How cow this is so good. Should be mandatory reading for every data staffer, even (especially?) if their work has nothing to do with sports.

Throw-in It Back — American Soccer Analysis Towards a manual for the most common restart By Ben Bellman Whether you love long attacking throw-ins or hate them, there is no denying that they’ve become both a key feature and flashpoint in m...

New research! @beninquiring.bsky.social replicated @eliotmckinley.com's work on throw ins, and added g+ in to see how teams can be smarter on the trendiest part of the game in 2026. With an interactive throw in visualizer!

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/4/...

Hey, so this is cool. I’ve got a Peace Prize too, you fascist ass.

Power rankings:
1. Jrue
2. Droo
3. Dreux
4. Dru
5. Drew
6. Druw
7. Drue

(watching a movie where a character announces that he will destroy a city if they don't meet his specific demands by a certain deadline)

oh that's probably the good guy in this movie

How do you know he's well?

Best I can tell, the home stadiums of all 8 teams in 2013 had a total capacity of 63,582.

Very likely that more people are at Summit vs. Spirit today.

GAM Is Fun A new way to look at all the GAM trades that have happened in MLS

This week’s blog post isn’t really a post. It’s a tool that everyone can use to analyze their team’s current GAM situation based on the trades teams have made.

All in one place.

Introducing…. GAM Is Fun

Virginia: early voting for the redistricting amendment is happening now through April 18.

Protect your voting power and help level the playing field ahead of the midterm elections by voting YES today or on Election Day, April 21.

It's great to see the Art Modell Law potentially going national.

FWIW when he was an Austin city council member, Casar voted to provide public land to Anthony Precourt so he could move the Columbus Crew to Austin. I'm glad he learned a lesson from that.

The funniest thing in the world is imagining those dipshits doing SEO.

2026 NWSL Previews — American Soccer Analysis — American Soccer Analysis

All of our NWSL previews can be found here: www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/categor...

If you want to support the site so we can keep building tools like the vizhub and keep the server farms whirring you can do so at our patreon: www.patreon.com/americansocc...

This is the good stuff.

Jerry Fallwell's ghost is shaking his fist at you from hell.

Louisville and Lexington players paused the USL Championship season opener for 60 seconds after kickoff, letting the clock run without play. A fearless show of unity from the USL Players Association as negotiations reach a critical stage. It’s time for the league to act. #StandUpForStandards

Come for the deeply researched analysis. Stay for the flowery prose.

"Cushing is perhaps the most 'bald white man' ever to coach the sport." - @catabush.com

A message from the Wonderwall

Director of Soccer Analytics & Intelligence - Austin FC Austin FC joined Major League Soccer (MLS) as the League’s 27th club in January 2019.  Austin FC officially began competing in MLS in April 2021, and in the 2025 season qualified for the MLS Cup Playo...

Dammit, Austin. You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy conventional analytics, not join perpetuate it! Bring balance to the stats, not cling to them like lemmings!

www.teamworkonline.com/soccer-jobs/...

Somewhat impossibly, these get better every year.

(Probably because I have nothing to do with them anymore.)

There is a lovely symbiosis between @backheeled.com @mattdoyle.bsky.social's Tactics Free Zone, ASA, and the individual team blogs like @sounderatheart.com and @burgundywave.bsky.social going on that feels very fun in an age when the league and media have decided on no real MLS coverage.

The Prognostication Power Rankings — American Soccer Analysis By Paul Harvey Since 2019, MLS has consistently had a panel of columnists, presenters, and other talent predict how the conference standings will end up at the close of the season. These prognostica...

Every year the MLS punditerati are asked to pick their MLS standings, every year they get smoked. @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc decided to look into who is the best prognosticator, and who deserves the hatemail.

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/2/14/the-prognostication-power-rankings

How dare you, get a job moran

2026 MLS Previews: Colorado, San Jose, Real Salt Lake — American Soccer Analysis Our 2026 MLS Season Previews have started and today we hit the Rapids, the Quakes, and RSL. If you want to support this coverage of the league, you can head to our Patreon . For $5 a month you ca...

More previews: @beninquiring.bsky.social tells us about the Pids, @trevorwojcik.bsky.social makes us nostalgic for the radio alarm clock in San Jose, and @harrisoncrow.bsky.social says it might be interesting in Sandy this year

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/2/...

2026 MLS Previews: DC United, Atlanta United, CF Montreal — American Soccer Analysis Our 2026 MLS Season Previews have started and the beginning can be found below, beginning with DC United, Atlanta United, and CF Montreal. If you want to support this coverage of the league, you ca...

Our 2026 MLS previews are here and they start at the bottom: @mattbarger.bsky.social tells us about DCU trying to be the Union, and @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc argues regression for Atlanta and the expansion of a Cheese empire in Montreal

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/2/...

DC power indeed

ASA Roundtable: American Soccer Insights Summit — American Soccer Analysis At the end of January, many members of our ASA Community headed down to Rice University in Houston to talk a whole lot of soccer analytics. ASA Slack was buzzing around so much we figured we’d convene...

A lot of the ASA-erati attended the @americansoccerinsights.com summit at Rice University last week, and people wanted to talk about their experience.

So we convened the ASA roundtable for highlights.

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/2/7/asa-roundtable-american-soccer-insights-summit

Last week, I posted a small survey that looked at FBref alternatives in an attempt to assess what resources remain for women’s soccer fans. For @theixsports.bsky.social, I expanded that survey, and the results are grim. Here’s what that means for the future of woso data and coverage:

WOAH CALM DOWN BRO

War Strategy and Soccer: is a War of Attrition or a Perfect Strike Better for Winning? — American Soccer Analysis For the purposes of this article, we’re going to define a soccer game through the lens of the home team. It’s their turf, their fans, and their local pride. More importantly, the home team generally c...

The Sun Tzu of Soccer! www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2020/1/...

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