Thursday, July 30, 2009

MLS: The Impact of a Red Card (part three)

Part 1: Leaguewide stats
Part 2: Better or Worse, Outcomes Changed

Back with more details on the history of red cards in MLS. Now I'm looking at the team stats. Be sure to check out the first two parts as well. This data is through 2008, and includes only regular season games.

Team Stats

How many times has each team gone up or down a man?


Games Up Down
CHI 335 45 29
CHV 124 8 13
CLB 398 43 37
COL 398 43 43
DAL 398 42 41
DC 398 38 43
HOU 92 14 11
KC 399 46 32
LA 398 44 28
NE 399 40 35
NY 398 41 60
RSL 124 9 17
SJ 336 31 36
TOR 60 6 9




MIA 122 11 19
TB 187 14 22

Games refers to the total number of regular season games played all time. Look at that New York number for times down. Wow. That's only 17 more than their nearest competitors.


When Up 1 Man


Times Minutes Avg Length GF GA GF per 90 GA per 90 GD per 90 GF per time GA per time GD per time
CHI 45 944 21.0 21
7 2.00 0.67 1.33 0.47 0.16 0.31
CHV 8 300 37.5 6 6 1.80 1.80 0.00 0.75 0.75 0.00
CLB 43 917 21.3 24 15 2.36 1.47 0.88 0.56 0.35 0.21
COL 43 1044 24.3 24 19 2.07 1.64 0.43 0.56 0.44 0.12
DAL 42 1029 24.5 30 11 2.62 0.96 1.66 0.71 0.26 0.45
DC 38 1064 28.0 35 14 2.96 1.18 1.78 0.92 0.37 0.55
HOU 14 386
27.6 5
2 1.17 0.47 0.70 0.36 0.14 0.21
KC 46 1183 25.7 45 18 3.42 1.37 2.05 0.98 0.39 0.59
LA 44 1389 31.6 55 14 3.56 0.91 2.66 1.25 0.32 0.93
NE 40 748 18.7 17 18 2.05 2.17 -0.12 0.43 0.45 -0.03
NY 41 1199 29.2 31 21 2.33 1.58 0.75 0.76 0.51 0.24
RSL 9 158 17.6 4 1 2.28 0.57 1.71 0.44 0.11 0.33
SJ 31 891 28.7 28 13 2.83 1.31 1.52 0.90 0.42 0.48
TOR 6 175 29.2 1 2 0.51 1.03 -0.51 0.17 0.33 -0.17












MIA 11 306 27.8 9 5 2.65 1.47 1.18 0.82 0.45 0.36
TB 14 264 18.9 10 4 3.41 1.36 2.05 0.71 0.29 0.43

The Revs have actually let in more goals than they've scored while up a man throughout MLS history (at least until this year). Toronto is in that category too, but that only takes into account two years of data from poor teams.

Dallas, DC United, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and San Jose have all done excellent jobs of making their man advantage count.


When Down 1 Man


Times Minutes Avg Length GF GA GF per 90 GA per 90 GD per 90 GF per time GA per time GD per time
CHI 29 795 27.4 20 20 2.26 2.26 0.00 0.69 0.69 0.00
CHV 13 277 21.3 2 4 0.65 1.30 -0.65 0.15 0.31 -0.15
CLB 37 970 26.2 14 18 1.30 1.67 -0.37 0.38 0.49 -0.11
COL 43 1187 27.6 20 25 1.52 1.90 -0.38 0.47 0.58 -0.12
DAL 41 1082 26.4 12 40 1.00 3.33 -2.33 0.29 0.98 -0.68
DC 43 1029 23.9 15 29 1.31 2.54 -1.22 0.35 0.67 -0.33
HOU 11 290 26.4 2 5 0.62 1.55 -0.93 0.18 0.45 -0.27
KC 32 716 22.4 7 24 0.88 3.02 -2.14 0.22 0.75 -0.53
LA 28 564 20.1 5 13 0.80 2.07 -1.28 0.18 0.46 -0.29
NE 35 821 23.5 10 33 1.10 3.62 -2.52 0.29 0.94 -0.66
NY 60
1553 25.9 23 43 1.33 2.49 -1.16 0.38 0.72 -0.33
RSL 17 327 19.2 6
11 1.65 3.03 -1.38 0.35 0.65 -0.29
SJ 36 856 23.8 8 22 0.84 2.31 -1.47 0.22 0.61 -0.39
TOR 9 207 23.0 2 5 0.87 2.17 -1.30 0.22 0.56 -0.33












