Fouls In MLS: 2007 Individual Leaders

Anyone can go on MLSnet and see that Juan Toja committed the most fouls this season, and that Alejandro Moreno suffered the most. But looking at those two categories only scratches the surface when it comes to stats on fouls in MLS. A better way to look it would be to figure out the number of FC (fouls committed) and FS (fouls suffered) per 90 minutes. Then, Moreno and Toja only rank 3rd and 7th respectively. Of course I didn't stop there. What follows is a list of the top tens for eight foul statistics in MLS this season. You'll also see the top ten in each category all time. All were calculated per 90 minutes. Also, a player must have played 20% of the season to be eligible. That's the standard I used for every season. This year that would be 540 minutes. For detailed data on previous years, see my post on the subject back in May here. Most Fouls Committed 1 Roberto Brown COL 4.01 2 Andrea Lombardo TOR 3.97 3 Marcelo Saragosa DAL 3.71 4 Danny Dichio TOR 3.52 5 Bakary Soumare CHI 3.44 6 Atiba Harris RSL 3.22 7 Juan Toja DAL 3.13 8 Eddie Robinson HOU 2.88 9 Maurice Edu TOR 2.68 10 Adam Cristman NE 2.60 All time top ten 1 Roberto Brown 4.01 2007 2 Andrea Lombardo 3.97 2007 3 Matt Okoh 3.97 2001 4 Marcelo Saragosa 3.88 2006 5 Paulo Dos Santos 3.87 1999 6 Marcelo Saragosa 3.71 2007 7 Jesse Marsch 3.70 2004 8 Atiba Harris 3.69 2006 9 Raul Palacios 3.66 2002 10 Paul Keegan 3.59 1997 Least Fouls Committed 1 Terry Cooke COL 0.197 2 Michael Parkhurst NE 0.205 3 Wade Barrett HOU 0.37 4 Mike Randolph LA 0.43 5 Jeff Cunningham RSL/TOR 0.44 6 Jack Stewart RSL 0.45 7 Cobi Jones LA 0.48 8 Ramon Nunez DAL/CHV 0.50 9 Taylor Twellman NE 0.51 10 Scott Sealy KC 0.53 All time top ten 1 Terry Cooke 0.14 2006 2 Michael Parkhurst 0.19 2005 3 Terry Cooke 0.20 2007 4 Michael Parkhurst 0.20 2007 5 Clyde Simms 0.21 2005 6 Gerell Elliot 0.25 1998 7 David Patino 0.31 1997 8 Carlos Valderrama 0.31 1997 9 Kelly Gray 0.34 2004 10 Billy Thompson 0.35 1996 Most Fouls Suffered 1 Cuauhtemoc Blanco CHI 4.45 2 Guillermo Barros Schelotto CLB 3.64 3 Alejandro Moreno CLB/HOU 3.55 4 Jose Cancela COL 3.54 5 Adam Cristman NE 3.23 6 Laurent Merlin CHV 3.13 7 Denilson DAL 3.12 8 Andrea Lombardo TOR 2.98 9 Danny Dichio TOR 2.91 10 Jozy Altidore NY 2.77 All time top ten 1 Onandi Lowe 5.22 2001 2 Jose Cancela 5.04 2003 3 Cuauhtemoc Blanco 4.45 2007 4 DaMarcus Beasley 4.39 2003 5 Jose Cancela 4.35 2006 6 DaMarcus Beasley 4.35 2002 7 Andy Williams 4.27 2002 8 Alejandro Moreno 4.24 2005 9 Jaime Moreno 4.15 2001 10 Giuseppe Galderisi 4.08 1996 Least Fouls Suffered 1 Bobby Boswell DC 0.18 2 Carlos Mendes NY 0.21 3 Ezra Hendrickson CLB 0.24 4 Wade Barrett HOU 0.31 5 Aaron Pitchkolan DAL 0.32 6 Clyde Simms DC 0.36 7 Willis Forko RSL 0.36 8 Patrick Ianni HOU 0.37 9 Kelly Gray HOU/LA 0.38 10 Ty Harden LA 0.39 All time top ten 1 Kris Kelderman 0.15 1998 2 Brian Johnson 0.15 2000 3 Zak Ibsen 0.17 2002 4 Bobby Boswell 0.18 2007 5 Daouda Kante 0.20 2003 6 Kelly Gray 0.21 2006 7 Hong Myung-Bo 0.21 2004 8 Carlos Mendes 0.21 2007 9 Kenny Cutler 0.21 2005 10 Robin Fraser 0.21 2004 FC vs FS (that is, the players with the most fouls committed compared to fouls suffered per 90 minutes) 1 Roberto Brown COL 2.59 2 Bakary Soumare CHI 2.01 3 Ryan Cochrane HOU 1.84 4 Marcelo Saragosa DAL 1.80 5 Bobby Boswell DC 1.74 6 Atiba Harris RSL 1.64 7 Juan Toja DAL 1.58 8 Aaron Pitchkolan DAL 1.34 9 Ezra Hendrickson CLB 1.22 10 Brian Carroll DC 1.20 All time top ten 1 Raul