Season trivia for MLS 2024
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 2024 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 Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi. Together they were behind 11 goals for Inter Miami in the 2024 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2024 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Yuya Kubo, playing for FC Cincinnati, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 9 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between San Jose Earthquakes-FC Cincinnati.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2024 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Lewis Morgan (New York Red Bulls) - March 2024
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) - April 2024
Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC) - May 2024
Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles FC) - June 2024
Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew SC) - June 2024
Josef Martinez (CF Montréal) - October 2024
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 6 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2024 season was Gabriel Pec in LA Galaxy, in total he did it 9 times.
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:
Daniel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union)
Jonathan Rodriguez (Portland Timbers)
Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2024 season was Denis Bouanga, in total he scored 8 penalties for his Los Angeles FC.
Most penalty goals by team
Seattle Sounders FC was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2024 season, in total they scored 20 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Riqui Puig was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2024 season, in total he scored 5 stoppage time goals for his LA Galaxy.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, LA Galaxy was the best team, in total they scored 10 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 2024 season in MLS. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Matti Peltola (D.C. United) and Eddie Segura (Los Angeles FC).
Most own goals by team
Los Angeles FC scored 6 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2024 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 5 players who scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2024 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew SC)
Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy)
Rafael Navarro (Colorado Rapids)
Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy)
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
The best streak of matches with an assist was 5 matches in the season, a feat achieved byJulian Gressel (Inter Miami) and Pedro Amador (Atlanta United FC)
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Mateusz Bogusz in Los Angeles FC scored or assisted in 10 consecutive matches during the 2024 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Christian Benteke in D.C. United who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 15 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Riqui Puig in LA Galaxy scored a total of 15 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in MLS during the 2024 season.
Most consecutive wins
FC Cincinnati was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2024 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Real Salt Lake were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2024 season, playing 15 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Nashville SC had a streak of 8 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in MLS during the 2024 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
D.C. United managed the feat of not winning a single match in 11 consecutive matches during the 2024 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 Inter Miami were best at during the 2024 season, they came back to win 9 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Philadelphia Union and San Jose Earthquakes were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 6 different matches during the 2024 season.
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