MIA 19 636 33.5 14 19 1.98 2.69 -0.71 0.74 1.00 -0.26
TB 22 687 31.2 10 34 1.31 4.45 -3.14 0.45 1.55 -1.09

Chicago, Columbus, and Colorado have been the best teams while down a man. Meanwhile, Dallas, New England, and Kansas City have gotten killed.


Outcomes by Team

This includes only the 389 instances where a game only had one red card (just like in part two), because it gets tricky to measure otherwise. How did each team do when it came to the result they ended up with after going a man up or down?

As seen in that link, the leaguewide averages for teams that go up a man are: 19.3% end up with a better result, 7.5% end up with a worse result, and the other 73.3% end up with the same result.


Going a Man Up


Times Better Even Worse
Net
CHI 29 16.7% 80.0% 3.3%
13.3%
CHV 7 28.6% 42.9% 28.6%
0.0%
CLB 38 18.4% 78.9% 2.6%
15.8%
COL 37 18.9% 78.4% 2.7%
16.2%
DAL 34 17.6% 73.5% 8.8%
8.8%
DC 30 23.3% 63.3% 13.3%
10.0%
HOU 14 7.1% 85.7% 7.1%
0.0%
KC 41 34.1% 61.0% 2.7%
29.3%
LA 37 24.3% 73.0% 2.7%
21.6%
NE 33 12.1% 78.8% 9.1%
3.0%
NY 35 17.1% 65.7% 17.1%
0.0%
RSL 6 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
0.0%
SJ 26 15.4% 73.1% 11.5%
3.8%
TOR 4 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
0.0%







MIA 9 11.1% 88.9% 0.0%
11.1%
TB 8 25.0% 62.5% 12.5%
12.5%

NY not fairing so well here, while KC looks even more impressive (LA too). The final column is the net percentage of positive results (better minus worse).


Going a Man Down


Times
Worse Even Better
Net
CHI 25 24.0% 64.0% 12.0%
-12.0%
CHV 11 9.1% 90.9% 0.0%
-9.1%
CLB 30 20.0% 66.7% 13.3%
-6.7%
COL 33 15.2% 69.7% 15.2%
0.0%
DAL 35 34.3% 60.0% 5.7%
-28.6%
DC 37 18.9% 81.1% 0.0%
-18.9%
HOU 9 22.2% 77.8% 0.0%
-22.2%
KC 27 14.8% 77.8% 7.4%
-7.4%
LA 22 18.2% 77.3% 4.5%
-13.6%
NE 31 16.1% 77.4% 6.5%
-9.7%
NY 50
10.0% 80.0% 10.0%
0.0%
RSL 15 6.7% 80.0% 13.3%
6.7%
SJ 27 18.5% 74.1% 7.4%
-11.1%
TOR 7 14.3% 85.7% 0.0%
-14.3%







MIA 12 33.3% 58.3% 8.3%
-25.0%
TB 18 38.9% 61.1% 0.0%
-38.9%

Dallas gets absolutely crushed here. DC as well, with no positive results. Now they have improved their end result twice while down a man in MLS history, just not in the games that only contained one red card (which make up this data here). You'll probably remember the last minute winner by Emilio last year at Chicago playing 9 on 10.

NY actually does very well here, ending up with an equal number of better and worse results. Same for Colorado, while Real Salt Lake is actually in the positive (1 worse, 12 even, 2 better).

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