MLS Goal Details 2010

Taken from the game guide pdfs on MLSsoccer.com. They appear each week, and also in the playoffs. For the non-playoff teams who played each other in the final week (DC-TOR, CHV-CHI), I've added in the stats myself. As usual for MLS, the final numbers don't quite add up. It always seems to be off by a goal or two when comparing the offense and defensive numbers. It may be possible to go through each week's game guides to figure out the errors and when they occured (or not, since they didn't have the game guides for a while early on this season). Anyway, on offense there are 88 cross goals, 44 corner, 15 fk, 40 idfk. On defense, it's 87-45-17-38 respectively. The location numbers are different too: 134-373-84 vs 131-375-85. Totals Offense Total Goals 591 100.00% Right Foot 323 54.65% Left Foot 141 23.86% Headers 120 20.30% Other 7 1.18% Open Play 316 53.47% Cross 88 14.89% Corner 44 7.45% Rebound 22 3.72% Penalties 48 8.12% Direct From FK 15 2.54% FK (indirect) 40 6.77% Own goals 18 3.05% Inside Goal Area 134 22.67% Inside Penalty Area 373 63.11% Outside Penalty Area 84 14.21% Compared to Previous Years 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Right Foot 48.21% 56.62% 57.65% 57.72% 53.98% 52.54% 54.65% Left Foot 32.65% 23.77% 26.64% 23.75% 26.90% 27.15% 23.86% Headers 18.37% 18.15% 15.51% 17.57% 18.44% 19.96% 20.30% Other 0.77% 1.45% 0.20% 0.97% 0.68% 0.35% 1.18% Open Play 52.04% 51.72% 49.50% 47.30% 51.78% 50.61% 53.47% Cross 21.43% 19.60% 18.09% 18.34% 18.61% 19.44% 14.89% Corner 6.63% 6.53% 7.36% 8.11% 6.77% 7.53% 7.45% Rebound N/A N/A 7.36% 7.14% 6.09% 4.20% 3.72% Penalties 9.95% 9.07% 6.96% 9.07% 6.09% 8.58% 8.12% Direct From FK 2.55% 3.45% 2.98% 3.09% 2.88% 3.15% 2.54% FK (indirect) 5.36% 6.72% 5.57% 5.21% 5.08% 3.33% 6.77% Own goals 2.04% 2.90% 2.19% 1.74% 2.71% 3.15% 3.05% Inside Goal Area 26.79% 25.05% 26.84% 22.59% 21.15% 26.62% 22.67% Inside Penalty Area 61.99% 60.80% 56.86% 62.16% 60.74% 59.37% 63.11% Outside Penalty Area 11.22% 14.16% 16.30% 15.25% 18.10% 14.01% 14.21% Team Breakdowns: Offense CHI CHV CLB COL DAL DC HOU KC LA NE NY PHI RSL SEA SJ TOR Goals 37 31 40 44 42 21 40 36 44 32 38 35 45 39 34 33 Right Foot 14 15 19 25 24 11 17 22 24 20 23 27 22 24 18 18 Left Foot 14 7 8 11 10 8 10 7 8 8 8 5 12 7 10 8 Headers 8 8 12 6 8 2 11 7 12 4 7 3 11 8 6 7 Other 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Open Play 21 20 17 24 21 12 17 23 23 18 20 22 21 25 13 19 Cross 3 8 5 6 6 2 7 5 5 5 6 4 6 6 9 5 Corner 3 1 5 2 1 0 5 0 5 1 2 2 6 2 7 2 Rebound 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 Penalties 2 1 5 4 8 2 3 2 3 1 4 3 3 1 3 3 Direct From FK 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 FK (indirect) 1 0 4 2 2 3 6 2 4 2 2 1 5 2 1 3 Own goals 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 Inside Goal Area 7 4 11 7 13 5 5 10 12 7 12 9 11 7 9 5 Inside Penalty Area 24 17 26 30 26 11 31 21 27 19 21 21 26 29 22 22 Outside Penalty Area 6 10 3 7 3 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 8 3 3 6 Team Breakdowns: Defense CHI CHV CLB COL DAL DC HOU KC LA NE NY PHI RSL SEA SJ TOR Goals 38 45 34 32 28 47 49 35 26 50 29 49 20 35 33 41 Right Foot 25 29 22 21 17 23 28 17 11 26 12 24 10 18 14 26 Left Foot 5 9 6 6 4 13 11 15 10 13 8 14 5 7 10 5 Headers 8 7 6 5 7 10 9 3 3 11 8 11 5 10 8 9 Other 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Open Play 20 24 16 15 18 24 31 24 10 33 15 25 8 15 22 16 Cross 6 5 6 3 3 8 6 5 4 7 8 6 5 7 4 4 Corner 4 4 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 3 4 1 4 3 6 Rebound 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 Penalties 6 5 4 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 