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The 2010 MLS Season Review
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SEASON IN NUMBERS
116 - Number of Home wins [48.3% Win Percentage], 47.5% in 2009
66 - Number of Away Wins [27.5% Win Percentage,] 21.8% in 2009
58 - Number of Ties [24.2% Tie Percentage], 30.7% in 2009
591 - Final Goal tally; same as 2008 [571 in 2009]
155,673 - Total number of passes in 2010 MLS Regular Season [138,249 in 2009]
324 - Average number of total team passes
78.5% - Average successful pass percentage across the league [78.6% in 2009]
2,860 - Shots on target this season out of a total of 5,725, a 50.3% shooting accuracy
15,353 - Total number of tackles this season, of which 5,089 were fouls
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
GOALS ANALYSIS
In a turnaround from the 2009 season, the average number of shots on target per game for the teams who made the playoffs [6.09] was greater than the teams that did not make the post season [5.81]. There was no difference in the average number of penalty area entries per game between playoff/non playoff teams, 30.3, and minimal difference in final third entries, 71 compared to 70.5, however both playoff and non playoff teams had on average fewer numbers in both variables in the 2010 season compared to 2009.
Real Salt Lake scored the most goals in the 2010 season (45), 5 fewer than Dallas in 2009 (50) with an average shots on target ratio of 6.27 per game. Kansas City had the highest SOT ratio of 7.1 per game with Toronto having the lowest average shots on target per game (5.07). DC United scored the fewest goals however had one of the highest average number of shots per game (12.1) with a SOT ration of 5.67.
Kansas City had the highest shots on target average with 7.13 per game.
57% of goals in regular season were scored in the 2nd Half.
19% of goals in regular season were scored between 75-90 minutes.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Style of play and tactical orientation differ, of course, from team to team. Those performance variables associated with success may therefore differ considerably from one team to the next. It is suggested that by analysing individual team data in this way may assist with the identification of team specific key performance indicators.
The teams that made the Playoffs had – on average – less touches per possession than those who did not make the Playoffs. Playoff teams had a higher number of possessions and spent less time on average in possession, suggesting that ball circulation and movement may have been at a higher tempo in teams that made the Playoffs.
LA Galaxy, despite finishing top of the overall MLS standings had only the 11th best successful pass percentage average – 78.8%. Colorado had the highest pass success average with 83.09%.
Chivas USA had the highest number of 1st time passes on average [113] although Colorado had the highest average in 1st time pass completion [79%].
28% of all Kansas City passes were long [25m+], 1.4% more than any other team.
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