The Montreal Impact and Toronto FC are set to square off on Sunday in a game with huge Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoff implications (3 pm ET; ESPN in US | TSN2, RDS in Canada).
Two players who may or may not be on the field are Sebastian Giovinco and Didier Drogba.
Giovinco has been stellar this season, with 16 goals and 13 assists, but has missed the last five games. He is expected to play on Sunday, which should give him the opportunity to expand his lead at the top of the Audi Player Index rankings.
Drogba may not see the field for different reasons, as the Impact actually have a better record when he does not start. The Ivorian legend sits at No. 7 overall in terms of strikers in the Audi Index, in part due to his three goals outside the box, which earned 505 points each.
Here are the top 10 strikers in MLS this season (minimum 10 games at the position), according to the Audi Player Index. The scores are the average of each player's Audi Index score per game:
RANKING |
SCORE |
PLAYER |
CLUB |
1 |
986 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/sebastian-giovinco" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">Sebastian Giovinco</a> |
TOR |
2 |
809 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/david-villa" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">David Villa</a> |
NYC |
3 |
658 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/bradley-wright-phillips" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">Bradley Wright-Phillips</a> |
NY |
4 |
631 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/ola-kamara" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">Ola Kamara</a> |
CLB |
5 |
606 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/kei-kamara" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">Kei Kamara</a> |
NE |
6 |
602 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/clint-dempsey" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">Clint Dempsey</a> |
SEA |
7 |
564 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/didier-drogba" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">Didier Drogba</a> |
MTL |
8 |
551 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/cyle-larin" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">Cyle Larin</a> |
ORL |
9 |
538 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/maximiliano-urruti" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">Maximiliano Urruti</a> |
DAL |
10 |
526 |
<a href="//www.mlssoccer.com/players/dom-dwyer" style="color:#000;border-bottom:1px dotted #909090;">Dom Dwyer</a> |
SKC |
