SOURCE: https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/1117/Show/USA-LA-Galaxy These will be done by Screenshot. Not surprising that Riqui Puig and Gaston Brugman come out ahead of EVERYONE ELSE overall. This is a DOMINANT midfield duo. I don't see us keeping Riqui for a long time but I hope we can keep him for as long as possible. NOTE: I sorted by Rating each time, which is overall average rating for the season (Whoscored Ratings) Player Stats, screenshots for each Summary, Defensive, Offensive, and Passing.
Code: Play Perf Per Expe Per Player Nation Pos Age MP Starts Min 90s GlsV Ast G-PK PK PKatt CrdY CrdR Gls Ast G+A G-PK G+A-PK xG npxG xA npxG+xA xG xA xG+xA npxG npxG+xA Matches Javier Hernandez mx MEX FW 34-131 32 31 2583 28.7 18 2 15 3 6 8 0 0.63 0.07 0.70 0.52 0.59 18.0 13.3 2.0 15.3 0.63 0.07 0.70 0.46 0.53 Matches Dejan Joveljic rs SRB FWMF 23-064 32 7 1003 11.1 11 3 9 2 3 3 0 0.99 0.27 1.26 0.81 1.08 8.2 5.9 3.0 8.9 0.74 0.27 1.01 0.53 0.80 Matches Douglas Costa br BRA MFFW 32-026 27 16 1408 15.6 4 1 3 1 1 3 2 0.26 0.06 0.32 0.19 0.26 2.5 1.7 3.4 5.1 0.16 0.22 0.38 0.11 0.33 Matches Rayan Raveloson mg MAD MF 25-267 22 21 1781 19.8 3 2 3 0 0 4 0 0.15 0.10 0.25 0.15 0.25 3.8 3.8 1.2 4.9 0.19 0.06 0.25 0.19 0.25 Matches Samuel Grandsir fr FRA FWMF 26-057 33 19 1611 17.9 3 5 3 0 0 4 0 0.17 0.28 0.45 0.17 0.45 4.8 4.8 3.6 8.4 0.27 0.20 0.47 0.27 0.47 Matches Efrain Alvarez mx MEX MFFW 20-113 28 12 1393 15.5 3 5 3 0 0 2 0 0.19 0.32 0.52 0.19 0.52 4.3 4.3 4.1 8.4 0.27 0.27 0.54 0.27 0.54 Matches Gaston Brugman uy URU MF 30-033 14 14 1121 12.5 3 1 3 0 0 3 0 0.24 0.08 0.32 0.24 0.32 1.0 1.0 1.6 2.6 0.08 0.13 0.21 0.08 0.21 Matches Riqui Puig es ESP MF 23-058 10 9 826 9.2 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 0.33 0.22 0.54 0.22 0.44 2.9 1.3 1.8 3.1 0.31 0.20 0.51 0.14 0.34 Matches Marky Delgado us USA MF 27-147 29 29 2515 27.9 2 2 1 1 1 5 1 0.07 0.07 0.14 0.04 0.11 1.2 0.4 2.1 2.6 0.04 0.08 0.12 0.01 0.09 Matches Victor Vazquez es ESP MFFW 35-263 26 15 1159 12.9 2 3 2 0 0 4 0 0.16 0.23 0.39 0.16 0.39 1.3 1.3 2.7 4.0 0.10 0.21 0.31 0.10 0.31 Matches Raheem Edwards ca CAN DF 27-087 30 27 2275 25.3 1 3 1 0 0 5 0 0.04 0.12 0.16 0.04 0.16 1.0 1.0 2.1 3.2 0.04 0.08 0.13 0.04 0.13 Matches Sega Coulibaly fr FRA DF 26-123 27 24 2148 23.9 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 1.3 1.3 0.0 1.3 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 Matches Kevin Cabral fr FRA FWMF 23-092 33 23 1679 18.7 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0.05 0.16 0.21 0.05 0.21 5.0 5.0 4.3 9.3 0.27 0.23 0.50 0.27 0.50 Matches Sacha Kljestan us USA MF 37-031 21 1 440 4.9 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0.20 0.41 0.61 0.00 0.41 1.0 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.21 0.24 0.46 0.06 0.30 Matches Daniel Aguirre us USA MFFW 23-100 11 3 374 4.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.24 0.24 0.48 0.24 0.48 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.08 0.17 0.25 0.08 0.25 Matches Jonathan Bond eng ENG GK 29-144 34 34 3060 34.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Matches Julian Araujo mx MEX DF 21-058 33 30 2741 30.5 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.00 0.16 1.6 1.6 4.0 5.6 0.05 0.13 0.18 0.05 0.18 Matches Derrick Williams ie IRL DF 29-266 26 24 2154 23.9 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.04 1.3 1.3 1.2 2.5 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.05 0.10 Matches Nick DePuy us USA DF 27-330 18 14 1292 14.4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.9 0.9 0.1 1.0 0.06 0.00 0.07 0.06 0.07 Matches Chase Gasper us USA DF 26-258 17 8 840 9.3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 Matches Kelvin Leerdam sr SUR DFMF 32-108 10 5 479 5.3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.04 Matches Martin Caceres uy URU DF 35-186 6 5 429 4.8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.00 0.21 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 Matches Eriq Zavaleta sv SLV DF 30-069 4 3 205 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 Matches Adam Esparza us USA MF 20-245 1 0 10 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Matches Jonathan Perez mx MEX DF 19-265 1 0 8 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Matches Cameron Dunbar us USA MF 19-353 0 0 Matches Carlos Harvey pa PAN MF 22-249 0 0 Matches Preston Judd us USA FW 23-135 0 0 Matches Jonathan Klinsmann us USA GK 25-185 0 0 Matches Jalen Neal us USA DF 19-047 0 0 Matches Jorge Villafana us USA DFFW 33-024 0 0 Matches Squad Total 27.6 34 374 3060 34.0 57 42 48 9 14 80 4 1.68 1.24 2.91 1.41 2.65 59.7 49.1 39.3 88.4 1.76 1.16 2.91 1.44 2.60 Opponent Total 27.7 34 374 3060 34.0 51 36 45 6 7 83 4 1.50 1.06 2.56 1.32 2.38 48.1 42.9 31.9 74.8 1.42 0.94 2.35 1.26 2.20 Provided by FBref.com: View Original Table Generated 10/10/2022.
