poorly in this chart.
Ranked 32 of 33 in a 20 team league. I say open keeper tryouts in NYC! Someone can step up and block balls with their hands. You don't need to be able to kick, it's not like Suanders can either.
http://www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2016/6/19/june-mls-gks
Almost fell off my seat here, and in the interest of making sure I prove myself wrong when faced with facts, JOsh is one of the best passers at GK in MLS. According to this.
Almost fell off my seat here, and in the interest of making sure I prove myself wrong when faced with facts, JOsh is one of the best passers at GK in MLS. According to this.
It's because he's attempted over 100 more passes under 40 yards then his next closest keeper. (he's attempted more then 200 over some of them!). And those passes league wide range in the 95-100% range. NYCFC has made a point to run the players close to him so he only has to make a short, high percentage pass. In doing so his amount of passes (especially short ones) dwarf the rest of the league. Take those away and his stats drop significantly.
Based on this chart, most keepers in the league attempt around 50% of their passes from 40-60 yards and JS is only attempting 33%. That tells me that he's not making the long kick unless it's a very open opportunity, which would increase his chances of completing it. Most of the time he's making the choice to go short to the easier outlet.
The third table is interesting too, showing how well teams defend against goal keeper passing. Seems to show how well or how committed teams are to pressing the keeper. No surprise that Orlando and NJ are high on there. Also shows us middle of the pack. I've noticed we rarely press the keeper, but try to take away his CBs and force him to make a longer pass.