4 4 5 0 7 Direct From FK 0 2 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 FK (indirect) 1 1 4 4 0 5 3 2 2 4 0 5 1 2 0 4 Own goals 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 Inside Goal Area 6 8 5 8 6 10 10 7 7 13 7 7 4 10 10 13 Inside Penalty Area 27 30 23 20 18 33 32 25 16 27 20 33 13 21 16 21 Outside Penalty Area 5 7 6 4 4 4 7 3 3 10 2 9 3 4 7 7 Corner Kick Scoring Percentage Corners Goals PCT 1 SJ 126 7 5.56% 2 RSL 133 6 4.51% 3 LA 140 5 3.57% 4 CLB 141 5 3.55% 5 HOU 161 5 3.11% 6 CHI 129 3 2.33% 7 TOR 98 2 2.04% 8 COL 128 2 1.56% 9 NY 143 2 1.40% 10 PHI 147 2 1.36% 11 SEA 171 2 1.17% 12 CHV 110 1 0.91% 13 NE 128 1 0.78% 14 DAL 158 1 0.63% 15 DC 144 0 0.00% 15 KC 150 0 0.00% Total 2207 44 1.99% Only 98 corners for TFC? That may be the lowest total of all time. I know it's the lowest from 2003-present. Overall PCT of corners converted is right in line with previous years: Corners Goals PCT 2003 1502 32 2.13% 2004 1554 26 1.67% 2005 1776 36 2.03% 2006 1751 37 2.11% 2007 1826 42 2.30% 2008 1980 40 2.02% 2009 2168 43 1.98% 2010 2207 44 1.99% As always, keep in mind that due to the way MLS counts things, there may be more goals scored off corners. Depending on what happens, a goal from a corner kick could end up as a rebound goal or an own goal, and those wouldn't be counted in the "corner goals" category. What jumps at you from these stats? It's interesting to me that there were more headers this year, yet fewer crosses.

MLS Goal Details 2009

Taken from the game guide pdfs on MLSnet. They appear each week, and also in the playoffs. For the non-playoff teams who played each other last week (NY-TOR, KC-DC), I've added in the stats myself. I'll say it again: MLS should really promote these stats as they are very detailed and interesting and just get buried in the game guides. Totals Goals 571 100.00% Right Foot 300 52.54% Left Foot 155 27.15% Headers 114 19.96% Other 2 0.35% Open Play 289 50.61% Cross 111 19.44% Corner 43 7.53% Rebound 24 4.20% Penalties 49 8.58% Direct From FK 18 3.15% FK (indirect) 19 3.33% Own goals 18 3.15% Inside Goal Area 152 26.62% Inside Penalty Area 339 59.37% Outside Penalty Area 80 14.01% Compared to Previous Years 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Right Foot 48.21% 56.62% 57.65% 57.72% 53.98% 52.54% Left Foot 32.65% 23.77% 26.64% 23.75% 26.90% 27.15% Headers 18.37% 18.15% 15.51% 17.57% 18.44% 19.96% Other 0.77% 1.45% 0.20% 0.97% 0.68% 0.35% Open Play 52.04% 51.72% 49.50% 47.30% 51.78% 50.61% Cross 21.43% 19.60% 18.09% 18.34% 18.61% 19.44% Corner 6.63% 6.53% 7.36% 8.11% 6.77% 7.53% Rebound N/A N/A 7.36% 7.14% 6.09% 4.20% Penalties 9.95% 9.07% 6.96% 9.07% 6.09% 8.58% Direct From FK 2.55% 3.45% 2.98% 3.09% 2.88% 3.15% FK (indirect) 5.36% 6.72% 5.57% 5.21% 5.08% 3.33% Own goals 2.04% 2.90% 2.19% 1.74% 2.71% 3.15% Inside Goal Area 26.79% 25.05% 26.84% 22.59% 21.15% 26.62% Inside Penalty Area 61.99% 60.80% 56.86% 62.16% 60.74% 59.37% Outside Penalty Area 11.22% 14.16% 16.30% 15.25% 18.10% 14.01% Team Breakdowns: Offense CHI CHV CLB COL DAL DC HOU KC LA NE NY RSL SEA SJ TOR Goals 39 34 41 42 50 43 39 33 36 33 27 43 38 36 37 Right Foot 16 21 18 25 31 28 18 13 16 17 18 22 22 11 24 Left Foot 15 9 10 10 9 8 11 15 11 6 6 14 12 15 4 Headers 7 3 13 7 10 7 10 5 9 10 3 7 4 10 9 Other 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Open Play 22 19 15 23 27 21 16 13 19 14 15 25 25 14 21 Cross 7 7 12 6 9 4 10 8 6 11 3 7 5 10 6 Corner 2 0 6 1 5 2 6 3 4 0 0 4 7 0 3 Rebound 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 4 Penalties 4 3 4 5 3 8 2 2 3 5 3 2 0 5 0 Direct From FK 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 FK (indirect) 1 1 1 