More Statistics - Plus/Minus, Pass Completion Percentage

by Dave Clark on Nov 4, 2011 7:44 AM PDT

Sidereal has looked into Shots Plus/Minus in the past, and now we will have it updated on a semi-frequent basis. Due to the limits of available data these are for MLS games only. Data is collected from MLSsoccer.com. These are only additional statistics to measure a player's value. As in all things soccer they do not provide a complete image of said value. Players in italics have less than 900 MLS minutes.

Some definitions are probably in order.

Shots Plus/Minus - A plus one is given for every shot the team takes while a player is on the pitch. A minus one for every shot the opposing team takes. The listed rate stat is divided by minutes and multiplied by 90 for a per 90 listing.

Goals Plus/Minus - See above and replace shots with goals.

Total Pass Completion Percentage - Whether a pass ends up under control by a player with the same team.

Offensive Pass Completion Percentage - See above but only within the offensive third.

Name	Minutes	Net Shot Rate	Net Goal Rate	Total Pass %	Off Pass %
Amadou Sanyang	12	15.00	0.00	100.0%	0.0%
Sammy Ochoa	116	7.76	2.33	74.4%	62.5%
Steve Zakuani	465	5.23	0.00	76.3%	62.0%
Pat Noonan	290	2.79	0.00	69.3%	58.6%
Brad Evans	1561	1.79	0.63	74.5%	58.4%
Patrick Ianni	1283	1.26	0.49	75.1%	43.9%
Erik Friberg	1953	1.11	0.37	70.1%	52.5%
Fredy Montero	2353	0.96	0.69	70.5%	61.6%
O'Brian White	515	0.87	-0.35	80.7%	70.9%
Jhon Kennedy Hurtado	2111	0.85	0.43	77.9%	33.3%
Osvaldo Alonso	3002	0.84	0.51	82.3%	67.0%
Mauro Rosales	1917	0.80	0.75	68.3%	56.6%
Tyson Wahl	2066	0.70	0.57	66.2%	50.0%
Kasey Keller	3174	0.43	0.54	58.6%	28.2%
Jeff Parke	2471	0.36	0.51	75.8%	41.8%
Nate Jaqua	914	0.20	0.39	62.2%	55.5%
James Riley	2671	0.13	0.51	77.2%	64.6%
Miguel Montano	40	0.00	2.25	50.0%	62.5%
Zach Scott	904	-0.10	1.00	64.5%	44.8%
Leo Gonzalez	1111	-0.24	0.41	67.1%	55.8%
Roger Levesque	1124	-0.72	0.72	66.6%	50.5%
Lamar Neagle	1083	-1.00	1.00	62.8%	55.1%
Alvaro Fernandez	1872	-1.06	0.34	65.9%	54.8%
Mike Fucito	1062	-1.53	0.68	62.2%	48.8%
Servanco Carrasco	723	-3.11	0.37	73.9%	54.3%
David Estrada	120	-6.00	0.75	63.8%	50.0%

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Nice!

Can we se one where players with less than 500 or less than 700 minutes are removed?

by Ryan R Ray on Oct 19, 2011 3:41 PM PDT reply actions

I'll explore some other ways to do data presentation

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by Dave Clark on Oct 19, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Helloooo small sample sizes

But some things are interesting. Neagle is terrible at SH+/- but great at G+/-. Sanyang has yet to miss on a pass? Even in only 12 minutes, that’s a good sign. Alonso is an insanely efficient passer. This bears out my perception that he almost always knows where he can link the ball. Fucito’s offensive pass completion rate is the lowest of any forward by far. Is that mostly just due to his play style?

by agtk on Oct 19, 2011 4:41 PM PDT reply actions

Sanyang has attempted one credited pass

As for Fucito he isn’t used as a linking player very often.

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by Dave Clark on Oct 19, 2011 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Just from an observational standpoint:

it seems as though most of Fucito’s passes are of the low-percentage variety in the box. I don’t think he’s one of the better passers on the team by any stretch, but he’s certainly not poor or even below average and the passes he does make tend to create chances when they’re successful.

by Aaron Campeau on Oct 19, 2011 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions