Season trivia for MLS 2016
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2016 MLS season in United States.
Best scoring couple
The top goal-scoring pair, in other words two players where one scored the goal and the other player assisted to it, were Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco. Together they were behind 8 goals for Toronto FC in the 2016 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2016 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Didier Drogba, playing for CF Montréal, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 33 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between CF Montréal-Philadelphia Union.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2016 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls) - May 2016
Frank Lampard (New York City FC) - July 2016
Most braces by player
Bradley Wright-Phillips in New York Red Bulls scored (at least) two goals in a match 7 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2016 season.
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of 8 matches during the season:
Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)
Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 3 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 7 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2016 season was Pedro Morales, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 3 teams, and the teams that each scored 7 penalty goals were Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 3 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Fanendo Adi (Portland Timbers) and David Villa (New York City FC).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Orlando City SC was the best team, in total they scored 8 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2016 season in MLS. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Frederic Brillant (New York City FC) and Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake).
Most own goals by team
2 teams each scored 3 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew SC.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Bradley Wright-Phillips in New York Red Bulls scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Sebastian Giovinco in Toronto FC scored or assisted in 7 consecutive matches during the 2016 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Sebastian Giovinco in Toronto FC who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 13 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 13 times, and the players who did this were David Villa (New York City FC) and Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls).
Most consecutive wins
There were 7 teams that had 4 consecutive wins in the 2016 season, and those teams were New York Red Bulls, Seattle Sounders FC, LA Galaxy, CF Montréal, New York City FC, D.C. United and Toronto FC.
Most matches in a row without losing
New York Red Bulls were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2016 season, playing 16 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2016 season, there were 3 teams that had 4 consecutive losses, and those teams were New York Red Bulls, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and New England Revolution.
Most matches in a row without a win
Columbus Crew SC managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 2016 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Real Salt Lake were best at during the 2016 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Orlando City SC, Houston Dynamo and CF Montréal were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 4 different matches during the 2016 season.
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