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).
Updated May 24, following Matchweek 15.
Overall team performance
Record
3W 7L 5D (14 points)
Standings
14th in the West
If the season ended today, Austin would ...
... miss the playoffs, badly.
xPoints
This is a supermetric calculating how many points a team should have based on ASA metrics.
13.01 (28th in MLS)
Goals added differential
-14.67 (13.69 goals added, 28.36 goals added against) (29th in MLS)
Game state, in minutes
Leading: 364 (26.57%)
Tied: 726 (52.99%)
Behind: 280 (20.44%)
Rolling NPxGD
The trends are slightly better than they were, but are still worrisome.
Goals
Total after 15 matches: 19
Goal leaders
- Myrto Uzuni: 5
- Christian Ramírez: 4
- Jon Bell: 2
- Jayden Nelson: 2
- Guilherme Biro: 1
- Mikkel Desler: 1
- Owen Goal: 1
- Brendan Hines-Ike: 1
- Joseph Rosales: 1
- Facundo Torres: 1
Team xG
- 15.0 (29th in MLS)
xG (expected goals) leaders
- Myrto Uzuni: 4.7
- Christian Ramírez: 2.3
- Facundo Torres: 1.8
xGOT (expected goals on target) leaders
- Myrto Uzuni: 4.9
- Christian Ramírez: 3.4
- Facundo Torres: 2.5
Big chances
- 21 (30th in MLS)
Big chances missed
- 12 (29th in MLS)
Touches in opposition box
- 294 (26th in MLS)
Ends scored in (for home matches)
- North: 7 (78%)
- South: 2 (22%)
Minutes scored in
- 0-15: 5 (27%)
- 16-30: 2 (11%)
- 31-45: 3 (16%)
- 46-60: 1 (5%)
- 61-75: 1 (5%)
- 76-90: 7 (37%)
Means scored by
- Open play: 10
- Set pieces: 8
- Penalty kicks: 1
Shot Chart
Assists
- Total after 15 matches (including secondary assists): 20
Assist leaders
- Facundo Torres: 6 (tied for 1oth in MLS, behind two players with 9, two with 8, and five with 7)
- Myrto Uzuni: 4
- Guilherme Biro: 2
- Joseph Rosales: 2
- Robert Taylor: 2
Key passes leaders
- Facundo Torres: 38 (tied for 4th in MLS)
- Jon Gallagher: 11
- Joseph Rosales: 9
xA (expected assists) leaders
- Facundo Torres: 2.8 (28th in MLS)
- Jon Gallagher: 1.6
- Joseph Rosales: 1.3
Passing Network
Defense
xGA (expected goals against)
- 31.5 (29th in MLS)
Saves per match
- 5.2 (1st in MLS)
Interceptions per match
- 8.3 (22nd in MLS)
Tackles per match
- 11.9 (29th in MLS)
Clearances per match
- 25.4 (9th in MLS)
Clean sheets
- 4 (vs. DC, vs. LAFC, vs. Houston, vs. St. Louis)
Own goals
- Guilherme Biro: 1
- Oleksandr Svatok: 1
Minutes opponents scored in
- 0-15: 2 (6.5%)
- 16-30: 3 (10%)
- 31-45: 3 (10%)
- 46-60: 4 (13%)
- 61-75: 4 (13%)
- 76-90: 15 (48%)
Means opponents scored by
- Open play: 23
- Set pieces: 8
- Penalty kicks: 1
Ends opponents scored in (for home matches)
- North: 4 (67%)
- South: 2 (33%)
Points dropped due to goals let in from winning or drawing positions at the 68th minute or later
14, and here's how:
- Feb. 22, vs. Minnesota, goal allowed at 90' (turning 2-1 lead into 2-2 draw), two points dropped;
- March 7, at Charlotte, goals allowed at 68' and 90' + 3' (turning 1-1 draw into 3-1 loss), one point dropped (three total);
- March 14, at Real Salt Lake, goal allowed at 88' (turning 1-1 draw into 2-1 loss), one point dropped (four total);
- April 4, at Miami, goal allowed at 82' (turning 2-1 lead into 2-2 draw), two points dropped (six total);
- April 18, at Toronto, goal allowed at 88' (turning 3-2 lead into 3-3 draw), two points dropped (eight total);
- April 22, at San Jose, goals allowed at 78', 83', 85', and 89' (turning 1-1 draw into 5-1 loss), one point dropped (nine total);
- May 10, at Minnesota, goals allowed at 69' and 77' (turning 1-0 lead into 2-1 defecit), two points dropped (with Verde scoring goal at 79' to equalize) (11 total); and
- May 17, vs. SKC, goals allowed at 79' and 82' (turning 1-0 lead into 2-1 loss), three points dropped (14 total)
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