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 April 7, following Matchweek 6.
Overall team performance
Record
1W 2L 3D (6 points)
Standings
11th in the West
If the season ended today, Austin would ...
... miss the playoffs but so would Houston (with Minnesota traveling to Colorado for the play-in match)
xPoints
This is a supermetric calculating how many points a team should have based on ASA metrics.
631 (24st in MLS)
Goals added differential
-3.36 (6.92 goals added, 10.28 goals added against) (24th in MLS)
Game state, in minutes
Leading: 97
Tied: 416
Behind: 27
Rolling NPxGD
It's early, but we're beginning to see numbers.
Goals
Total after six matches: 7
Goal leaders
- Jon Bell: 1
- Guilherme Biro: 1
- Owen Goal: 1
- Brendan Hines-Ike: 1
- Jayden Nelson: 1
- Christian Ramírez: 1
- Myrto Uzuni: 1
Team xG
- 6.6 (21st in MLS)
xG (expected goals) leaders
- Myrto Uzuni: 2.1
- Facundo Torres: 0.9
- Christian Ramírez: 0.7
- Brendan Hines-Ike: 0.6
- Jayden Nelson: 0.6
- Ilie Sánchez: 0.6
xGOT (expected goals on target) leaders
- Myrto Uzuni: 1.2
- Guilherme Biro: 1.0
- Brendan Hines-Ike: 1.0
- Christian Ramírez: 1.0
Ends scored in (for home matches)
- North: 2 (67%)
- South: 1 (33%)
Minutes scored in
- 0-15: 2 (29%)
- 16-30: 1 (14%)
- 31-45: 1 (14%)
- 46-60: 1 (14%)
- 61-75: 0
- 76-90: 2 (29%)
Means scored by
- Open play: 3
- Set pieces: 4
Shot Chart
Assists
- Total after six matches (including secondary assists): 7
Assist leaders
- Facundo Torres: 3 (7th in MLS)
- Jon Gallagher: 1
- Joseph Rosales: 1
- Robert Taylor: 1
- Myrto Uzuni: 1
xA (expected assists) leaders
- Facundo Torres: 1.2 (29th in MLS)
- Jon Gallagher: 0.9
- Jayden Nelson: 0.7
- Joseph Rosales: 0.7
- Oleksandr Svatok: 0.3
Passing Network
Defense
xGA (expected goals against)
- 11.8 (27th in MLS)
Saves per match
- 4.3 (3rd in MLS)
Interceptions per match
- 7.5 (27th in MLS)
Tackles per match
- 13.7 (24th in MLS)
Clearances per match
- 25.5 (11th in MLS)
Clean sheets
- 2 (vs. DC, vs. LAFC)
Minutes opponents scored in
- 0-15: 1 (11%)
- 16-30: 2 (22%)
- 31-45: 1 (11%)
- 46-60: 0
- 61-75: 1 (11%)
- 76-90: 4 (44%)
Ends opponents scored in (for home matches)
- North: 1 (50%)
- South: 1 (50%)
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