By request in another thread, I've put together some stats on this year's rookie class. I got all the stats from mlsnet.com website, and if you notice any mistakes, please tell me. ------------ By Team: Chicago Fire 4 Rookies have seen pt. They have played a total of 1158 minutes. They have scored 8 points. Damani Ralph leads them in scoring with 7 points (3 goals, 1 assist) Logan pause leads them in minutes played with 635. Columbus Crew 2 Rookies have seen pt. They have played a total of 173 minutes. They have scored a total of 0 points. Diego Walsh leads them in minutes played with 139. DC United 1 Rookie (Alecko Eskandarian) has seen pt. He has played a total of 344 minutes. He has scored 5 points (2 goals, 1 assist). NY/NJ Metros 6 Rookies have seen pt. They have played a total of 2315 minutes. They have scored a total of 9 points. Ricardo Clark leads them in minutes played with 920. Mike Magee leads them in scoring with 6 points (3 goals) New England Revolution 1 Rookie (Pat Noonan) has seen pt. He has played 310 minutes. He has scored 3 points. (1 goal 2 assists) Colorado Rapids 4 Rookies have seen pt. They have played a total of 848 minutes. They have scored a total of 2 points. Matt Crawford leads them in minutes played with 295 minutes. Casey Schmidt leads them in scoring with 2 points (2 assists). Dallas Burn 1 Rookie (Phil Salyer) has seen pt. He has played a total of 86 minutes. He has scored 0 points. KC Wizards 0 Rookies have seen pt. LA Galaxy 1 Rookie (Ricky Lewis) has seen pt. He has played a total of 145 minutes. He has scored 0 points. SJ Earthquakes 3 Rookies have seen pt. They have played a total of 1052 minutes. They have scored a total of 7 points. Todd Dunivant leads them in minutes played with 830. Todd Dunivant leads them in scoring with 4 points (1 goal, 2 assists) ---------------------- League Totals 23 rookies have seen playing time. Rookies have played a total of 6431 minutes. That’s an average of 280 minutes per Rookie. They have combined for a total of 34 points. Leaders in Minutes Played 1.R. Clark-920 2.T Dunivant-830 3.M. Magee-733 4.L. Pause-635 5.A. Eskandarian-344 6. D. Ralph- 388 * R. Clark, and T. Dunivant have played every minute of every game (as of 14 June 2003) Leaders in Points Scored 1.D. Ralph-7 2.M.Magee-6 3.A. Eskandarian-5 4.T. Dunivant-4 5.A. Alvarez-3 5(t).P. Noonan-3 Teams By Minutes Played 1.Ny/NJ Metros- 2315 2.Chicago Fire-1158 3.San Jose-1052 4.Colorado Rapids-848 5.DC United-344 6.NE Revolution-310 7.Columbus Crew-173 8.LA Galaxy-145 9.Dallas Burn-86 10.KC Wizards-0 ----------------------------------- As far as I know, all this information is accurate as of the games on June 14, 2003. I found it all on the MLS web site. If anyone is interested I can try to update this info on a weekly basis. Once again, please tell me if I made any mistakes.
And atop the Eastern Conference. Somehow I'm not all that concerned about the prospect of Bradley one day replacing Arena on the USMNT. Thanks for the info.
ok, so since I recently quit my summer job, and since I've been stuck at home sick all day, I put together a site with all the rookies in MLS this year, their stats, and some other stuff. I'll update it after every game. it can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/amyep301/mls.html Geocities is kind of weird, so you may need to copy and paste the URL into your browser. Please contact me if you notice any errors. I'm sure there are some. Hours of mindless calculating can really mess with your mind....
Great job and I will enjoy the site. For the Metros you have a total of five rookies playing. You have six listed which I believe is correct. Thanks again.
loved it... do you think you could add the full team stats at the bottom... minutes played, goals, assists, starts, points? thanks -jim
Thanks for the comments everyone, it's really no problem. I added the full team totals at the bottom of every team's section. If anyone has anything else they would like me add, please suggest it.
sorry... i meant where you had the total minutes played by each team... have the complete statistical run down by team... a place to compare the complete run down... instead of having to scroll around for each team still... great work
How are you defining Rookie? Jose Retiz was drafted in 2000 but spend the last couple of seasons with Santos Laguna Reserves. This is his first season in MLS.
My definition of rookie is someone playing their first year as a professional. They were drafted this year, or picked up by a team without playing professionally before. I believe that this is how MLS defines the term rookies as well (I remember the whole Twellman situation last year, people were upset because he wasn't eligible for Rookie of the Year because he played professionally before, but only on a reserve team....).
I like the idea that its Young Players. Those guys under 22 or so. Sort of the Young Player of the Year awards...
Pat Noonan 1 goal, 2 assists = 4 points. Sorry to be correcting, but noticed the mistake. Thanks for the info though, Great Work.
Thanks to everyone for the comments/corrections. I've gotten a lot of feedback and it is very helpful. I appreciate it. I do plan to update the site within a few days (if not the day after) each game is played. Once again, if anyone notices any errors or irregularities in my data, please tell me. Staring at the computer/calculator for long periods of time occasionally warps my brain, and I enter the wrong numbers into the tables. So if anyone catches anything, make sure you report it.
Seeing as how I brought it up in the other thread, a BIG thank you for the site. You can definitely get a feel for which teams drafted well this year, in terms of immediate impact. I would maybe rank the overall table by points, or by minutes played. Either of those gives a good thumbnail sketch. Other fun ways to slice the data (yeah, I'm a numbers geek) would be aggregated by round. Basically, to see what kind of dropoff there is between the first and second round, second and third, etc. Later, COZ
You might include Chris Gbandi of the Burn in your list. Although he wasn't drafted this year, his zero minutes of playing time last year make this year the first he is playing professionally.
Thank you Amy. This is fun. You can see that the Metros have more rookie minutes than the entire Western Conference.