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So apparently the new player data has nicknames... and nicknames show up as the "preferred name" when they exist. Check out these gem:

 

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It's also clear that they changed their stat provider, because all historical assist totals have been reduced. For example, Sacha's 20-assist season, which was a huge milestone, is now 16:

 

https://www.mlssocce...kljestan/stats/

 

If they want to count assists differently going forward, fine, but to change history?

 

Just complete nonsense.


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Good thing we have this site right?  :cheers:



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I was looking at the stats the other day and thought that the assist numbers looked low.

Switched to just primary assists?


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I was looking at the stats the other day and thought that the assist numbers looked low.

Switched to just primary assists?
 


I think so.

 

It's fine going forward. It's not fine to change history.

 

Shot totals are completely off as well, but that's less important.


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Jebus, the more I dig into this, the worse it gets.

 

Tony and a bunch of others are apparently as old as Jesus...

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Mathis did not play for "New York Red Bulls" in 2000, which is technically correct, but he didn't play for any New York club at all, just for the Galaxy (even in the playoffs!)

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Gio scored 14 goals in the 1996 regular season, not 13... (it looks like for all players at least through 2010, they are adding regular season and playoffs but also have a secondary line for playoffs?)

 

League should be ashamed of itself.


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Jebus, the more I dig into this, the worse it gets.
 
Tony and a bunch of others are apparently as old as Jesus...
bla2.jpg
 
Mathis did not play for "New York Red Bulls" in 2000, which is technically correct, but he didn't play for any New York club at all, just for the Galaxy (even in the playoffs!)
bla1.jpg
 
Gio scored 14 goals in the 1996 regular season, not 13... (it looks like for all players at least through 2010, they are adding regular season and playoffs but also have a secondary line for playoffs?)
 
League should be ashamed of itself.

Let's hope they didn't switch to who the USL uses.

If so, it will get worse. The stats change each week during the season before the next match and rarely get fixed back. Good news for players who see red cards is they usually get full 90 minutes of play. Also half the stat trackers do things differently (halftime = 45min played). Some do subs as 46th minute but their systems must be triggered to give who comes on at half 44 minutes, rather than the correct 45, in that case. Sometimes they give the same player two stat lines (i.e. Barry Sharifi and Barakatulla Sharifi sometimes both got credit for games, sometimes just one would. Took months to fix).

I have been keeping track of the USL stats since 2015 in the "easy" metrics (Jersey Number, Games Played, Started, Minutes Played, Goals, Assists, Yellows, Reds, lineups, etc...). Its scary how different they are.

Shots and Shots on Goal I relied on USL's site. They changed many players 3x (that I know of) since the season ended.

It's nice to have the in-depth stats, but it means little if they can't get the basics right.


All this being said, there are probably a handful of us that even give a care about this so very rarely does anything get changed to the correct stats.
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Wtf?




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