A Look at Sounders’ Fouls & Cards
Freddie Ljungberg received a red card against the Chicago Fire (Rod Mar photo)
As we are in the midst of the All Star “break” I decided to take a look at something that had been noted after Freddie Ljungberg’s red card on Saturday; that the Sounders get fouled… a whole lot.
Seattle is also currently tied for the lead in MLS with the New York Red Bulls in having accumulated six red cards. On top of that, the boys in Rave Green are 2nd in Yellow Card Accumulation with 41 cautions (the ‘Quakes have 43).
However, what is interesting is that Seattle currently sits directly in the middle of the pack for Fouls Committed with 217. Seven clubs have fouled more, seven have fouled less.
In Fouls Suffered, the Sounders, by far, lead MLS with 239. There is a large cluster in the #2-7 range at 215-205 fouls suffered.
So Seattle has been fouled239 times, but they have only been whistled 217 times themselves. The second most fouled team, Chicago has only been whistled for a league-low 153 fouls.
The Sounders are 1 of 4 teams to have suffered more fouls than committed.
Now going back to the Cards, Seattle’s 6 Reds account for 2.76% of the squad’s Fouls Committed (which leads the league).
The 41 Yellows handed to the Sounders makes up 18.89% of the Fouls Suffered which is the 4th highest.
So what does this mean? Does Seattle retaliate, and retaliate hard? Is it uneven officiating? What do you think?
Sortable Data Below… (Through 7/27)
| TEAM | FC | FS | FS/FC | Yellow | Y/FC (%) | Red | R/FC (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Red Bulls | 246 | 214 | 0.87 | 28 | 11.38% | 6 | 2.44% |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 240 | 211 | 0.88 | 30 | 12.50% | 5 | 2.08% |
| Houston Dynamo | 234 | 205 | 0.88 | 34 | 14.53% | 1 | 0.43% |
| Toronto FC | 204 | 172 | 0.84 | 30 | 14.71% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Columbus Crew | 219 | 212 | 0.97 | 34 | 15.53% | 4 | 1.83% |
| FC Dallas | 172 | 209 | 1.22 | 28 | 16.28% | 3 | 1.74% |
| D.C. United | 226 | 182 | 0.81 | 37 | 16.37% | 2 | 0.88% |
| Kansas City Wizards | 194 | 191 | 0.98 | 32 | 16.49% | 3 | 1.55% |
| Chivas USA | 244 | 167 | 0.68 | 41 | 16.80% | 3 | 1.23% |
| New England Revolution | 164 | 184 | 1.12 | 28 | 17.07% | 1 | 0.61% |
| Colorado Rapids | 192 | 174 | 0.91 | 35 | 18.23% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 217 | 239 | 1.10 | 41 | 18.89% | 6 | 2.76% |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 222 | 173 | 0.78 | 43 | 19.37% | 1 | 0.45% |
| Chicago Fire | 153 | 215 | 1.41 | 30 | 19.61% | 3 | 1.96% |
| Real Salt Lake | 199 | 174 | 0.87 | 40 | 20.10% | 5 | 2.51% |
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