Monday, September 29, 2008

2008 MLS Stats of Shame

These are some "bad" stats from the first 26 games of the MLS season that as a team or a player you'd rather not be associated with. Own Goals, Losing Streaks, etc.. (All teams but SJ and HOU have played 26 games).

Own Goals
03/29 - Bakary Soumare (Chicago)
04/06 - Drew Moor (Dallas)
04/09 - Jack Jewsbury (Kansas City)
04/17 - Gonzalo Peralta (DC)
05/17 - James Riley (San Jose)
05/18 - Duilio Davino (Dallas)
06/21 - Jay Heaps (New England)
06/28 - Shalrie Joseph (New England)
06/28 - Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake)
07/17 - Frankie Hejduk (Columbus)
07/27 - Eric Denton (San Jose)
09/14 - Jon Busch (Chicago)
09/20 - Hunter Freeman (Toronto)

Penalty Misses
03/29
Shooter: Collin Samuel (TOR)
Keeper: Will Hesmer (CLB)

04/05
Shooter: Juan Pablo Angel (NY)
Keeper: Will Hesmer (CLB)

05/24
Shooter: Shalrie Joseph (NE)
Keeper: Will Hesmer (CLB)

05/31
Shooter: Javier Morales (RSL)
Keeper: Joe Cannon (SJ)

06/12
Shooter: Stuart Holden (HOU)
Keeper: Matt Reis (NE)

07/19
Shooter: Amado Guevara (TOR)
Keeper: Joe Cannon (SJ)

08/30
Shooter: Jaime Moreno (DC)
Keeper: Jon Conway (NY)

09/13
Shooter: Alejandro Moreno (CLB)
Keeper: Greg Sutton (TOR)

Goalkeeping
Zach Wells (DC) - 1 Shutout in 17 games played
Steve Cronin (LA) - 2.05 GAA; 44 goals allowed

Fouls Committed
Atiba Harris (CHV) - 62
Andre Rocha (DAL) - 48
Fred (DC) - 45
Paulo Nagamura (CHV) - 45

Cautions (Yellow Cards)
Jamison Olave (RSL) - 9 Yellow Cards in 20 games played

Ejections
Eddie Robinson (HOU) - 16 games played; 2 red cards
Roger Espinoza (KC) - 19 games played; 2 red cards
James Riley (SJ) - 19 games played; 2 red cards

Consecutive Minutes With No Goals
Kansas City Wizards - 409 minutes (5/24/08 to 6/28/08)

First Half Goals Scored
10 - San Jose Earthquakes

Second Half Goals Scored
15 - Houston Dynamo
15 - Toronto FC

Goals Allowed in Minutes 76-90+
12 - DC United

Less than .100% Record When Allowing First Goal
0-12-1 - Colorado Rapids
0-9-1 - San Jose Earthquakes
0-9-1 - Kansas City Wizards
0-9-2 - Toronto FC

Record In One-Goal Games
1-5-0 (.167%) - Los Angeles Galaxy
2-8-0 (.200%) - FC Dallas

.000% Record When Trailing at the Half
0-9-0 - Colorado Rapids
0-5-0 - Real Salt Lake
0-4-0 - San Jose Earthquakes

Team Road Records
2-10-0 (.167%) - Toronto FC
2-10-1 (.192%) - DC United

Longest Team Losing Streak
4 - D.C. United - (5/04/08 to 5/21/08)

Longest Team Road Losing Streaks
5 - Colorado Rapids - (4/26/08 to 6/28/08)
5 - D.C. United - (3/29/08 to 5/21/08)
5 - Real Salt Lake - (4/05/08 to 5/24/08)
5 - Toronto FC - (5/24/08 to 7/28/08)

Last Place in Team Rankings
Goals: 26 - Toronto FC and San Jose Earthquakes
Assists: 14 - Toronto FC
Shots: 256 - Toronto FC
SOG: 105 - San Jose Earthquakes
Fouls Committed: 428 - Chivas USA (next closest 360 NYRB)

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