Palacios 3.01 2002 2 Esteban Arias 2.60 2005 3 Roberto Brown 2.59 2007 4 Brian Namoff 2.42 2001 5 Geoff Aunger 2.41 1999 6 Curt Onalfo 2.22 1996 7 Scott Vermillion 2.21 2001 8 Diego Walsh 2.21 2003 9 Arley Palacios 2.17 1999 10 Ricardo Iribarren 2.10 2000 FS vs FC (that is, the players with the most fouls suffered compared to fouls committed per 90 minutes) 1 Cuauhtemoc Blanco CHI -3.87 2 Jose Cancela COL -2.65 3 Guillermo Barros Schelotto CLB -2.36 4 Dax McCarty DAL -1.91 5 Scott Sealy KC -1.73 6 Justin Mapp CHI -1.67 7 Gavin Glinton LA -1.65 8 Denilson DAL -1.63 9 Ramon Nunez DAL/CHV -1.59 10 Eddie Johnson KC -1.51 All time top ten 1 Jose Cancela -4.02 2003 2 Cuauhtemoc Blanco -3.87 2007 3 Jose Cancela -3.31 2006 4 Onandi Lowe -3.13 2001 5 DaMarcus Beasley -3.07 2000 6 Jose Cancela -2.90 2004 7 Jose Cancela -2.85 2005 8 Brian McBride -2.76 2002 9 Tab Ramos -2.71 2001 10 Jason Moore -2.70 1999 Most FC + FS 1 Andrea Lombardo TOR 6.94 2 Danny Dichio TOR 6.43 3 Adam Cristman NE 5.83 4 Marcelo Saragosa DAL 5.63 5 Alejandro Moreno CLB/HOU 5.61 6 Eddie Robinson HOU 5.51 7 Roberto Brown COL 5.43 8 Laurent Merlin CHV 5.25 9 Jozy Altidore NY 5.21 10 Cuauhtemoc Blanco CHI 5.04 All time top ten 1 Onandi Lowe 7.31 2001 2 Paul Keegan 7.18 1997 3 Andrea Lombardo 6.94 2007 4 Evans Wise 6.71 1998 5 Brian Ching 6.64 2005 6 Diego Serna 6.60 2001 7 DaMarcus Beasley 6.58 2003 8 Diego Serna 6.56 1998 9 Atiba Harris 6.52 2006 10 Diego Serna 6.44 2000 Least FC + FS 1 Michael Parkhurst NE 0.61 2 Wade Barrett HOU 0.68 3 Carlos Mendes NY 0.84 4 Willis Forko RSL 1.00 5 Terry Cooke COL 1.02 6 Kelly Gray HOU/LA 1.05 7 Dan Gargan COL 1.14 8 Chad Marshall CLB 1.15 9 Jack Stewart RSL 1.25 10 Thiago CHI 1.27 All time top ten 1 Michael Parkhurst 0.61 2007 2 Clyde Simms 0.64 2005 3 Wade Barrett 0.68 2007 4 Leo Cullen 0.74 1998 5 Michael Parkhurst 0.78 2005 6 Leo Cullen 0.79 2001 7 Leo Cullen 0.84 2005 8 Carlos Mendes 0.84 2007 9 Frank Yallop 0.86 1996 10 David Patino 0.88 1997 Yearly Category Leaders Most FC Least FC Most FS Least FS 1996 Jose Vasquez Billy Thompson Giuseppe Galderisi Richard Weiszmann 1997 Paul Keegan David Patino Damian Joey Martinez 1998 Paul Keegan Gerell Elliot Diego Serna Kris Kelderman 1999 Paulo Dos Santos Kevin Knight Jason Moore Leo Cullen 2000 Matt Okoh Carlos Valderrama DaMarcus Beasley Brian Johnson 2001 Matt Okoh Robert Fraser Onandi Lowe Edson Buddle 2002 Raul Palacios Richard Farrer DaMarcus Beasley Zak Ibsen 2003 Carlos Ruiz Jesus Ochoa Jose Cancela Daouda Kante 2004 Jesse Marsch Kelly Gray Davy Arnaud Hong Myung-Bo 2005 Brian Ching Michael Parkhurst Alejandro Moreno Kenny Cutler 2006 Marcelo Saragosa Terry Cooke Jose Cancela Kelly Gray 2007 Roberto Brown Terry Cooke Cuauhtemoc Blanco Bobby Boswell FC vs FS FS vs FC Most FC + FS Least FC + FS 1996 Curt Onalfo Giuseppe Galderisi Alberto Naveda Frank Yallop 1997 Cle Kooiman Damian Paul Keegan David Patino 1998 Cle Kooiman Gilmar Evans Wise Leo Cullen 1999 Geoff Aunger Jason Moore Paulo Dos Santos Leo Cullen 2000 Ricardo Iribarren DaMarcus Beasley Diego Serna Eric Denton 2001 Brian Namoff Onandi Lowe Onandi Lowe Leo Cullen 2002 Raul Palacios Brian McBride Alejandro Moreno Richard Farrer 2003 Diego Walsh Jose Cancela DaMarcus Beasley Chris Brown 2004 Simo Valakari Jose Cancela Andy Williams Kelly Gray 2005 Esteban Arias Jose Cancela Brian Ching Clyde Simms 2006 Marcelo Saragosa Jose Cancela Atiba Harris Terry Cooke 2007 Roberto Brown Cuauhtemoc Blanco Andrea Lombardo Michael Parkhurst