In an effort to see analyse TFC at a deeper level, we will be tracking several advanced stats throughout the year.
Below the jump, we present numbers from the Vancouver game. It's too early to take much from the numbers -- so we'll present them without comment today -- but as the season goes on we should be able to generate some good conversation.
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]Distribution success rate looks at how many times a player attempts to move a ball to another player and how often they are successful in doing so.
Typically, the further up the field a player plays the higher risk his attempts to advance the ball are. Therefore, you can expect that defenders will have higher success levels than attacking midfielders. As such, you want to look at an apples to apples comparison -- midfielders to midfielders, forwards to forwards, etc.
[TABLE=width: 500]
[TR]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Attempts[/TD]
[TD]Successful[/TD]
[TD]Unsuccessful[/TD]
[TD]Success %[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bendik[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]17.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]O'Dea[/TD]
[TD]33[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]84.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Califf[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]27[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]93.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eckersley[/TD]
[TD]77[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]70.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A Morgan[/TD]
[TD]49[/TD]
[TD]34[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]69.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bekker[/TD]
[TD]77[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]74.0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dunfield[/TD]
[TD]82[/TD]
[TD]65[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]79.2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hall[/TD]
[TD]61[/TD]
[TD]47[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]77.0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lambe[/TD]
[TD]53[/TD]
[TD]44[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]83.0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ephraim[/TD]
[TD]64[/TD]
[TD]47[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]73.4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]T Morgan[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]50.0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Earnshaw[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]86.6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Welshman[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]100.0[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Shooting percentage is fairly self-explanatory. There is a belief that any shot towards goal is a positive measure. However, it's clearly better for the shots to hit the target. Only players that have registered a shot attempt are listed.
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[TR]
[TD]Player[/TD]
[TD]Attempts[/TD]
[TD]On target[/TD]
[TD]Missed[/TD]
[TD]Shooting percentage[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bekker[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dunfield[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ephraim[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Earnshaw[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]25.0[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
With defensive stats we are simply going to track the raw numbers of tackles, blocks, interceptions, clearances and recoveries.
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[TR]
[TD]Player[/TD]
[TD]Tackles[/TD]
[TD]Blocks[/TD]
[TD]Interceptions[/TD]
[TD]Clearances[/TD]
[TD]Recoveries[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]O'Dea[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Califf[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eckersley[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A Morgan[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bekker[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dunfield[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hall[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lambe[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ephraim[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]T Morgan[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Earnshaw[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Welshman[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Finally we will be tracking dribble and turnover statistics.
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[TR]
[TD]Player[/TD]
[TD]Attempts[/TD]
[TD]Successful[/TD]
[TD]Failed/turnover[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]O'Dea[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Califf[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eckersley[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A Morgan[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bekker[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dunfield[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hall[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lambe[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ephraim[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]T Morgan[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Earnshaw[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Welshman[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
We will track these stats all year, usually 48-72 hours after the game.