A couple of months ago I took a look at how players with the Whitecaps’ reserve team were getting on using data. It’s been a while so I thought it was time to check back in. Now, most of these games happen during working hours New Zealand time and (very annoyingly) there doesn’t seem to be a way to watch back MLS Next Pro games. So we’re once again going to be leaning heavily on the use of data.
Firstly, a quick reminder on my approach to choosing who’s stock is up and who’s stock is down. Basically I judge players in their 20s or who are on first team contracts more harshly.