Who

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Whos the best MLS goal scorer?
By Jared Kunze and Tyler Schatz
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Jaime Moreno D.C. United All-Time Rank 1
Brian McBride Chicago Fire All-Time Rank 15
Taylor Twellman N.E. Revolution All-Time Rank 5
Carlos Ruiz Toronto FC All-Time Rank 9
Clint Mathis Real Salt Lake All-Time Rank 27
Landon Donovan L.A. Galaxy All-Time Rank 7
Ante Razov Chivas USA All-Time Rank 2
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Hypothesis

• Determining the best current goal scorer in the
  MLS
• We will compare total goals, total shots, shots
  on goal, goals per game, and goals per minute
• We are comparing 7 of the top current strikers
  over their last 5 seasons in MLS
• Tylers Prediction Taylor Twellman
• Jareds Prediction Landon Donovan

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Player N N Mean SE Mean StDev
Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Donovan 5 0
11.60 2.40 5.37 6.00
7.00 12.00 16.00 Twellman 5 0 12.20
1.83 4.09 8.00 8.50
11.00 16.50
Maximum 20.00 17.00
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Player N N Mean SE Mean StDev
Minimum Q1 Median Q3
Maximum Donovan 5 0 0.00559 0.00113
0.00252 0.00297 0.00331 .00559 .00786
.00936 Twellman 5 0 0.00511 0.00133
0.00298 0.00044 0.00215 .00661 .00732
.00764
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Player N N Mean SE Mean StDev
Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Maximum Donovan
5 0 0.3953 0.0371 0.0830 0.2727
0.3239 0.4000 .4643 .5 Twellman 5
0 0.2961 0.0239 0.0534 0.2308
0.2463 0.2909 .3485 .3636
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Player N N Mean SE Mean StDev
Minimum Q1 Median Q3
Maximum Donovan 5 0 0.5581 0.0475
0.1063 0.4314 0.4430 0.6154 .6447
.6531 Twellman 5 0 0.5605 0.0254
0.0568 0.4884 0.5061 0.5571 .6165
.6220
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Landon Donovan
Goals - 4803 2.40 Season Based on this model,
we predict that Donovan will score about 19 goals
next season if he stays healthy and gets
substantial playing time if he comes back from
Germany.
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Taylor Twellman
Goals 614 - 0.30 Season Based on this model, we
predict that Twellman will score about 11 goals
next season if he stays healthy and gets
substantial playing time.
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Conclusion
We have come to see that the two goal scorers are
very similar in their statistics, but Donovan
does have the slight edge and seems to still be
on the rise. Galaxy fans better pray he comes
back from Germany in time for the next season
because we see that hes such a major contributor
in goals.
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Works Cited mlsnet.com Google images