The final 2012 Castrol Rankings listed Saer Sene at number six among all MLS players this season. (Photo: Chris Aduama/aduama.com)
New England Revolution forward Saer Sene was listed as the sixth-best player in MLS on the final Castrol Index, which was released on Thursday.
Sene’s score of 762 fell three points shy of Earthquakes forward Steve Lenhart, who claimed the fifth spot with a mark of 765. Galaxy forward Robbie Keane led all MLS players with a score of 854. This year’s top 10 was populated entirely by forwards.
Sene tallied a team-high 11 goals and added two assists in his first season with the Revolution. The 25-year-old striker was signed in February 2012 after trialing with the club during the preseason.
Among the Revolution players listed inside of the top 100: Kelyn Rowe (45), Matt Reis (47) and Benny Feilhaber (90). In last year’s index, Shalrie Joseph was the Revolution’s highest-rated player at the 94th spot.
The Index ranked all players from the data collected since the MLS season began on March 10, 2012, through the final game of the season. The Index “assess(es) every player’s actions for net positive or negative impact on a team’s ability to score or concede a goal, analysts have logged more than 1,800 player movements per match, examining the merits of every action.”
2012 Final Castrol Index
| Rating | Name | Team | Castrol Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROBBIE KEANE |
LA Galaxy
|
854 |
| 2 | CHRIS WONDOLOWSKI |
San Jose
|
836 |
| 3 | ALVARO SABORIO |
Salt Lake
|
811 |
| 4 | THIERRY HENRY |
New York
|
796 |
| 5 | STEVEN LENHART |
San Jose
|
765 |
| 6 | SAER SENE |
New England
|
762 |
| 7 | FREDY MONTERO |
Seattle
|
728 |
| 8 | KEI KAMARA |
Kansas City
|
724 |
| 9 | KENNY COOPER |
New York
|
720 |
| 10 | BLAS PEREZ |
Dallas
|
718 |
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It is strange how the Revs highest rated players, Sene and Rowe, are also ones very much in need of an overhaul in their shooting technique. I guess this gives evidence of their talent..
….or that the shooting techniques used across the league aren’t all that great. Take your pick!
Where was Lee? If i have ever seen a suspect index, this is one.
Lee’s listed at #119, behind McCarthy (110) and ahead of Ryan Guy (137). Here’s how the rest of the bunch stack up…
http://www.mlssoccer.com/castrol/index?teamId=928
As an aside, I’ve asked the folks at Castrol to provide a thumbnail analysis behind Sene’s ranking. Now that you mention Lee, I may have to ask them for the rationale behind his score, as well.
I’m not sure you could find anyone who would rank Rowe ahead of Nguyen. To me this is just evidence that you can’t accurately rank players based solely on statistical measures, and if you can, well, maybe they’re using the wrong ones.
Clyde number 202?? What is going on?
So it seems like if a player logged more minutes, that actually hurt his score.
You can’t mess up if you don’t play i guess (:
What formula is used to determine these rankings? Landon Donovan is ranked 19th? Really? And you said Lee is ranked 119? Where is Beckham? Brad Davis? If my team needs to win a crucial game, I’ll take these 4 midfielders.