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 Own goals 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 2 1 Inside Goal Area 4 10 11 10 14 8 16 16 9 8 8 7 14 9 8 Inside Penalty Area 29 20 28 25 24 29 16 9 21 22 15 33 21 23 24 Outside Penalty Area 6 4 2 7 12 6 7 8 6 3 4 3 3 4 5 Team Breakdowns: Defense CHI CHV CLB COL DAL DC HOU KC LA NE NY RSL SEA SJ TOR Goals 34 31 31 38 47 44 29 42 31 37 47 35 29 50 46 Right Foot 20 18 14 17 22 20 19 27 18 17 24 20 14 24 26 Left Foot 8 6 11 9 15 12 5 7 8 14 14 10 10 14 12 Headers 6 7 6 12 10 11 5 8 5 6 9 5 5 12 7 Other 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Open Play 15 17 17 16 22 19 15 22 13 16 27 20 18 25 26 Cross 5 6 7 5 7 10 4 9 7 6 10 9 4 12 10 Corner 2 1 1 5 7 2 6 2 3 5 1 2 0 4 2 Rebound 2 1 2 3 2 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 Penalties 5 3 1 5 4 5 2 3 5 2 5 1 1 3 4 Direct From FK 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 FK (indirect) 2 1 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 Own goals 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 1 Inside Goal Area 7 10 6 10 15 12 6 13 13 12 10 10 7 13 9 Inside Penalty Area 20 17 20 25 26 28 19 22 14 17 29 18 19 33 31 Outside Penalty Area 7 4 5 3 6 4 4 7 4 8 8 7 3 4 6 If you're looking at this really carefully, you may notice an error. For offense, there are 289 open play goals and 24 rebounds, as well as 152 inside goal area and 339 inside penalty area. For defense, the numbers are 288-25 and 153-338. I checked, and it's not from any of the non-playoff teams that I manually added. Maybe at a later date I'll go through each week's game guides to find the error...not now. Some interesting things to point out: Corner kick goals. For the past four seasons, the MLS Cup winner has been in the top three percentage wise. Here's this year's breakdown: Corners Goals PCT 1 SEA 167 7 4.19% 2 CLB 144 6 4.17% 2 HOU 144 6 4.17% 4 DAL 146 5 3.42% 5 LA 138 4 2.90% 6 RSL 160 4 2.50% 7 TOR 129 3 2.33% 8 KC 157 3 1.91% 9 DC 127 2 1.57% 10 CHI 183 2 1.09% 11 COL 134 1 0.75% 12 CHV 129 0 0.00% 12 NE 118 0 0.00% 12 NY 135 0 0.00% 12 SJ 157 0 0.00% Total 2168 43 1.98% The total PCT of 1.98% is lower this year: Corners Goals PCT 2009 2168 43 1.98% 2008 1980 40 2.02% 2007 1826 42 2.30% 2006 1751 37 2.11% 2005 1776 36 2.03% 2004 1554 26 1.67% Of course, keep in mind that due to the way MLS counts things, there are actually more goals scored off corners. I believe that if a corner is sent in and headed on goal, parried by the keeper back to an attacker who then puts in home, that would count as a rebound goal rather than a corner goal. And Blanco's corner vs CHV last week would go down as an own goal, because that's a separate category. Stuff that jumped out at me: KC and SJ were the only teams with more left-footed goals than right-footed. LA only allowed 13 goals from "open play," the fewest in the league. DAL led the league by far in goals scored outside the area. CLB was last. CLB had the most goals with the head, and also lead the league in goals from crosses. They were right among the leaders in corner goals as well. SEA didn't allowed a goal off a corner all year. I would include "defensive corner" percentages, but I have no way of easily getting corners against stats without going through all the match reports. HOU and KC had the highest rates of goals scored "inside goal area," which means the six-yard box. CHI and NE both were at the top of goals against from outside the area. Will we see any long distance bombs in their series? NE gave away 4 own goals this year, the most in any year so far (2004-09). See anything else interesting? Further Reading 2008 Goal Details 2007 Goal Details