The Sounders finally scored a goal at home. It only took 405 minutes, but they did and it was enough to snap a five-game winless run. As luck would have it, they also moved up to second in the Western Conference table thanks to LAFC losing to the LA Galaxy, allowing the Sounders to inch ahead on goal-difference.
Your mention that the Sounders are underperforming xG got me thinking. And I don't observe well enough, so I'm going to spout hypothesis here and you can probably tell me whether evidence bears it out. The thing about xG is it only considers the attacker and the ball, but not where the defenders/goalkeeper are. So if the Sounders' G is lower than xG, maybe it's because while their attack is good in terms of their own positions, the opposition defenders are able to get in the way and prevent it. Maybe because the Sounders are slow to build their attack, so the defense has time to defend? Or the Sounders are predictable? I dunno, just a half-baked thought.
Hey Jeremiah, is there somewhere on here you could copy your tweets to? Or maybe I can’t find them? Back when Twitter was more reasonable I really appreciated the more current news and thoughts.
Your mention that the Sounders are underperforming xG got me thinking. And I don't observe well enough, so I'm going to spout hypothesis here and you can probably tell me whether evidence bears it out. The thing about xG is it only considers the attacker and the ball, but not where the defenders/goalkeeper are. So if the Sounders' G is lower than xG, maybe it's because while their attack is good in terms of their own positions, the opposition defenders are able to get in the way and prevent it. Maybe because the Sounders are slow to build their attack, so the defense has time to defend? Or the Sounders are predictable? I dunno, just a half-baked thought.
Hey Jeremiah, is there somewhere on here you could copy your tweets to? Or maybe I can’t find them? Back when Twitter was more reasonable I really appreciated the more current news and thoughts.