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Yet another americanata it is served. NBA-style roster and draft, pre-match shows and a way to assign the second key pass that is unique in the world. It’s nothing new, but it’s still curious. There Mls it is one of the very few competitions to record the so-called “secondary assist“: consists of rewarding the one who makes the last stepto the player who will assist for the markerin order is therefore the third to last to touch the ball. A statistica unusual, already revised in the history of the League and which unites the Mls with the Nhl (ice hockey). AND Messi How does it benefit you?
Football and hockey in the USA
Defining it as “American”, however, is not the most correct thing. Its roots, in fact, belong to the Canadian sport par excellence. There National Hockey League (Nhl) has started using the secondary assist since 1930s. The first football league to adopt the new rule, however, was the North American Soccer League (Nasl), or the ancestor of MLS.
At least we got a Mo goal with a Lucas secondary assist. The only silver lining, perhaps pic.twitter.com/n4ws0PYRzv
— riley (@moreitscider) October 18, 2024
Secondary Assist: How the assignment has changed
The criteria for clearly assigning a secondary assist were inconsistent since the birth of the League. After a thorough review of the rule, in 2003 the guidelines they have become more subjective: “Assists will be credited to the player(s) whose pass(es) contribute significantly and directly to the creation of a goal or the creation or development of the scoring sequence. An assist will only be awarded when the pass in question is determined to have required a reasonable amount of skill, vision e precision. They will be awarded a maximum of two assists for each goal“, so says the rule. Not just a mere statistical term, therefore, but there must be a ballistic and qualitative construction of a certain type around it. In short, it is no longer enough to make a long throw at random for the person who will assist but, perhaps, it will be necessary to dribble past some opponents and pass the ball outside, as long as it is functional and decisive. The more special effects are added, the more likely it is to be considered a “secondary assist”.
The secondary assist normalizes records
The calculation of this additional statistic has significantly raised personal data of any player, normalizing the concept of assist. Just think about Landon Donovan: the American football legend had made the record 13 assist until 2003with the change in the rule have been over 120 until the end of his career. Also Leo Messi he understood the “little game”: this year the assists are “normal”. 10with the secondary ones they become 16. But it is not the Argentine who leads the ranking: in fact, he is in first place Luciano Acosta at altitude 19.
The article Is Messi having a boom in assists in the USA? The “secondary” one is also counted in the MLS: what it is and how it works comes from The Daily Fact.
