LEAGUE FINGERPRINTleague-dna-v0.1-research
Scoring environmentHome advantageLate dramaDiscipline heatFormation diversityCompetitive parity
PRIVATE REAL-DATA RESEARCH BUILD · CERTIFIED LEAGUE AUTHORITY · NOINDEX
● Tier A authority
LEAGUE GENOME · 2026
Major League Soccer
A same-season peer fingerprint of how this competition behaves—not a ranking of which league is “best”.
CONFIDENCEA
MATCHES373
PEER LEAGUES59
OBSERVED COVERAGE99.6
ALL NINE DIMENSIONSsame-season percentiles
Scoring environment
82
Shot volume
42
Home advantage
65
Draw tendency
53
Late drama
47
Comeback frequency
69
Discipline heat
53
Formation diversity
23
Competitive parity
97
OBSERVATION COVERAGEmissing data is never zero-filled
Events100%
Lineups95%
Shot Statistics99%
Reconciled Timelines100%
Possession Statistics99%
LEAGUE SIGNATURErelative extremes
MOST DISTINCTIVE HIGH TRAITS
Competitive parity97
Scoring environment82
Comeback frequency69
LOW RELATIVE TRAITS
Formation diversity23
Shot volume42
Late drama47
CLUB GENOMES30 current teams · alphabetical, not ranked
Atlanta United FC
Control 68
Austin
Formation flexibility 53
CF Montreal
Directness 78
Charlotte
Shot precision 98
Chicago Fire
Box pressure 72
Colorado Rapids
Disruption 94
Columbus Crew
Control 95
DC United
Directness 98
FC Cincinnati
Shot precision 95
FC Dallas
Formation flexibility 98
Houston Dynamo
Lead security 95
Inter Miami
Comeback response 98
Los Angeles FC
Lead security 91
Los Angeles Galaxy
Shot precision 88
Minnesota United FC
Directness 84
Nashville SC
Lead security 88
New England Revolution
Lead security 81
New York City FC
Shot precision 84
New York Red Bulls
Team DNA currently withheld
Orlando City SC
Shot precision 91
Philadelphia Union
Directness 95
Portland Timbers
Control 70
Real Salt Lake
Attack volume 72
San Diego
Control 98
San Jose Earthquakes
Box pressure 87
Seattle Sounders
Box pressure 70
Sporting Kansas City
Formation flexibility 74
St. Louis City
Comeback response 84
Toronto FC
Comeback response 91
Vancouver Whitecaps
Lead security 98
WHAT THE NUMBERS MEANpublication contract
Peer-relative, not absolute
Each dimension is a percentile against eligible leagues from the same season-year cohort. A 90 means unusually high relative behaviour, not “90% good”.
Minimum peer cohort
League DNA is withheld when fewer than six eligible same-year peers exist. Current-only maintenance still uses the full frozen A/B peer authority.
Coverage-aware
Events, lineups, shots and reconciled timelines carry separate observed denominators. Missing observations do not become zeroes.
Versioned lineage
Every published snapshot records its model version, observation window and SHA-256 source manifest for reproducibility.
Cryptographic source lineage
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