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Just a note: MLS tallies secondary assists, while WS does not. Counting 2nd assists, Araujo leads the team with 8; Efrain's second with 6, Puig has 5.
Very good article. I hope Vanney and Klein read it and pay heed (lol, like that is going to happen!). Says exactly what most of us have been screaming about on this board.
Just a small stat: Galaxy had 51 goals against. If we (arbitrarily, admittedly) take the middle range to be +/- 6 (so 45-57) The distribution of teams is: Western Conference Dallas 37 LAFC 38 Nashville 41 10 teams in the middle range San Jose 69 Eastern Conference Philadelphia 26 Nyc, Nyrb, Columbus 41 8 teams in the middle range Toronto 66 DC United 71 So our defense is fine, but not special. That accords with how it seems to me. The players are generally decent, but each will make a few bad pays each year which results in goals. Add to that an attacking framework that allows for more counters and we end up in the middle. It's interesting to see the other teams that do better and worse. Maybe Nashville's players are a little bit better than ours (they have Zimmerman but they also start Romney) but the team focus on defense makes a big difference. San Jose is just a mess. The two MLS cup teams both have elite defenses. This suggests to me that we are who we are, a team that should make the playoffs but won't make the cup. Either we develop an ungodly offense, and with Costa and Cabral that's unlikely, or we need to improve our defense.
Without doubt out defense has to improve for us to have a shot at the cup. And our defensive problems aren’t just due to our personnel - we also suffer from a lack of tactical understanding and haphazard training. If any of you watched NYCFC play you saw how a well trained defense works. When appropriate they pushed out in perfect unison, with perfect timing. Especially on set pieces where they put half of their opponents offsides more often than not. Remember the loose ball scramble goal that cost us the game vs. LAFC? If we had pushed up when we were supposed to the area in front of Bond would have been goat-free and they wouldn’t have gotten an easy tap in. Or if you watched Philly you would have seen defenders with their heads on a swivel, always aware of their marks’ positioning. You would have seen midfielders tracking late runners, preventing overloads. And so on. I think with the right coach our current defensive corp are good enough to be a Cup worthy defense. But Vanney is not a good tactician so the only way we can upgrade our D is to upgrade our personnel. Experienced high soccer IQ players bring their own tactical knowledge to their position - just look at how smoothly Caceres came in and helped organize our D. That is why our defensive players who aren’t tactically savvy, like Araujo, are such a liability. Vanney isn’t teaching him how to play defense so I don’t see a future for him with us. (Well, unless Vanney goes to a 3 cb formation which would allow him to concentrate more on his attacking play.) Edwards is more aware of his marks but he is also tactically sloppy, too often caught chasing his man from behind or going to ground when he shouldn’t, etc. So bringing in experienced, disciplined outside backs would go a long way toward improving our quality of play in the defensive third. I still don’t see our 3 (4) cb’s as a problem. I would put Caceres, Williams and Coulibaly in the top third of cb corps in the league. Yes, a totally dominant cb like JVD would be a great addition. But players of his quality aren’t that easy to find. (Especially for our crack scouting team!) The final piece is goalkeeping. I’m on the fence with Bond. He is solid and competent. But he isn’t winning games for us in the way Blake, Frei, Turner, Johnson and their ilk often do. Ideally we could get someone of that quality - such keepers can make up for a multitude of mistakes in front of them. tldr: As Baysider says - we have to upgrade our defensive personnel to have a real shot at winning our 6th Cup.