I’ve been combing through data, trying to figure out what exactly Real Salt Lake is doing on the field. It’s something I’m sure a lot of us are thinking about, and rather than a flawed, angry perspective from me, I thought we could go straight for the data.
Enjoy, I guess.
At goalkeeper
- Long passes from the goalkeeper: Real Salt Lake is averaging 50.6 yards per goalkeeper pass. That’s the most in the league by five yards.
- Further emphasizing this desire to not play out of the back, RSL leads the league in “launch percentage,” per FBRef.