Before Friday night’s match against the San Jose Earthquakes, Kevin Minkus with American Soccer Analysis did a quick and quirky statistical recap of all 22 teams one month into the season. Though early and the sample size was small, Minkus did point out that Dallas has fully adopted into the counter attacking team in light of Mauro Diaz’ absence. Prior to the Friday’s match, Dallas was enjoying the ball only 44.9% of all regular season matches. That number is even lower now (42.6%) as Dallas walked out of the Bay Area with just 32.3% of possession.
Possession isn’t an indicator of a team’s strengths or talents, but rather their intent and approach to the game.