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Much has transpired in the world of soccer statistics over the past four years since I first published: Possession with Purpose - An Introduction and some Explanations. Three years ago I published my Possession with Purpose - Revised Introduction. In 2014 the concept was presented at the World Conference on Science and Soccer 2014. Last year the concept... Continue Reading →
With soccer statistical analysis growing daily, a longer headline might be: What do the tea leaves show about team performance measurements in Major League Soccer? Does the goal prevented show greater value, relative to points earned, than the goal scored? Even that's a bit wordy though... maybe it's... Soccer Statistics: What does "right" look like now? If you read The Numbers Game:... Continue Reading →
CAN IT BE DONE? Over the last four years I've conducted research on various professional soccer leagues and competitions. To include Major League Soccer, the English, German, and Spanish Premier Leagues, as well as the UEFA Champions League and the Men's World Cup of 2014. Here's my latest analyses on how the Possession with Purpose... Continue Reading →
What prompted this piece was the recent article published on Soccer By Ives about Don Garber's vision for MLS by 2025 : http://www.sbisoccer.com/2015/09/insists-worlds-leagues.html It's a good article and worth the read. Editorial - In a follow up to this article (below) Stephen Brandt and I, on Yellowcardedpod, interview Brian Dunseth and Thomas Rongen on some... Continue Reading →
This post was originally offered up on Stumptownfooty - the SB Nation blog site I write for when I cover the Portland Timbers - given there is up-to-date info in here about how some European Leagues finished (with respect to Possession with Purpose) I felt it worthy to re-post my article here for my overseas... Continue Reading →
No detailed statistics today - just a narrative to pass on a few tidbits as I prepare my End of Season analysis for Europe. The news: The European Season is ending. There's the winners, the losers, and those that stay afloat to live another year. I'll peel back the results on the English Premier League,... Continue Reading →
I originally posted this article on Stumptownfooty - an SB Nation blog site where I cover the Portland Timbers... For over two years I've been researching team and league statistics to help paint a picture and perhaps? better explain what is happening on the pitch relative to points earned in a league table. For the... Continue Reading →
In updating my Expected Wins series I thought I'd go back and take a look at what teams are performing the best (under the average) when it comes to some of the categories of Possession with Purpose. For starters, this week, let's look at Passing Volume; the league average is 433.75 Total Passes per game; when not reaching the... Continue Reading →
In my previous series on Expected Wins Four - probably more appropriately entitled "Expected Points" - I'd taken a look at how the general tendencies of four primary Leagues in Europe (England, Germany, Spain, as the UEFA Champions League) compare to Major League Soccer - Is European Football Really Higher Quality than Major League Soccer? This time... Continue Reading →
