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Best of MLS (early returns)

I took data from FotMob, SofaScore, and WhoScored from the pool of likely US players from the first week of MLS.

Obviously, it's a small sample size/data set, but here's what I got from Week 1:

GK: Luis Robles - fantastic performance vs. LAFC

Club Pos Min Gol Ast FM SF WS Agg
MIA GK Luis Robles 90 8.4 8.7 8.13 8.41
DC GK MNT Bill Hamid 90 6.7 7.4 7.67 7.26
FCD GK Jesse Gonzalez 90 7.3 7.4 7.03 7.24
NYC GK MNT Sean Johnson 90 6.2 7.3 6.94 6.81
MIN GK Tyler Miller 90 6.5 6.7 6.81 6.67
ATL GK MNT Brad Guzan 90 6.6 6.6 6.52 6.57
SKC GK Tim Melia 90 6.3 6.8 6.60 6.57
SEA GK Stefan Frei 90 6.3 6.6 6.71 6.54
NE GK MNT Matt Turner 90 5.1 6.1 5.63 5.61

CB: Walker Zimmerman, Matt Hedges

Club Pos Min Gol Ast FM SF WS Agg
NSH CB MNT Walker Zimmerman 90 1 7.6 7.6 7.83 7.68
FCD CB Matt Hedges 90 7.3 7.3 7.25 7.28
RSL CB Justen Glad 63 7.0 7.2 7.14 7.11
SKC CB Matt Besler 90 7.3 6.9 7.01 7.07
MIN CB Ike Opara 90 7.2 6.6 6.67 6.82
PHI CB MNT Mark McKenzie 90 6.4 7.2 6.83 6.81
TOR CB MNT Omar Gonzalez 90 6.2 6.7 6.52 6.47
NYR CB Tim Parker 90 6.1 6.5 6.03 6.21

RB: Kyle Duncan - ran wild vs. FC Cincy with a goal and assist

Club Pos Min Gol Ast FM SF WS Agg
NYR RB Kyle Duncan 90 1 1 8.3 8.1 8.18 8.19
FCD RB MNT Reggie Cannon 90 7.3 7.2 7.37 7.29
SJ RB MNT Nick Lima 90 6.7 6.9 6.86 6.82
ATL RB MNT Brooks Lennon 90 6.5 6.6 6.68 6.59

LB: Chase Gasper

Club Pos Min Gol Ast FM SF WS Agg
MIN LB MNT Chase Gasper 90 7.5 7.6 7.32 7.47
FCD LB Ryan Hollingshead 90 7.1 7.6 7.41 7.37
COL LB MNT Sam Vines 90 7.0 6.7 6.85 6.85
NSH LB MNT Daniel Lovitz 90 6.5 6.8 6.88 6.73
RSL LB Aaron Herrera 90 6.3 6.6 6.75 6.55
CIN LB Andrew Gutman 8 - 6.6 6.33 6.47
POR LB Jorge Villafaña 90 5.7 6.3 6.05 6.02
CIN LB Greg Garza 82 5.6 6.3 6.03 5.98

Midfield: Tanner Tessmann, Roldan, Mihailovic (Nagbe misses out by 0.03).

Club Pos Min Gol Ast FM SF WS Agg
FCD CM Tanner Tessmann 90 1 8.5 7.6 7.96 8.02
SEA CM MNT Cristian Roldan 90 2 8.2 7.2 7.65 7.68
CHI AM MNT Djordje Mihailovic 70 1 7.4 7.7 7.15 7.42
CLB CM Darlington Nagbe 90 7.6 7.3 7.27 7.39
MIA DM MNT Wil Trapp 90 7.4 7.1 7.35 7.28
ATL CM Emerson Hyndman 90 1 7.6 6.9 7.35 7.28
FCD AM Jesus Ferreira 76 1 7.6 7.1 6.90 7.20
FCD AM Paxton Pomykal 14 1 7.2 7.3 7.10 7.20
TOR CM Marky Delgado 90 7.2 7.1 6.69 7.00
DC DM Russell Canouse 90 1 6.8 6.9 7.02 6.91
CIN AM Frankie Amaya 90 6.7 6.6 7.00 6.77
NYR DM Sean Davis 90 6.5 6.7 6.67 6.62
LAG AM MNT Sebastian Lletget 87 6.5 6.5 6.72 6.57
SJ CM MNT Jackson Yueill 90 6.5 6.6 6.32 6.47
COL CM Kellyn Acosta 90 6.1 6.7 6.54 6.45
NYC DM James Sands 90 6.3 6.5 6.49 6.43
MIN DM Hassani Dotson 9 - 6.5 6.16 6.33
PHI AM MNT Brenden Aaronson 66 5.5 6.3 6.15 5.98
NYC CM Keaton Parks 27 5.2 6.3 5.96 5.82

Wing: Jordan Morris, Ethan Finlay

Club Pos Min Gol Ast FM SF WS Agg
SEA Wing MNT Jordan Morris 45 2 8.8 8.7 8.20 8.57
MIN Wing Ethan Finlay 90 2 8.0 7.7 7.71 7.80
DC Wing Julian Gressel 90 1 6.8 7.2 7.25 7.08
COL Wing Jonathan Lewis 5 1 - 7.1 6.83 6.97
NE Wing DeJuan Jones 82 6.3 6.6 6.45 6.45
HOU Wing Memo Rodriguez 83 6.0 6.7 6.64 6.45
RSL Wing MNT Corey Baird 27 5.7 6.4 6.26 6.12

Striker: None - no striker scored a 7 or greater across the three metrics. In fact, the first striker doesn't appear until #24 on the list of all players.

Club Pos Min Gol Ast FM SF WS Agg
CLB ST MNT Gyasi Zardes 80 7.1 6.9 6.95 6.98
TOR ST MNT Jozy Altidore 79 6.8 6.7 6.79 6.76
NYR ST Brian White 71 6.2 6.4 6.48 6.36
HOU ST Christian Ramirez 20 6.2 6.5 6.07 6.26
POR ST MNT Jeremy Ebobisse 7 - 6.4 5.99 6.20

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