Man-Down (MDD)

What counts as a man-down situation

A man-down situation is the stretch of play where your team has one fewer player on the field than the other team because a teammate is serving a penalty. It begins when the penalty starts and ends when the time expires, when the penalty is released, or when the sides are even again. The defense that plays it is often called man-down defense, MDD for short.

The stat coaches want from it is the kill rate: how many man-down situations end without the other team scoring. A goal scored by your team while man-down is rare enough to get its own tag.

How SquadProfile records it

When your team's penalty starts, turn on the man-down situation. Record everything as usual while it runs, including the goal against if the other team scores, and the app tags it as man-down. Turn it off when the sides are even again: after a goal against on a releasable penalty, or after the full time on a non-releasable one. Man-down and EMO cannot both be on at once; if both teams are serving, pick the situation that matches the players on the field. The app keeps man-down situations, goals allowed, and the kill rate in the team's stats.

Common mistakes

• Turning on EMO when your own player went to the box. Your team is man-down.
• Forgetting to turn man-down off. Goals against after the penalty expired count against the kill rate.
• Recording the penalty and skipping the situation. The penalty count is right, but the kill rate never gets its denominator.

Where it shows up

Man-down stats do not have a column on the public leaderboards or box scores. They appear in the app, in the team's game and season stats, as situations, goals allowed, and kill rate.

Related stats

• Extra man: the same situation from the other side.
• Penalty: what puts your team man-down.
• Goal against: what the kill rate counts.