Player Ratings at the Halfway Point

Here we are, halfway through the season. Given that it has been an up and down ride for the first 17 games, I thought it would be interesting to look at player performances thus far according to RSL Soapbox Player Ratings to this point. Frankly, I surprised myself with how some of these average scores turned out. Some players have done better overall than I thought while others have struggled.

Before I dig in, there are a few things you should understand.

First, given that Real Salt Lake has played 17 games thus far, I only included those that have played eight games or more, roughly half of the games through the Columbus game. This leaves out a few players like Sunny, Nick Besler, Pablo…