2012 CARLOS MENDES: 12 STARTS, 2.00 PPG, +0.58 GDpGM
Carlos Mendes is the most successful Columbus Crew player with over ten starts since the beginning of 2012. Taking into account the climate of the Crew during his time, no easy task. With him on the pitch the Crew averaged 1.50 goals per game (best) and only conceded 0.92 goals against (3rd best). The goal difference there is +0.58 (best).
Mendes (who is now Captain of the NY Cosmos) managed 7 wins from his 12 starts with only 2 losses and 3 draws. That's earning 67% of all possible points while starting. Also best on the team.
Let's start with that...
% POSSIBLE POINTS EARNED (SINCE 2012, >10 STARTS)
% PTS Earned - NAME - STARTS
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66.7% Carlos Mendes 12
61.9% Dilly Duka 14
57.1% Matt Lampson 14
52.9% Chris Birchall 17
52.5% Sebastián Miranda 33
51.9% Federico Higuaín 45
50.8% Eddie Gaven 44
50.4% TOP QUARTER 21
50.0% Emilio Renteria 16
49.4% Bernardo Anor 29
49.2% Wil Trapp 21
48.0% Jairo Obando Arrieta 41
47.4% Joshua Williams 57
46.3% Chad Barson 18
45.2% Eric Gehrig 14
45.2% MEDIAN 21
45.0% Agustín Viana 20
45.0% Justin Meram 20
44.8% Tony Tchani 32
44.4% Nemanja Vukovic 12
44.0% Milovan Mirosevic 25
43.2% Danny O´Rourke 37
43.2% Chad Marshall 54
43.2% BOTTOM QUARTER 14
42.6% Andy Gruenebaum 54
41.0% Gláuber 13
40.5% Dominic Oduro 37
40.3% Tyson Wahl 24
36.4% Ben Speas 11
26.7% Matías Sánchez 10
Personally, I believe earning points as a starter is a perfect starting point when trying to figure out whether or not you've got the right guy in there. It's very simple. The guys is in the starting lineup... team wins. Look at Chad Marshall, Andy Gruenebaum and Danny O'Rourke. Three favorites here in Columbus that Gregg Berhalter rightly didn't bring back for 2014. Look at all the starts, they were not getting it done and the team had missed both the 2012 and 2013 playoffs.
Notably, way down the list there are a handful of current players falling below the water line. Current starters Tony Tchani and Dominic Oduro are there. Digging a bit deeper, Tchani's play has greatly contributed to the Crew's early 2014 success.
ODURO OR ARRIETA
The Crew are off to a great start in 2014. In fact, because the lineup has been stable and the team is winning, most of the new players on this year's team would be leading most of my key performance metrics. Except Oduro, again. With him starting up top the Crew are 1-1-1 with 2 goals for and 3 against while Jairo Arrieta kicked off the year 2-0-0, 4 goals for and only 1 against.
With only five games on, 2014 is gives us just a small sample set - but matching it up with results over the past couple years it's not out of the ordinary. Arrieta has the edge, as far as filling the role up top.
The rest of the group? So far the new guys, again, are off to a great start (just look at the league table for their team stats). This weekend's second test against DC United will tell us a lot. What's that? Oh yes, long way to go. It always is though, isn't it.
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+/- pGM WHEN STARTING, NAME, GAMES STARTED
+0.58 Carlos Mendes 12
+0.36 Dilly Duka 14
+0.33 Nemanja Vukovic 12
+0.15 Agustín Viana 20
+0.14 Matt Lampson 14
+0.14 Bernardo Anor 29
+0.13 Emilio Renteria 16
+0.12 Sebastián Miranda 33
+0.11 Federico Higuaín 45
+0.09 Tony Tchani 32
+0.07 Joshua Williams 57
+0.07 Eddie Gaven 44
+0.03 Dominic Oduro 37
0.00 Chris Birchall 17
0.00 Jairo Obando Arrieta 41
0.00 Danny O´Rourke 37
0.00 Gláuber Berti 13
-0.04 Milovan Mirosevic 25
-0.04 Tyson Wahl 24
-0.05 Justin Meram 20
-0.07 Chad Marshall 54
-0.07 Andy Gruenebaum 54
-0.14 Wil Trapp 21
-0.17 Chad Barson 18
-0.18 Ben Speas 11
-0.43 Eric Gehrig 14
-0.50 Matías Sánchez 10
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