
Based on 2,681 min · 2025 · Major League Soccer · FULL
Ranked by AI DNA similarity — playing style, pressing, and tactical fit. Below: the closest replacements with per-90 stats and form.
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See Full Verdict + Share Card →Ponce is the rare MFA attacker who earns his wages almost exclusively through one ruthless act: putting the ball in the net. His 0.34 goals per 90 places him in the top 20% of MLS midfielders, a striking figure when you consider everything else around it is ordinary or worse. The counterintuitive read here is that his aerial dominance—top 20% for aerials won—isn't the work of a target man holding up play; it's a poacher's weapon, positioning himself to punish crosses and second balls in the box. The three closest DNA matches to Ezequiel Ponce:
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