Atlanta United and chances created from open play

Atlanta United is very good at creating scoring chances from open play. (Miguel Martinez / Mundo Hispanico)

May 2, 2017

I want to try a new segment with coverage of Atlanta United in which I want your opinion on some key stats.

This week, it seemed natural to look at chances created after the Five Stripes created a season-high 21 chances from open play in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to D.C. United.

So, with help from Opta, I received the total of chances created from open play and created a chart that includes each team, chances created from open play, total goals scored (open play and set pieces) and points earned this season.

I wanted to compile this after something Atlanta United captain Michael Parkhurst said on Sunday:

Teams	Created	Goals	Conv.	Points
San Jose	77	9	12%	12
Seattle	75	14	19%	10
Portland	74	20	27%	17
LA Galaxy	73	8	11%	7
Atlanta United	70	18	26%	11
Real Salt Lake	69	9	13%	8
N.Y. Red Bulls	68	11	16%	16
Sporting KC	67	9	13%	15
Minnesota United	66	13	20%	8

Montreal	65	11	17%	7
NYCFC	65	14	22%	13
New England	64	14	22%	10
Columbus Crew	62	13	21%	13
Houston	60	15	25%	13
Toronto FC	58	12	21%	13
Orlando City	57	10	18%	18
Philadelphia	55	8	15%	4
Chicago	54	11	20%	11
Dallas	50	10	20%	15

D.C. United	48	9	19%	11
Vancouver	48	11	23%	10
Colorado	32	5	16%	4

If you’re curious, here are chances created from open play for Atlanta United in some games this season:

Match	Chances created
Atlanta United vs. D.C. United	21
Atlanta United vs. Chicago	12
Atlanta United vs. N.Y. Red Bulls	9
Minnesota United vs. Atlanta United	8
Seattle vs. Atlanta United	7
Real Salt Lake vs. Atlanta United	5
Toronto FC vs. Atlanta United	4
Montreal vs. Atlanta United	4