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I assume there's a most valuable player award in the SSL because, well, every league ever has a most valuable player award. It would be really odd if there wasn't one.
I don't know nothing about nothing, but here's my top 3 picks for MVP. These are in no particular order. I'm guessing that it's kind of like every other sport where scoring/offense is what truly matters and leads to winning the award, even if there's really strong defenders. I'm also guessing that your team has to be at least somewhat successful to get the award (so apologies to Zaza Banana who has impressed on a bad team).
Actually now that I think about it, is MVP split by division or level? I guess I hadn't considered that. I'm just going to assume it's by division as well. Maybe i'll get crazy and do both div 1 and div 2.
Majors Div 1
1. Dom Patterson
Dom has been successful on the offensive side of things, with 20 shots on target (2nd) and 9.13 expected goals (1st). Dom is at 8 goals, which is one behind the leaders in division 1. Patterson's match score of 7.37 is also within the top 10.
2. Shingo Takechi
Shingo is having an amazing season in the net. Shingo is 2nd in average rating among all majors div 1 players, sitting exactly .01 behind their teammate Trick Johnson. If you throw a dart at a board with goalie stats, there's a strong chance Takechi is leading or top 3 in that stat. Great season.
3. Zaza Banana
Screw the rules, I pick who I want! And I want to pick my teammate. A lot of these picks are just based on player of the match + average rating numbers and even trying to go out of my way to not pick Banana, I can't. I know Reykjavik is having a bad season but Banana is really just outperforming all the other strikers. Go Bananas!
Majors Div 2
1. Roy Rivers
Rivers is putting the ball in the net. Simple as that. One of three players with 9 goals (Zaza Banana, Luke Walker) and the second best overall average rating with 7.58.
2. Luke Walker
More goals! More high average rating! I know what I like, and I like those things.
3. Jonathon Jameston
It seems like Jameston is having a strong season in the normal metrics, and it's only made more impressive because all these stats are for Casablanca - an expansion team who has (overall) a pretty weak roster. But Jameston has risen to the challenge and helped elevate the team to 5th!
Thanks and also apologies for reading this!
I don't know nothing about nothing, but here's my top 3 picks for MVP. These are in no particular order. I'm guessing that it's kind of like every other sport where scoring/offense is what truly matters and leads to winning the award, even if there's really strong defenders. I'm also guessing that your team has to be at least somewhat successful to get the award (so apologies to Zaza Banana who has impressed on a bad team).
Actually now that I think about it, is MVP split by division or level? I guess I hadn't considered that. I'm just going to assume it's by division as well. Maybe i'll get crazy and do both div 1 and div 2.
Majors Div 1
1. Dom Patterson
Dom has been successful on the offensive side of things, with 20 shots on target (2nd) and 9.13 expected goals (1st). Dom is at 8 goals, which is one behind the leaders in division 1. Patterson's match score of 7.37 is also within the top 10.
2. Shingo Takechi
Shingo is having an amazing season in the net. Shingo is 2nd in average rating among all majors div 1 players, sitting exactly .01 behind their teammate Trick Johnson. If you throw a dart at a board with goalie stats, there's a strong chance Takechi is leading or top 3 in that stat. Great season.
3. Zaza Banana
Screw the rules, I pick who I want! And I want to pick my teammate. A lot of these picks are just based on player of the match + average rating numbers and even trying to go out of my way to not pick Banana, I can't. I know Reykjavik is having a bad season but Banana is really just outperforming all the other strikers. Go Bananas!
Majors Div 2
1. Roy Rivers
Rivers is putting the ball in the net. Simple as that. One of three players with 9 goals (Zaza Banana, Luke Walker) and the second best overall average rating with 7.58.
2. Luke Walker
More goals! More high average rating! I know what I like, and I like those things.
3. Jonathon Jameston
It seems like Jameston is having a strong season in the normal metrics, and it's only made more impressive because all these stats are for Casablanca - an expansion team who has (overall) a pretty weak roster. But Jameston has risen to the challenge and helped elevate the team to 5th!
Thanks and also apologies for reading this!
