Vancouver Whitecaps, with and without Davide Chiumiento

I thought someone should do some analysis on Davide Chiumiento's record with the team, seeing as there is quite a bit of unrest right now about the state of the team. So I took a look at the team's record with and without Davide Chiumiento.


Our home form with and without Davide is pretty similar:

w/ Davide: 4W-3D-1L-12GF-7GA
w/o Davide: 3W-1D-1L-7GF-6GA

If, in the next few games at home we get 1 win and 2 draws, that would be pretty good, and not totally unexpected.

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The key difference with and without Davide Chiumiento is our away form:

w/ Davide: 2W-3D-3L-5GF-11GA
w/o Davide:  1W-0D-6L-5GA-12GA

Not a big difference in goals for and against, but a big difference in the loss column. Kind of interesting.

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What I find most interesting is the record of our opponents as it relates to our home and away performances. With and without Davide, the opponents we've faced at home have been of similar quality:

5 of 8 opponents we faced with Davide are currently in a play-off spot. And 3 of 5 opponents we faced without Davide are currently in a play-off spot. No real difference there. 

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But when you look at our away opponents, you find a significant difference:

Only 2 of the 8 opponents we faced with Davide are currently in a play-off spot. And we lost both those games. On the other hand, 5 of the 7 opponents we've faced without Davide are currently in a play-off spot. 4 of those were losses.

Put another way: our only wins on the road this season have come against Chivas, Colorado and Columbus, while our draws have come against Chivas, Portland and Philadelphia. See the pattern?