Major League Soccer · Matchweek 21
Vancouver Whitecaps
VAN
5–0Full time
FC Dallas
FCD
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
47%Possession50%
35%Territory49%
19%From set plays19%
0.12Chance quality0.15
5.2%Directness6.4%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Vancouver, 3 for Dallas. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 40 of 495 matches, not the full season.