USA - MLS time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2021

Average time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Lead durations (home and away) (home and away) GP Average minutes per game % of minutes per game Total minutes Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  34 28.7 45.5 15.7 977 1548 535 Austin  34 22.6 39.8 27.6 769 1352 939 CF Montreal  34 21.7 52.9 15.4 739 1799 522 Chicago Fire  34 16.6 45.9 27.6 564 1559 937 Cincinnati  34 16.4 41.3 32.3 559 1404 1097 Colorado Rapids  34 25.0 46.7 18.3 851 1587 622 Columbus Crew  34 16.2 46.0 27.8 552 1563 945 Dallas  34 18.7 43.5 27.8 637 1479 944 DC United  34 31.8 32.4 25.8 1081 1103 876 Houston Dynamo  34 18.7 43.9 27.4 636 1491 933 Inter Miami  34 14.6 48.2 27.2 497 1639 924 LA Galaxy  34 22.0 45.0 23.0 747 1530 783 Los Angeles FC  34 24.4 45.2 20.4 831 1537 692 Minnesota Utd  34 24.7 41.8 23.5 840 1421 799 Nashville SC  34 23.1 48.2 18.6 787 1640 633 New England  34 32.6 41.7 15.7 1110 1417 533 New York City  34 28.3 41.9 19.9 961 1423 676 New York RB  34 27.5 43.2 19.3 936 1468 656 Orlando City  34 24.1 44.3 21.6 819 1505 736 Philadelphia  34 27.9 42.3 19.8 949 1437 674 Portland  34 28.9 38.8 22.3 982 1319 759 Real Salt Lake  34 25.1 42.5 22.4 853 1445 762 Seattle  34 28.3 45.8 15.9 961 1558 541 SJ Earthquakes  34 21.6 44.0 24.4 734 1496 830 Sporting KC  34 27.8 35.9 26.3 945 1222 893 Toronto  34 14.7 33.8 41.4 501 1150 1409 Vancouver  34 17.4 50.3 22.3 591 1710 759 Lead durations (at home) (at home) GP Average minutes per game % of minutes per game Total minutes Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  17 39.1 40.9 9.9 665 696 169 Austin  17 30.9 39.6 19.5 526 673 331 CF Montreal  17 22.2 52.6 15.2 377 895 258 Chicago Fire  17 23.4 53.5 13.1 397 910 223 Cincinnati  17 17.5 48.7 23.8 297 828 405 Colorado Rapids  17 28.2 53.0 8.8 480 901 149 Columbus Crew  17 29.2 44.2 16.6 497 751 282 Dallas  17 22.5 47.1 20.4 382 801 347 DC United  17 43.2 30.5 16.3 734 519 277 Houston Dynamo  17 31.6 43.1 15.4 537 732 261 Inter Miami  17 20.6 35.5 33.9 350 603 577 LA Galaxy  17 24.6 49.5 15.9 419 841 270 Los Angeles FC  17 37.4 39.9 12.7 636 678 216 Minnesota Utd  17 30.5 39.9 19.6 519 678 333 Nashville SC  17 35.8 39.9 14.3 608 679 243 New England  17 34.5 44.0 11.5 587 748 195 New York City  17 37.8 40.4 11.8 643 686 201 New York RB  17 33.3 46.9 9.8 566 798 166 Orlando City  17 32.9 45.8 11.3 559 779 192 Philadelphia  17 38.9 38.1 12.9 662 648 220 Portland  17 30.3 46.1 13.6 515 783 232 Real Salt Lake  17 38.8 40.5 10.8 659 688 183 Seattle  17 31.9 43.5 14.6 543 739 248 SJ Earthquakes  17 24.0 45.2 20.8 408 768 354 Sporting KC  17 28.8 33.2 27.9 490 565 475 Toronto  17 17.3 42.4 30.3 294 721 515 Vancouver  17 23.9 46.6 19.4 407 793 330 Lead durations (away) (away) GP Average minutes per game % of minutes per game Total minutes Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  17 18.4 50.1 21.5 312 852 366 Austin  17 14.3 39.9 35.8 243 679 608 CF Montreal  17 21.3 53.2 15.5 362 904 264 Chicago Fire  17 9.8 38.2 42.0 167 649 714 Cincinnati  17 15.4 33.9 40.7 262 576 692 Colorado Rapids  17 21.8 40.4 27.8 371 686 473 Columbus Crew  17 3.2 47.8 39.0 55 812 663 Dallas  17 15.0 39.9 35.1 255 678 597 DC United  17 20.4 34.4 35.2 347 584 599 Houston Dynamo  17 5.8 44.6 39.5 99 759 672 Inter Miami  17 8.6 60.9 20.4 147 1036 347 LA Galaxy  17 19.3 40.5 30.2 328 689 513 Los Angeles FC  17 11.5 50.5 28.0 195 859 476 Minnesota Utd  17 18.9 43.7 27.4 321 743 466 Nashville SC  17 10.5 56.5 22.9 179 961 390 New England  17 30.8 39.4 19.9 523 669 338 New York City  17 18.7 43.4 27.9 318 737 475 New York RB  17 21.8 39.4 28.8 370 670 490 Orlando City  17 15.3 42.7 32.0 260 726 544 Philadelphia  17 16.9 46.4 26.7 287 789 454 Portland  17 27.5 31.5 31.0 467 536 527 Real Salt Lake  17 11.4 44.5 34.1 194 757 579 Seattle  17 24.6 48.2 17.2 418 819 293 SJ Earthquakes  17 19.2 42.8 28.0 326 728 476 Sporting KC  17 26.8 38.6 24.6 455 657 418 Toronto  17 12.2 25.2 52.6 207 429 894 Vancouver  17 10.8 53.9 25.2 184 917 429

Note: this table shows how long each team has spent leading, level in goals, or trailing during their matches. For this table, to allow for averaging duration values based on a total of 90 minutes per match, goals scored on the 45th minute and during added time of the first half are all considered to be scored on the 45th minute, and all goals scored on the 90th minute and during added time of the second half are considered scored on the 90th minute.

Example for a team (Team A) having played a total of 3 games:

Game 1: Team A vs Opponent B, final score 0-0 (minutes in the lead: 0, minutes played: 90)

Game 2: Team A vs Opponent C, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 88th minute (minutes in the lead: 2, minutes played: 90)

Game 3: Team A vs Opponent D, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 65th minute (minutes in the lead: 25, minutes played: 90)

The 3 games played by Team A would give the following values, regarding total minutes played and time spent in the lead:
  - Total minutes team A has been in the lead: 27
  - Total minutes played by team A: 270
  - Percentage of minutes that team A has been in the lead: 10%
  - Avg minutes per game that team A has spent leading (based on 90 min per game): 9 minutes

Some additional context information on the Lead Duration table and other related tables is provided in the Lead durations blog article.

See also:

Goal types