USA - MLS time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2023

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 34.5% 39.1% 26.4% Austin  34 21.9% 52.7% 25.5% CF Montreal  34 21.5% 41.9% 36.7% Charlotte  34 29.3% 49.8% 20.8% Chicago Fire  34 21.4% 54.4% 24.2% Cincinnati  34 28% 47.9% 24.1% Colorado Rapids  34 9.4% 55.6% 35% Columbus Crew  34 43.5% 40.3% 16.2% Dallas  34 17.5% 61.8% 20.7% DC United  34 17% 54.4% 28.6% Houston Dynamo  34 32.6% 43.5% 23.9% Inter Miami  34 17% 51.6% 31.4% LA Galaxy  34 16.2% 50.3% 33.4% Los Angeles FC  34 27% 52.8% 20.2% Minnesota Utd  34 21.6% 57.2% 21.2% Nashville SC  34 22.5% 56.5% 21% New England  34 30.6% 52.5% 16.9% New York City  34 21.7% 53.6% 24.7% New York RB  34 16.1% 55% 28.9% Orlando City  34 34.5% 48.9% 16.6% Philadelphia  34 28.5% 48% 23.5% Portland  34 23.7% 52.2% 24.1% Real Salt Lake  34 21.3% 44.4% 34.3% Seattle  34 23.3% 56.8% 19.9% SJ Earthquakes  34 23.2% 55.9% 20.8% Sporting KC  34 33.2% 43.2% 23.5% St. Louis City  34 31.9% 50.5% 17.6% Toronto  34 14.2% 53.7% 32.1% Vancouver  34 30.2% 48.8% 21% League average 24.6% 50.8% 24.6% 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 43.6% 33.5% 22.9% Austin  17 31% 51% 18% CF Montreal  17 34% 44.9% 21.1% Charlotte  17 32.1% 54.4% 13.5% Chicago Fire  17 28.9% 51.4% 19.7% Cincinnati  17 39.5% 47.9% 12.5% Colorado Rapids  17 9.3% 68.8% 21.9% Columbus Crew  17 55.2% 34.4% 10.4% Dallas  17 20.7% 63.3% 16% DC United  17 26% 51.3% 22.7% Houston Dynamo  17 43.6% 47.2% 9.2% Inter Miami  17 19.5% 57.7% 22.8% LA Galaxy  17 24.7% 45.9% 29.4% Los Angeles FC  17 39.1% 44.1% 16.9% Minnesota Utd  17 24.8% 61.6% 13.6% Nashville SC  17 32.2% 55.3% 12.5% New England  17 43.9% 48.8% 7.3% New York City  17 32.6% 51.6% 15.8% New York RB  17 19.2% 60.5% 20.4% Orlando City  17 40.7% 43.1% 16.2% Philadelphia  17 35% 57% 8% Portland  17 40.2% 46.1% 13.7% Real Salt Lake  17 22.6% 42.5% 34.8% Seattle  17 23.7% 59.2% 17.1% SJ Earthquakes  17 29.4% 56.7% 13.9% Sporting KC  17 42.5% 41% 16.4% St. Louis City  17 44.3% 44.8% 10.9% Toronto  17 24.1% 55% 21% Vancouver  17 32.9% 54.4% 12.7% League average 32.2% 50.8% 16.9% 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 25.4% 44.7% 29.9% Austin  17 12.7% 54.4% 32.9% CF Montreal  17 9% 38.8% 52.2% Charlotte  17 26.5% 45.2% 28.2% Chicago Fire  17 13.9% 57.4% 28.7% Cincinnati  17 16.4% 48% 35.6% Colorado Rapids  17 9.5% 42.4% 48% Columbus Crew  17 31.8% 46.1% 22% Dallas  17 14.4% 60.2% 25.4% DC United  17 7.9% 57.6% 34.5% Houston Dynamo  17 21.6% 39.8% 38.6% Inter Miami  17 14.4% 45.6% 40% LA Galaxy  17 7.8% 54.8% 37.5% Los Angeles FC  17 14.8% 61.6% 23.5% Minnesota Utd  17 18.4% 52.7% 28.9% Nashville SC  17 12.9% 57.7% 29.4% New England  17 17.2% 56.3% 26.5% New York City  17 10.8% 55.7% 33.5% New York RB  17 13.1% 49.5% 37.4% Orlando City  17 28.4% 54.7% 16.9% Philadelphia  17 22.1% 39% 38.9% Portland  17 7.2% 58.2% 34.6% Real Salt Lake  17 19.9% 46.2% 33.9% Seattle  17 22.8% 54.4% 22.7% SJ Earthquakes  17 17% 55.2% 27.8% Sporting KC  17 23.9% 45.4% 30.7% St. Louis City  17 19.5% 56.2% 24.3% Toronto  17 4.4% 52.4% 43.1% Vancouver  17 27.6% 43.1% 29.3% League average 16.9% 50.8% 32.2%

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