Breaking Lines: Inter Miami Attack Continues to Sharpen

Campana’s performance earned him MLS Team of the Week honors for the second time in three weeks, Heineken Man of the Match honors for the third time in the tean’s last four matches, and brought his goal contribution tally up to five goals and two assists in the last matches. In total, he has six goals across all competitions and five in MLS, good for the second highest tally of any player in the league, while his rate of 0.91 goals per 90 minutes is the fourth highest in the league (minimum of three goals scored).

On Sunday, the striker not only led proceedings with a goal and an assist, but also with underlying metrics to match. He amassed three shots for an xG total of 0.88, the second highest in the match behind Duke, and an xA (expected assists) total of 0.52, the second highest total in the match behind Atlanta’s Brooks Lennon. His combined xG+xA total of 1.41 led all players in the match.

In the absence of his Brazilian midfield counterpart Gregore, Jean Mota served as Inter Miami’s midfield metronome against Atlanta, anchoring the unit in the six position. Mota’s performance drew rave reviews from Neville after the match, and the stats back it up.

The midfielder thrived both in and out of possession for Inter Miami, notably leading the match with five interceptions and tying for the team lead by winning possession seven times. Mota also led the team in a number of categories in possession: 63 touches, 46 passes, 39 successful passes, and 17 passes in the opposition half. He was also efficient with his passes, completing 85% of them in total, and 94% of them in the opposition half.