Sounders Offensive Production By Role

by Dave Clark on Sep 2, 2011 5:08 PM PDT in Sounders: Analysis

There's been a ton written lately about the Seattle Sounders FC offense lately. A look at goal scoring from forwards, due to the lack of scoring by Fredy Montero lately, and the look at the shift of Montero back to more of a trequartista. Both really look at the lack of the "other" forward scoring, as much as they do Montero, but in different ways.

Of course, with as man writers as we have around here you can get nearly an infinite look at certain situations. With Lamar Neagle's dominant performance against the Columbus Crew (he won and lost Goal of the Week, nominated for two) it was about time to update the Points Per 90 chart anyway. All stats are for all competitions for the Senior team.

First up, but "type" of player - Forward, Wide Mid, Center Mid, Fullback, Centerback.

Type	Games	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists	PP90
Forwards	101	64	5865	17	20	0.83
Wide Mids	85	60	5298	21	19	1.04
Center Mids	92	78	6925	9	7	0.32
Fullbacks	67	63	5697	1	5	0.11
Centerbacks	79	73	6644	2	1	0.07

Next by role - left side, right side, defensive mid, target forward or withdrawn.

Role	Games	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists	PP90
WF	37	33	2853	10	11	0.98
TF	64	31	3012	7	9	0.69
RW	25	22	1954	5	10	0.92
LW	60	38	3344	16	9	1.10
CM	45	39	3331	6	4	0.43
CDM	47	39	3594	3	3	0.23
LB	38	35	3177	1	3	0.14
RB	29	28	2520	0	2	0.07
CB	79	73	6644	2	1	0.07

There are some weak points there offensively. Most of them come from players like Pat Noonan (listed as Target Forward), Nate Jaqua and Roger Levesque. The individual statistics after the break show that there are a handful of players who have hardly played, but most have played a lot. It is also quite apparent why Sigi Schmid has gone with a small/small pairing lately.

Position	Name	Games	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists	PP90
LW	Lamar Neagle	22	9	875	6	2	1.44
WF	Mike Fucito	18	10	911	5	3	1.28
LW	Steve Zakuani	6	6	453	2	2	1.19
TF	O'Brian White	7	7	517	2	2	1.04
LW	Alvaro Fernandez	29	22	1895	8	5	1.00
WF	Fredy Montero	29	26	2339	8	9	0.96
RW	Mauro Rosales	25	22	1954	5	10	0.92
CM	Brad Evans	18	15	1337	5	2	0.81
TF	Nate Jaqua	23	8	921	2	3	0.68
TF	Roger Levesque	21	11	1054	3	2	0.68
TF	Pat Noonan	13	5	520	0	2	0.35
CDM	Osvaldo Alonso	32	31	2835	3	3	0.29
LB	Tyson Wahl	18	18	1620	1	2	0.22
CM	Erik Friberg	26	23	1909	1	2	0.19
CB	Patrick Ianni	16	13	1271	1	0	0.14
CB	Jeff Parke	29	28	2484	1	0	0.07
RB	James Riley	29	28	2520	0	2	0.07
LB	Leo Gonzalez	19	16	1467	0	1	0.06
CB	Jhon Kennedy Hurtado	20	20	1726	0	1	0.05
LW	Miguel Montano	3	1	121	0	0	0.00
CM	Mike Seamon	1	1	85	0	0	0.00
CB	Zach Scott	13	11	1073	0	0	0.00
CDM	Servando Carrasco	14	8	753	0	0	0.00
CB	Taylor Graham	1	1	90	0	0	0.00
WF	David Estrada	2	1	61	0	0	0.00
LB	Michael Tetteh	1	1	90	0	0	0.00
CDM	Amadou Sanyang	1	0	6	0	0	0.00
TF	Sammy Ochoa	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

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Nice analysis there.

If I had to select player that I expected more before the start of the season, it would be Friberg. Not so much in goal department, but more assists for sure. Also, I know Neagle plays at LW, but to me, he seems more as a midfield player than LW. It just seems that he and Zakuani are not playing the same position.

by seattle 13 on Sep 2, 2011 7:02 PM PDT reply actions

Both are right footed players on the left side

who are there for the offensive, goal scoring ability, not their defense. Neagle tends to be a little narrower, but he’s certainly higher up the pitch than the CM (either Evans or Friberg).

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by Dave Clark on Sep 2, 2011 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Neagle

Let me take this opportunity to say, acutely aware of priorities we have to other players, and limited ability to leverage every desirable player, I will be incredibly upset if we somehow can’t hold on to Lamar Neagle. He needs to be protected and fit our budget, one way or another. Along with Mauro, there’s no question he’s been the most exciting players this year.

by RalfZakuani on Sep 2, 2011 7:42 PM PDT reply actions