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Virtues of veteran savvy
Pablo Mastroeni could have shot on goal in the dying moments of Sunday’s Colorado Rapids game against D.C. United, but he instead passed to Omar Cummings, who delivered the coup de grace in the 4-1 win.
Mastroeni’s decision making and offensive cunning continues a career second act that has seen the central midfielder go from defensive stalwart to offensive threat.
For The Tuesday List, we take a look at Mastroeni’s offensive production as a professional.
Year Team Games Goals Assists
1998 Miami 23 0 4
1999 Miami 23 0 3
2000 Miami 29 0 1
2001 Miami 25 2 2
2002 Rapids 15 0 3
2003 Rapids 18 0 2
2004 Rapids 17 0 0
2005 Rapids 14 1 0
2006 Rapids 20 0 0
2007 Rapids 23 0 1
2008 Rapids 25 0 0
2009 Rapids 25 1 3
2010 Rapids 29 2 3
2011 Rapids 3 0 1
No, he’s not an offensive dynamo, nor is he expected to be. However, Mastroeni is proving a bigger attacking threat now than at any time in his career. He had no goals and seven assists in his first 55 MLS games. In the past 55 games he has three goals and seven assists.
For a man rapidly approaching 25,000 minutes of MLS playing time, Mastroeni merits several lists of his own.
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