Non-Penalty G + A Leaders (MLS)

MLS is in the middle getting out of the way of one summer tournament or another at the moment, but it gives us some time to take a step back and take a look at a few performance metrics.

First up is non-penalty goals + assist leaders, thus far (with some extended info!) with a minimum of 900 minutes. "NPG+A" is a simple measurement that's a little worn, but an important one to monitor, non-the-less.

NPG+A p90	NAME	TEAM	NPG	A	MINS	WAGE	Birthplace	Age
1.00	Joao Plata	RSL	4	6	902	$175,000	Guayaquil, Ecuador	24
0.95	Sacha Kljestan	NYR	2	10	1142	$687,500	Huntington Beach, California	30
0.90	Sebastian Giovinco	TFC	6	5	1101	$7,115,556	Turin, Italy	29
0.85	Ignacio Piatti	MTL	8	3	1169	$425,000	General Baldissera, Argentina	31
0.79	Kevin Molino	NYCFC	5	3	909	$121,400	Carenage, Trinidad & Tobago	25
0.79	Fanendo Adi	PDX	7	2	1027	$712,500	Lagos, Nigeria	25
0.78	Mike Magee	LAG	5	3	925	$250,000	Long Grove, Illinois	31
0.78	Chris Pontius	PHI	5	4	1042	$411,000	Yorba Linda, California	29
0.78	Gyasi Zardes	LAG	4	4	929	$472,500	Hawthorne, California	24
0.77	Bradley Wright-Phillips	NYR	8	2	1164	$710,000	Lewisham, England	31
0.77	Dominic Oduro	MTL	4	5	1058	$235,000	Pramso, Ghana	30
0.65	Thomas McNamara	NYCFC	3	4	969	$85,000	West Nyack, New York	25
0.60	Sébastien Le Toux	PHI	2	4	906	$310,228	Rennes, France	32
0.60	Mike Grella	NYR	4	3	1058	$155,000	Glen Cove, New York	29

This year we are seeing, at least in the early going, goals coming from more players. Noticeably less top heavy this year vs. previous. General observation, but we usually see more players over the magical Helltown number of 0.60 (an attacking player of which I deem "Good").

Another observation is that there aren't any grossly underpaid players popping up at the top. Thomas McNamara is performing well in the metric and only at $85k, but we usually see a handful of guys up here in the under $100k club.

A couple more call-outs:

- Giovinco is have one of those MLS seasons were you feel he knows he's proved what he can do and on his way out.

- Good to see Chris Pontius on this list. Hopeful that he's finally fully returned from injury.

- NY Red Bull players benefitting from the freakshow vs. NYCFC.

- Last year Kei Kamara and Ethan Finlay were bouncing around the top 10 all year. No Crew SC players so far this year. Ola Kamara (4 goals in 410 mins) still has a few minutes to go before he pops up over 900.

All for now. There's still a little over half the season to play.