Monday, December 7, 2009

2009 Plus/Minus Data

Thanks to ScaryIce we have plus/minus data available for 2009.  Here are the RSL nums with only the players who logged 500 or more minutes…

PLAYER

MINS

GF

GA

+/-

Per 90

Andy Williams

736

19

8

11

1.345

Ned Grabavoy

701

16

10

6

0.77

Jamison Olave

1890

35

20

15

0.714

Fabian Espindola

1377

24

15

9

0.588

Nick Rimando

2070

38

26

12

0.522

Tony Beltran

1728

30

20

10

0.521

Will Johnson

2054

36

26

10

0.438

Nat Borchers

2367

40

29

11

0.418

Yura Movsisyan

1548

25

18

7

0.407

Chris Wingert

2169

40

31

9

0.373

Clint Mathis

1767

28

21

7

0.357

Kyle Beckerman

1928

31

24

7

0.327

Robbie Findley

1559

29

25

4

0.231

Javier Morales

1833

25

22

3

0.147

Robbie Russell

1286

17

22

-5

-0.35

As I think we already knew, Andy Williams had quite the impact – much of it down the stretch.  His was the highest number (by far) of anyone in the league playing 500 minutes or more, and Olave and Espindola ranked in the top 10 for players playing 1,000 minutes or more.

This is interesting information, but it almost begs more questions than it does provide answers.  For instance, which combination of forwards fared better?  Findley/Yura?  Findley/Espy?  Which combo of outside backs was better?  Beltran/Wingert?  Wingert/Russell?  Beltran/Russell?  What was Russell’s plus/minus at center back versus outside?  How effective was Espindola in the 4-4-2 versus 4-3-3?