USA - MLS time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2022

Average time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Total Lead durations (home and away) - based on 90 min. per game (home and away) GP Percentage of minutes per game Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  34 17.7% 45.2% 37% Austin  34 27.8% 42% 30.2% CF Montreal  34 38.2% 38.7% 23.1% Charlotte  34 27.7% 41.2% 31.1% Chicago Fire  34 22.7% 53.2% 24.1% Cincinnati  34 29.3% 51.8% 19% Colorado Rapids  34 24.2% 47.7% 28.1% Columbus Crew  34 27.9% 51.7% 20.4% Dallas  34 31.1% 49% 19.9% DC United  34 14.4% 45.4% 40.2% Houston Dynamo  34 24.6% 45.5% 29.8% Inter Miami  34 20% 46% 34.1% LA Galaxy  34 32.2% 35% 32.8% Los Angeles FC  34 30.2% 49.1% 20.8% Minnesota Utd  34 26.4% 52.9% 20.7% Nashville SC  34 34.6% 48.2% 17.3% New England  34 25.2% 57% 17.8% New York City  34 35.3% 43% 21.7% New York RB  34 28.2% 53.2% 18.6% Orlando City  34 29.3% 46.2% 24.4% Philadelphia  34 45.6% 45.6% 8.9% Portland  34 22.7% 48.7% 28.6% Real Salt Lake  34 23.6% 51.4% 25% Seattle  34 26% 44.3% 29.6% SJ Earthquakes  34 17% 47.8% 35.2% Sporting KC  34 22.1% 50.5% 27.5% Toronto  34 19.6% 42.9% 37.5% Vancouver  34 18.3% 43% 38.7% Home Lead durations (at home) - based on 90 min. per game (at home) GP Percentage of minutes per game Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  17 29.1% 40.8% 30.1% Austin  17 29% 40.8% 30.2% CF Montreal  17 42.9% 44.8% 12.3% Charlotte  17 41% 42.5% 16.4% Chicago Fire  17 31% 55.4% 13.7% Cincinnati  17 36.3% 51.6% 12.1% Colorado Rapids  17 40.9% 44.8% 14.3% Columbus Crew  17 30.2% 51.3% 18.5% Dallas  17 39.6% 39.5% 20.9% DC United  17 19.3% 42.4% 38.2% Houston Dynamo  17 23% 50.5% 26.5% Inter Miami  17 29.5% 45.9% 24.6% LA Galaxy  17 34.8% 30.8% 34.4% Los Angeles FC  17 35.8% 45.2% 19% Minnesota Utd  17 29.3% 53.5% 17.3% Nashville SC  17 35.5% 45.2% 19.3% New England  17 35% 54.3% 10.7% New York City  17 41.9% 43.1% 15% New York RB  17 26.7% 56% 17.3% Orlando City  17 23.9% 43.9% 32.2% Philadelphia  17 58.9% 39.4% 1.7% Portland  17 22.6% 54.1% 23.3% Real Salt Lake  17 38.3% 48.8% 12.9% Seattle  17 28.8% 45.4% 25.8% SJ Earthquakes  17 23.1% 51.2% 25.6% Sporting KC  17 33.1% 49.7% 17.2% Toronto  17 27.5% 44.6% 27.9% Vancouver  17 20.1% 60.3% 19.6% Away Lead durations (away) - based on 90 min. per game (away) GP Percentage of minutes per game Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  17 6.4% 49.7% 43.9% Austin  17 26.7% 43.1% 30.2% CF Montreal  17 33.5% 32.5% 33.9% Charlotte  17 14.4% 39.8% 45.8% Chicago Fire  17 14.4% 51% 34.6% Cincinnati  17 22.3% 51.9% 25.8% Colorado Rapids  17 7.5% 50.6% 42% Columbus Crew  17 25.7% 52.1% 22.2% Dallas  17 22.7% 58.4% 18.9% DC United  17 9.4% 48.4% 42.2% Houston Dynamo  17 26.3% 40.5% 33.2% Inter Miami  17 10.5% 46% 43.5% LA Galaxy  17 29.6% 39.3% 31.1% Los Angeles FC  17 24.5% 52.9% 22.6% Minnesota Utd  17 23.5% 52.3% 24.2% Nashville SC  17 33.7% 51.2% 15.2% New England  17 15.4% 59.7% 24.9% New York City  17 28.8% 42.8% 28.4% New York RB  17 29.7% 50.5% 19.9% Orlando City  17 34.8% 48.5% 16.7% Philadelphia  17 32.2% 51.7% 16.1% Portland  17 22.8% 43.3% 33.9% Real Salt Lake  17 8.8% 54.1% 37.1% Seattle  17 23.3% 43.2% 33.5% SJ Earthquakes  17 10.8% 44.4% 44.8% Sporting KC  17 11% 51.2% 37.8% Toronto  17 11.6% 41.2% 47.2% Vancouver  17 16.6% 25.7% 57.7%

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