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With betting on sports games legal in the US States I will no longer freely publish my Total Soccer Index; which has a higher predictability correlation to outcomes in MLS games than the Expected Goals model; most betting houses use. If you wish to have access to my index you'll need to speak with me... Continue Reading →
In my most recent article, Coaching Youth Soccer Part I, I ended with this quote. There are roughly 8,250 square yards on a soccer pitch, if a team only makes use of around 7,000 square yards (by consistently playing counter-attacking and direct attacking soccer) then your ability to create time and space is only 3/4ths... Continue Reading →
Soccer is a global sport - and some say it's the largest, organized, youth sport in the United States. Why, in a country with such a huge population of youth soccer players, do we see ourselves failing to qualify for the World Cup? It isn't because were aren't teaching players the mechanics of executing technical skills... Continue Reading →
My motivation for offering this article stems from reading this interview session Matthew Futterman had with Jurgen Klinsmann through the Wall Street Journal. Great article - recommend you read it! Coaching soccer in America is not like coaching soccer in Europe. Here's my hypothetical interview as if I were still a Head Coach using the same... Continue Reading →
There has to be a change in the Head Coach for US Soccer; and up front not just Jurgen Klinsmann but Sunil Gulati!. In my 20 odd years of watching soccer, four year of analyzing professional soccer and seven years of coaching youth soccer I don't think I've ever seen a team so uncoordinated in... Continue Reading →
In all walks of life there are few things that transcend the passion that both players and their supporters feel about football! If you happen to be a Portland Timbers supporter you know what I mean... if not suggest you start. So how bout those Timbers? In this game, and for the better part of the... 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 →
It's been a bit since I last offered anything on Europe - sorry - just a whole lot going on to include putting together an Academic Paper, or five, on Possession with Purpose. Since it's been awhile here's the primary Composite Index for all four areas covered - I'll try to offer some more insight... Continue Reading →
I haven't done this in the past but I felt and thought that the gem of discussion we had with Jamie Clark was worthy to generate a short article about College Soccer. If you wish to take a listen to our discussion please click here. First off - a challenge to the NCAA. Align College... Continue Reading →
