Minnesota United a sign of changing times for analytics in MLS
An attempt to understand what the current moment in MLS analytics looks like through the lens of Minnesota United FC, who recently partnered with American Soccer Analysis.
An attempt to understand what the current moment in MLS analytics looks like through the lens of Minnesota United FC, who recently partnered with American Soccer Analysis.
The San Jose striker now has scored the sixth-most goals in Major League Soccer history, earning our vote in this week's MLS Player of the Matchday race.
Introducing the MLS Roster Matrix: We assess the roster flexibility and financial resources of every club in the league.
Why the Colorado Rapids attacking midfielder earned our vote for MLS Player of the Matchday: The totality of his performance and the opposition he scored his two goals against.
The Spanish attacker had one goal and two assists in Charlotte's 4-1 win over San Jose, earning our vote for Player of the Matchday. Plus: NYCFC's Matt Freese starts in the Team of the Matchday.
Our MLS Player of the Matchday vote goes to the center-back who scored and helped keep a clean sheet to make it four straight MLS wins for the Whitecaps. Plus, Alonso Martínez earns a spot in Team of the Matchday.
The St. Louis goalkeeper made eight saves on the road against LA Galaxy to earn our vote for MLS Player of the Matchday, plus New York City FC finally has a player in the Team of the Matchday.
The Philadelphia forward ripped apart FC Cincinnati's defense to earn our vote for MLS Player of the Matchday just ahead of a one-goal, three-assist performance from Inter Miami's Luis Suárez.
There are open roster slots aplenty, be it for Designated Players or U22 Initiative signings, while roster decisions loom for multiple key NYCFC players come season's end.
The Inter Miami stars were fined for separate but strangely similar actions: What's with all the neck-grabbing in South Florida?
The Vancouver Whitecaps winger scored once and handed out three assists in a derby-winning debut with his new Canadian club, making him our pick for MLS Player of the Matchday.
Lionel Messi was widely criticized after he grabbed New York City FC Assistant Coach Mehdi Ballouchy by the neck after tense 2-2 draw.
That's $125 million less than the $1 billion valuation made by Sportico last month.
New York City FC are picked to finish 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th in the East: We're keeping tabs on who said what.
The four best teams from MLS will face the four best teams from Liga MX as determined by Phase One (don't call it a group stage). It's complicated! Which is why we decode it here.
Major League Soccer now have five clubs worth $1 billion according to Sportico: The average team is now worth $721 million, up from $678 million last year.