Peter C

The Week 17 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 17 129 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 16,028 7 15,592 14,698 113 2007 13,974 -12.82% 4 15,830 1.53% 15,005 2.08% 111 2008 23,000 64.59% 5 16,596 4.84% 17,493 16.58% 116 2009 19,313 […]

The Week 16 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 16 124 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 13,158 6 15,716 14,632 106 2007 12,473 -5.21% 4 15,377 -2.15% 15,043 2.81% 107 2008 14,475 16.05% 5 16,518 7.42% 17,245 14.63% 111 2009 16,142 […]

The Week 15 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 15 117 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 15,853 12 14,761 14,721 100 2007 14,650 -7.59% 6 14,948 1.26% 15,143 2.87% 103 2008 18,529 26.48% 6 16,629 11.25% 17,375 14.74% 106 2009 19,285 […]

The Week 13 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 13 101 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 13,440 9 14,768 14,924 81 2007 11,574 -13.88% 6 15,144 2.55% 15,059 0.90% 85 2008 17,594 52.01% 9 16,339 7.89% 17,285 14.78% 93 2009 16,634 -5.46% 8 15,024 -8.05% 15,082 -12.74% […]

As MLS heads into the World Cup hiatus(play resumes June 25), the Week 12 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 12 93 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 12,309 5 15,047 15,169 72 2007 13,600 10.48% 7 15,049 0.01% 15,324 1.02% 79 […]

The Week 11 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 11 89 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 12,645 7 14,772 15,383 67 2007 17,753 40.40% 7 14,985 1.44% 15,491 0.71% 72 2008 20,594 16.01% 7 16,171 7.91% 17,229 11.22% 77 2009 16,066 […]

The Week 10 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 10 79 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 12,000 8 15,139 15,615 60 2007 16,317 35.97% 6 15,212 0.48% 15,248 -2.35% 65 2008 13,498 -17.28% 7 15,990 5.12% 16,893 10.79% 70 2009 13,779 […]

The Week 9 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 9 71 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 20,417 5 15,546 16,402 52 2007 15,773 -22.75% 6 15,314 -1.49% 15,139 -7.70% 59 2008 15,849 0.48% 8 15,405 0.60% 17,270 14.07% 63 2009 15,113 […]

The Week 8 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 8 64 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 15,331 6 15,837 15,974 47 2007 13,222 -13.75% 7 15,150 -4.34% 15,067 -5.68% 53 2008 16,758 26.74% 7 15,599 2.96% 17,477 15.99% 55 2009 17,086 […]

The Week 7 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 7 56 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 12,580 7 16,296 16,069 41 2007 16,932 34.59% 8 14,999 -7.96% 15,348 -4.48% 46 2008 16,707 -1.33% 6 15,767 5.12% 17,232 12.28% 48 2009 13,389 […]

The Week 6 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 6 45 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 13,990 6 16,045 16,760 34 2007 14,450 3.29% 6 15,124 -5.74% 14,943 -10.84% 38 2008 15,769 9.12% 7 15,613 3.23% 16,909 13.16% 42 2009 15,873 […]

The Week 4 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 4 29 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 15,619 4 17,149 18,445 22 2007 15,336 -1.81% 8 15,096 -11.97% 15,828 -14.19% 26 2008 15,896 3.66% 7 15,086 -0.06% 16,410 3.68% 28 2009 17,258 8.57% 7 15,314 1.51% 15,314 -6.68% […]

The Week 3 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 3 21 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 15,927 6 18,493 19,073 18 2007 13,848 -13.05% 5 15,493 -16.22% 16,253 -14.79% 18 2008 13,091 -5.46% 8 15,037 -2.95% 16,581 2.02% 21 2009 13,058 […]

The Week 2 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 2 13 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 19,001 6 20,660 20,646 12 2007 16,827 -11.44% 7 16,496 -20.16% 16,496 -20.10% 13 2008 17,842 6.03% 7 16,753 1.56% 18,046 9.40% 13 2009 14,168 […]

I suspect you've all heard by now about the rule change in MLS regarding Designated Players. Here is the transcript of the press conference in which the changes were outlined in detail by Todd Durbin of MLS. One thing that emerges from this is the heightened importance of one of the leagues more arcane intricacies, […]