Season trivia for MLS 2017
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 2017 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 Kei Kamara and Lee Nguyen. Together they were behind 9 goals for New England Revolution in the 2017 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2017 season:
Fastest hat-trick
All of these players managed to score a hat-trick, that is, three goals in the same match, within 11 minutes:
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In September 2017, Josef Martinez (Atlanta United FC) scored 9 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2017 season.
Most braces by player
Nemanja Nikolic in Chicago Fire scored (at least) two goals in a match 6 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2017 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2017 season was Diego Valeri in Portland Timbers, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by David Villa in New York City FC during the 2017 season, in total he did this 10 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2017 season was Diego Valeri, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Portland Timbers.
Most penalty goals by team
Portland Timbers was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2017 season, in total they scored 9 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 11 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Fanendo Adi (Portland Timbers)
Jacob Peterson (Atlanta United FC)
Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)
Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC)
Gerso Fernandes (Sporting Kansas City)
Romain Alessandrini (LA Galaxy)
Daniel Royer (New York Red Bulls)
Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)
Ignacio Piatti (CF Montréal)
Luis Solignac (Chicago Fire)
Victor Vázquez (Toronto FC)
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 6 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Toronto FC and San Jose Earthquakes.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of "most own goals" during the 2017 season in MLS. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Christian Ramirez (Minnesota United FC) and Michael Parkhurst (Atlanta United FC).
Most own goals by team
D.C. United scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2017 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Diego Valeri in Portland Timbers scored in 9 consecutive matches during the 2017 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Diego Valeri in Portland Timbers who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
David Villa in New York City FC scored a total of 14 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in MLS during the 2017 season.
Most consecutive wins
Toronto FC was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2017 season, with a total of 6 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Seattle Sounders FC were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2017 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
D.C. United had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in MLS during the 2017 season.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were New York Red Bulls and New York City FC, and these teams turned the game around 5 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Atlanta United FC and New England Revolution were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 5 different matches during the 2017 season.
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