The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup has officially concluded and the US Women are world champions! It is a huge accomplishment for US soccer, and one that soccer fans all over America should be proud of. The tournament itself was a huge success as well, with solid attendance numbers throughout and the final broke the […]
It has certainly been an incredible World Cup so far. Lots of goals, some great performances, and a few heartbreaks (I still haven’t gotten over last night…). I have been compiling statistics through the first two group games looking for signs of teams playing styles and performance levels. Obviously, one can get a very good […]
Based on the club statistics compiled by John Burn-Murdoch here, I have created my own World Cup 2014 Guide. All statistics are based on each team’s club performances. Using these statistics, I created each teams offensive, defensive, and passing scores relative to the 32 World Cup teams. I then averaged these to get each team’s […]
Here are some statistics I was able to compile for the USA’s group stage opposition. A special thanks to ENBSports for the stats! Ghana Portugal Germany
Quick graphical summary of the 3 US send off games over the last two weeks. Take from it what you will! PAPT= Passes Allowed Per Tackle PAPI= Passes Allowed Per Interception PAPPA= Passes Allowed Per Pressing Action (Tackle + Int) PDO= 1000 * (SOT/Shot + Save/SOTA) All stats courtesy of OPTA
Based on recent friendlies, Jurgen seems dead set on the 4-4-2 Diamond formation going forward. It allows us to play with two strikers, gives us more options going forward, but seems to be leaving us vulnerable for counters out wide. From my observations, we can debate who should start up top or on the wings […]
I found some free time today to do a bit more analysis on some of the USMNT statistics. Thanks to work done by American Soccer Analysis and Squawka.com, I was able to do some work on shots inside and outside of the box, as well as a bit more with positional passing numbers. I wanted […]
Ran the same winger comparisons with Landon Dovovan included. I was surprised by the results to say the least. Landon ranks last out of the four in both total and adjusted scores. He leads in 5 of the 16 categories, but is last in 4 categories. Regardless, it’s not as clear cut a decision as […]
I decided to do some more comparisons for the different positional battles on the US squad. Below, I have my total scores for each players competing for the fullback, winger, centerback, and striker positions. I also included the scores for each player adjusted for the league ranking from IFFHS. Additionally, I added charts based on […]
Now that the Landon Donovan debate seems to be dying down a little bit, I have found myself in a seemingly more productive debate. Who should start at striker? Altidore seems to be the logical choice, but after a disastrous season at Sunderland, and Aron Johannsson’s excellent form at Alkmaar, there is certainly room for […]
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