No doubt you are asking yourselves: what the hell is that lead image about? Well, apart from being a crappy piece of Photoshopping, the individual depicted joining hands with Vulcan in celebration of ...
To start off, I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to have been utterly wrong in my predictions two games in a row. Having expected to feel lucky get out of these last two contests with 2 ...
I have opined in the past that 0-0 draws can often be the most entertaining of games. Two teams evenly balanced going at each other with equal talent and force and canceling each other out. In contras...
Three straight games without a goal. Six games total without a goal. Out of 11 games played. Frankly, this is getting absurd. The Legion’s aggregate xG this season is now 16.12, 12th best in the...
Technically, the Legion has now had two straight games against the Riverhounds without managing a shot on goal. The Three Sparks won the first one though; I guess you can say Pittsburgh scored three o...
Some of the most entertaining games I’ve ever watched have resulted in no-score draws. That of course runs counter to the American understanding of sports, but hey, it’s not called the bea...
Wednesday evening the Legion had 53.1% possession, lost 57.4% of all duels in the game, had a bare 3-shot advantage over the visitors, generated 2 big chances compared to 1, and had an xG of 1.21 wher...
The phrase “it’s a game of two halves” has of course become a cliché, but phrases get that way largely because they are true. The idea that a game can change at half time is also sel...
Before getting into the direct game analysis, let’s consider this: the combined PPG of the Legion’s four opponents to date is a whopping 2.16. The Three Sparks have played 3 of the top fou...
This was a tough one to watch, and an even tougher one to unpack. That is partly why I have waited until today to do it (also partly because of work commitments) so I can get my thoughts entirely into...