In the second edition of our personalized stats tracker, we took a look at mercurial Kansas City striker Eddie Johnson against the New England Revolution on Thursday.

Unlike our first subject, Freddy Adu, Johnson didn't necessarily have a banner performance. Much of this can be attributed to the opponents they faced.

Adu burned a Brazil Under-20 team that had never played against the American skipper before, while EJ was stumped by a New England team once burned this season by the Kansas City front man for a hat trick.

A few of the stats produced by Johnson are somewhat less than flattering. However, I wouldn't necessarily attribute them to his lack of ability. Instead, much of the credit should go to the adjustments made by Michael Parkhurst and the rest of the Revolution defense.

One-Touch Passing
As the name would suggest, this category tracks the success of EJ's one-touch passes. No marks were taken for creative flicks or hospital balls received.

Johnson's one-touch passing was on point against New England. Nearly everything he did in one touch was successful, with seven of eight completed.

Many of the passes helped to relieve pressure or set up scoring opportunities for teammates, including the layoff that led to Carlos Marinelli hitting the post.

First half: 4 for, 1 against
Second half: 3 for, 0 against

Balls Held Up
When a forward isn't laying balls off or going at a defender, he should be holding the ball up, thus allowing his teammates to join in the attack. This category tracks the number of times Eddie wasn't too antsy and let his teammates get up field to help him.

In the first half, Johnson didn't hold the ball once. This was partially because New England backed off of the striker and gave him room to turn and run, and partially because EJ wasn't moving off the ball. The Kansas City attack in the first half consisted almost solely of Davy Arnaud checking back.

The second 45 saw a more aggressive Johnson able to get on the end of balls sent up field. Minutes into the second half, EJ found himself on the end of a through ball, but he was swarmed by three defenders. Instead of going at the backs, he waited and dropped back. The ball eventually found Jack Jewsbury, who nearly scored at the near post.

First half: 0
Second half: 4

Bad Turnovers
Any ball that was tough to handle, or any creative pass gone awry wasn't marked down. Any time the Wizards striker gave the ball away when he should have kept it, he was docked. If Johnson caused a turnover, it was marked down, as well.

The number of easy giveaways is very disappointing, especially considering his improved control in 2007. Meanwhile, the zero on the positive side speaks of Johnson's lack of effort when the Revolution had the ball.

First half: 0 for, 7 against
Second half: 0 for, 4 against

Tight Control
Positives and the negatives are marked down for this stat. If Eddie was able to control a tough ball or a ball with a man on his back, then it was marked down as a positive. If not, it was marked down as a negative.

Considering all of the bad balls sent to forwards from defenders or under-pressure midfielders, breaking even would have been a good result. EJ did well under pressure, and registered more positives than negatives.

First half: 6 for, 5 against
Second half: 3 for, 2 against

Fouls Suffered
I imagine this is pretty self explanatory. If our man was fouled, then it was marked down.

Fouls suffered don't make a striker's performance, but we would've like to have seen Eddie earn a few more whistles. The lack of fouls suggests that Johnson wasn't enough of an annoyance to the defenders.

First half: 0
Second half: 1

Defenders Beaten
Take the number of defenders Johnson beat, and you have the number of defenders beaten. Crazy, huh?

The low number here is mainly due to New England's strategy. Whenever Johnson had a chance to take on a defender, a cover defender came over to help immediately, so he was better off finding a teammate.

Out of the three one-on-one chances I counted, Johnson beat his man twice, a good percentage.

First half: 2
Second half: 0

Contested Aerial Balls
For every ball in the air that Johnson could have won, it was marked down good or bad.

The total would seem to be a terrible number, but it wasn't Johnson's fault. He could have been more aggressive in the air, but the service from his Kansas City teammates was not there. There weren't many balls that Eddie realistically could have gotten to.

First half: 0 for, 1 against
Second half: 1 for, 1 against

Behind the Defense
Here we count the number of times Johnson breahced the New England backline - dribbling or running onto a through ball, both count.

This number is low, once again because of Steve Nicol's backline strategy. But, as mentioned before, EJ lacked off-the-ball movement in the first half. He finally got onto the end of a through ball in the second half, but only one.

First half: 1
Second half: 1

Attacks into the Box
Every pass, every dribble, and every off-ball run gets counted for this category.

The result here is decent. We would always like to see the number a bit higher, but the quality of the attacks helped to make up for the quantity. Five of the attacks could have led to goals, and two of them should have.

First half: 4
Second half: 3

Shots
If EJ took a shot, I marked it down. If he didn't, well... I didn't.

Not enough here, especially considering only one of the shots made it to goal, while the other two were deflected. To score, you need to shoot, and Johnson didn't do enough of that.

First half: 1
Second half: 2

Shots Passed Up
This is a category specific to EJ. One of the main criticisms of the KC striker is that he passes up shots way too often. So for this stat, we'll be counting the positive and negative outcomes of the shots Johnson passed up.

Maybe the critics are wrong? Eddie passed up five shots, and only one turned out badly. The other four nearly led to goals. Had Yura Movsisyan been more adept in his finishing, he would have had two goals, courtesy of Johnson decisions.

First half: 1 for, 1 against
Second half: 3 for, 0 against