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 basic stats courtesy of FotMob and xPoints/goals added data plus visualizations courtesy of American Soccer Analysis (unless noted).
Overall team performance
Record
1W 0L 1D (4 points)
Standings
6th in the West
If the season ended today, Austin would ...
Play a 3/6 best-of-three series against LAFC (again, assuming the same playoff system as last year)
xPoints
This is a supermetric calculating how many points a team should have based on ASA metrics.
3.9
Goals added differential
1.64 (3.53 goals added, 1.89 goals added against) (6th in MLS)
Game state, in minutes
Leading: 29
Tied: 151
Behind: 0
Rolling NPxGD
It's early, but we're beginning to see numbers.
Goals
Total after two matches: 3
Goal leaders
- Brendan Hines-Ike: 1
- Christian Ramírez: 1
- Myrto Uzuni: 1
Team xG
- 3.2 (12th in MLS)
xG (expected goals) leaders
- Myrto Uzuni: 1.1
- Ilie Sánchez: 0.5
- Brendan Hines-Ike: 0.4
xGOT (expected goals on target) leaders
- Christian Ramírez: 1.0
- Myrto Uzuni: 1.0
- Ilie Sánchez: 0.9
Ends scored in
- North: 2 (67%)
- South: 1 (33%)
Minutes scored in
- 0-15: 1 (33%)
- 16-30: 0
- 31-45: 0
- 46-60: 0
- 61-75: 0
- 76-90: 2 (67%)
Means scored by
- Open play: 1
- Set pieces: 2
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)
- 1.9 (10th in MLS)
Saves per match
- 2 (16th in MLS)
Interceptions per match
- 6 (26th in MLS)
Tackles per match
- 13 (22nd in MLS)
Clearances per match
- 25 (12th in MLS)
Clean sheets
- 1 (vs. DC)
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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