USA - MLS time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2024

Average time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Total Lead durations (overall) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  34 17.1% 55.6% 27.3% Austin  34 18.6% 50.8% 30.7% CF Montreal  34 26% 44.7% 29.2% Charlotte  34 26.5% 56.9% 16.6% Chicago Fire  34 8.7% 48.9% 42.4% Cincinnati  34 27.6% 46.7% 25.7% Colorado Rapids  34 25.2% 45.7% 29.2% Columbus Crew  34 38.5% 49.2% 12.3% Dallas  34 21% 54% 25% DC United  34 21.8% 46.9% 31.2% Houston Dynamo  34 24.8% 57.4% 17.8% Inter Miami  34 34.6% 47.3% 18.1% LA Galaxy  34 30.6% 45.4% 24% Los Angeles FC  34 35.8% 42.4% 21.9% Minnesota Utd  34 31.2% 42.8% 26% Nashville SC  34 24.4% 45.1% 30.5% New England  34 22% 44.1% 34% New York City  34 34.1% 40.8% 25.1% New York RB  34 27.3% 47.4% 25.3% Orlando City  34 28.7% 41.1% 30.2% Philadelphia  34 27.7% 45% 27.3% Portland  34 24.9% 44.3% 30.8% Real Salt Lake  34 30.2% 49.7% 20% Seattle  34 35.6% 47.3% 17.1% SJ Earthquakes  34 19.7% 46.3% 34% Sporting KC  34 22.4% 46.6% 30.9% St. Louis City  34 27.2% 45.4% 27.5% Toronto  34 22.5% 52.5% 25% Vancouver  34 27.1% 46.1% 26.8% League average 26.3% 47.5% 26.3% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  17 22.7% 53.8% 23.5% Austin  17 25.7% 50.1% 24.2% CF Montreal  17 33.7% 47% 19.3% Charlotte  17 34.3% 58.6% 7.1% Chicago Fire  17 8.8% 49.6% 41.6% Cincinnati  17 27% 49.7% 23.3% Colorado Rapids  17 27.6% 55.6% 16.7% Columbus Crew  17 41.3% 45.4% 13.3% Dallas  17 35.9% 44.8% 19.3% DC United  17 21.8% 47.3% 30.9% Houston Dynamo  17 27.6% 61.2% 11.2% Inter Miami  17 43.5% 39% 17.5% LA Galaxy  17 44.8% 42.2% 13% Los Angeles FC  17 39.7% 43.7% 16.6% Minnesota Utd  17 30.7% 38.4% 30.9% Nashville SC  17 34.1% 48.4% 17.6% New England  17 24.8% 50.4% 24.8% New York City  17 46.3% 37% 16.7% New York RB  17 32.2% 42.9% 25% Orlando City  17 31.6% 44.6% 23.8% Philadelphia  17 26.6% 46.5% 26.9% Portland  17 34.3% 41.1% 24.6% Real Salt Lake  17 35.4% 47.3% 17.4% Seattle  17 43.7% 45.8% 10.5% SJ Earthquakes  17 16.5% 52.5% 31% Sporting KC  17 35.2% 41% 23.9% St. Louis City  17 30.3% 51.8% 17.9% Toronto  17 25.8% 51.4% 22.9% Vancouver  17 25.4% 49.2% 25.5% League average 31.3% 47.5% 21.3% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Atlanta Utd  17 11.4% 57.4% 31.2% Austin  17 11.4% 51.4% 37.1% CF Montreal  17 18.4% 42.5% 39.1% Charlotte  17 18.8% 55.2% 26.1% Chicago Fire  17 8.6% 48.1% 43.3% Cincinnati  17 28.2% 43.7% 28% Colorado Rapids  17 22.7% 35.7% 41.6% Columbus Crew  17 35.7% 52.9% 11.4% Dallas  17 6.1% 63.2% 30.7% DC United  17 21.9% 46.5% 31.6% Houston Dynamo  17 22% 53.6% 24.4% Inter Miami  17 25.6% 55.6% 18.8% LA Galaxy  17 16.4% 48.6% 35% Los Angeles FC  17 31.8% 41% 27.2% Minnesota Utd  17 31.8% 47.2% 21% Nashville SC  17 14.8% 41.8% 43.4% New England  17 19.2% 37.7% 43.1% New York City  17 22% 44.5% 33.5% New York RB  17 22.4% 52% 25.7% Orlando City  17 25.8% 37.6% 36.7% Philadelphia  17 28.9% 43.4% 27.7% Portland  17 15.6% 47.5% 36.9% Real Salt Lake  17 25.1% 52.2% 22.7% Seattle  17 27.5% 48.8% 23.7% SJ Earthquakes  17 23% 40% 37% Sporting KC  17 9.7% 52.3% 38% St. Louis City  17 24.1% 38.9% 37% Toronto  17 19.3% 53.7% 27.1% Vancouver  17 28.8% 43.1% 28.1% League average 21.3% 47.5% 31.3%

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