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Statistics Update, Battle for Depth in Sounders Rotation
So we know the record of the team (4 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw including the two "reserve" matches). It isn't great, nor does it suck. Over a 30 game season it would mean a MUCH worse defense, a slightly...
After Sounders defeat Stabaek IF what do we know?
We don't know much, but we know that Sounders can now finish with a winning record in the tourney. Maybe even a top 5 finish against Norwegian and Danish sides. That's basically it. Everything else is...
Rhyme or Reason behind the Lineups in the loss to Rosenborg?
I like to talk in the terms of Starters, Rotationals, Subs and Reserves. These days though those final two sections are really just Trialists. The depth chart is in flux, and so Sigi had to choose a l...
USL Rotationals - Levesque and Le Toux
There were some around the Sounders message boards and blogs that thought I underrated the USL players. At the end of the year though, none were starters. But one fell from being a st...
Size Matters
Sample size that is. In soccer statistics this shows up in several ways. 1 - there are so few significant events that the correlation and accuracy of the statistics will never be where they are for b...
Playoffs?! Don't talk about playoffs! Are you kidding me?
Thank you Jim Mora. He was right. No team wants to talk about the Playoffs. They just want to win more games. Now, for the Sounders that includes a Playoff game, preferably at least three. This matc...
More on the Off-5
I'm still as certain as ever that while Sigi has been employing the Arrow formation with a defensive midfielder and a box-to-box man the offensive woes of the team are such that finding a way to get f...
Academies, Reserves and an integrated soccer system
In all the drama around the USL mess (NuRock v the TOA - sounds WWE) much of the speculation is about how and sometimes why MLS is involved. Let's address the why first. Major League Soccer and Soccer...
Missed opportunities - for everyone, but more for the Crew
GBS misses a PK Gaven hits the post Marshall saves a certain goal Sure Alonso nearly scored as well (Or Montero could have slid that in after). But the fact is that the Crew had more opportunities an...
Tradition Doesn't Win
DC United proudly display the word "tradition" on their back collars. There isn't another MLS club that could do so. They have earned it. There was an idea that they carry 12 trophies means that th...
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