ATLANTA — Sixteen weeks into the season and Atlanta United claims the league’s leading offense, sitting atop of the MLS leaderboard with 28 goals. The oddest part of this high-scoring attack: the Five Stripes have taken the second-fewest shots in the league.
The Colorado Rapids have taken the fewest shots in the league (85) but have only tallied a total of 12 goals. In the grand scheme of things, Atlanta United looks more impressive considering the fact that it has reached 28 with 106 shots.
To put this into further perspective, the Houston Dynamo are currently right behind United with 27 goals, but have taken 142 shots followed by Toronto FC with 26 goals and 143 shots.