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Last year the Chicago Fire were within inches of making the Playoffs - and like it or not they sacked Frank Klopas who then moved on to the team that beat them out of the Playoffs - Montreal. Why Montreal sacked their Head Coach is unclear. Given the importance so many teams place on making the... Continue Reading →
We are past the halfway point in Major League Soccer this year and if you recall from this previous article I promised I would revisit my Expected Wins analysis again at about this stage. To continue to chart the progress of PWP, to include the data points behind the calculations, I am offering up some... Continue Reading →
Orange uniforms are normally considered a great color for a couple of reasons - the first team that ever comes to mind when you see Orange are the Dutch, (Holland/Netherlands) and if you watched the World Cup 2014 they reinforced just how strong and (to be feared) the men in Orange should be. Another, less obvious... Continue Reading →
A full slate of games for Week 20 that started off with a smashing win by San Jose over a very shabby Chicago - were you surprised; you shouldn't have been. Chicago Fire have the worst average in overall team defensive performance of any team in MLS this year - and it certainly doesn't get better... Continue Reading →
It's no secret that the New England Revolution have been on a seven game slide - nil pwa has become the routine where three points used to be the norm. In their first 12 weeks of Major League Soccer the New England Revolution had won seven times, drawn twice and lost just three games; included... Continue Reading →
A different view on Possession with Purpose in Major League Soccer this week.... this time around I'll be offering up my Indices using just that last ten weeks of the MLS Regular season to look for any trends in who's better or worse compared to the season as a whole. For those not familiar with... Continue Reading →
Having been away on business last week I was unable to publish last weeks predictability versus reality results; in catching up here's how things went in Week 18 and Week 19 versus the Composite Possession with Purpose Predictability Index (CPWP PI); excluding the Chivas USA v DC United match later this evening. To begin here's... Continue Reading →
Plenty of action these past two weeks in Major League Soccer - the most telling is the huge lead in points that Seattle holds over all the other teams in a very competitive Western Conference. Not to be outdone, in the Eastern Conference, it appears Sporting KC have also begun to open up an insurmountable... Continue Reading →
Although this article was written about 18 months ago - I still think it retains relevance; for two reasons: FIFA is embroiled in a huge scandle, and People seem to keep reading it almost 2 years after the fact. As such here's a redux on the primary headline with some added juice about the corrupt... Continue Reading →
