As a public service from Verde All Day, we're going to keep tabs on some of the important stats and visualizations from the 2026 season.
All stats courtesy of FotMob and xPoints/goals added data/visualizations courtesy of American Soccer Analysis (unless noted).
Overall team performance
Record
0W oL 1D (1 point)
Standings
9th in the West
If the season ended today, Austin would ...
Travel to Vancouver for the play-in game (assuming the playoff format stays the same, as insane as that is
xPoints
This is a supermetric calculating how many points a team should have based on ASA metrics.
1.3
Goals added differential
0.13 (1.75 goals added, 1.62 goals added against) (13th in MLS)
Goals
Total after one match: 2
Goal leaders
- Brendan Hines-Ike: 1
- Myrto Uzuni: 1
Team xG
- 1.7 (7th in MLS)
xG (expected goals) leaders
- Myrto Uzuni: 1.0
- Brendan Hines-Ike: 0.2
- Facundo Torres: 0.2
xGOT (expected goals on target) leaders
- Myrto Uzuni: 1.0
- Facundo Torres: 0.58
- Brendan Hines-Ike: 0.48
Ends scored in
- North: 1 (50%)
- South: 1 (50%)
Minutes scored in
- 0-15: 1 (50%)
- 16-30: 0
- 31-45: 0
- 46-60: 0
- 61-75: 0
- 76-90: 1 (50%)
Shot Chart
Assists
- Total after one match (including secondary assists): 3
Assist leaders
- Jon Gallagher: 1
- Robert Taylor: 1
- Facundo Torres: 1
xA (expected assists) leaders
- Jon Gallagher: 0.6
- Jayden Nelson: 0.2
- Robert Taylor: 0.2
- Facundo Torres: 0.14
Defense
xGA (expected goals against)
- 1.6 (20th in MLS)
Saves per match
- 2 (16th in MLS)
Interceptions per match
- 8 (17th in MLS)
Tackles per match
- 12 (25th in MLS)
Clearances per match
- 26 (13th in MLS)
Minutes opponents scored in
- 0-15: 0
- 16-30: 0
- 31-45: 1 (50%)
- 46-60: 0
- 61-75: 0
- 76-90: 1 (50%)
Ends opponents scored in
- North: 1 (50%)
- South: 1 (50%)
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