MLS Website is Inconsistent About Secondary Assists

Discussion in 'MLS: General' started by EvanJ, Apr 29, 2018.

  1. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  2. FC Tallavana

    FC Tallavana Member+

    Jul 1, 2004
    La Quinta
    Probably a personnel issue. Good secondary assistants are so hard to find.
     
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  3. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #3 Paul Berry, Apr 29, 2018
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  4. Elninho

    Elninho Member+

    Sacramento Republic FC
    United States
    Oct 30, 2000
    Sacramento, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    MLS has been known to award or take away secondary assists the morning after the match, after reviewing the video. I think the review for stats changes is routine.

    The question of whether the second-last pass contributed materially to the goal can be rather subjective.
     
  5. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes.

    At any time, the "Goals and Assists" on the left should match each player's assists column. I don't have a problem with secondary assists being taken away as long as the page is consistent with itself at any given time. The inconsistency isn't any better than if a player was credited with a goal, it was changed to an own goal a couple of minutes later during the game, and MLS had it as a player goal in one place and an own goal in another part of the same page after the game.
     
  6. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    MLS has flip-flopped multiple times over the years on if secondary assists are tracked and how.
     
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