It’s late February, which means we’re just under a week away from the start of the 2018 MLS Season featuring the introduction of yet another new franchise in LAFC. As part of Stumptown Footy’s opening week coverage, I took a look at how every team’s schedule lines up using the Stumptown Footy Power Index data from last year. I had to make some assumptions for LAFC (otherwise my spreadsheet gave me an error message); I will explain that in a little more detail below.
First, though, a quick refresher on how the SFPI works.
There are two main components to the SFPI.