Good lucky scatter plot for MLS 2026; SKC is atrocious, Vancouver is incredible
good-lucky catter plot of all MLS teams since 2013
With most teams having played 8 games, the underlying stats are beginning to become useful while still noisy.
Vancouver may be the best MLS team ever and SKC the worst. Both are performing as expected.
There's a huge pack of average teams down on their luck.
That’s a real “life comes at you fast” sequence for Everton
Pie in the terraces?
The Championship calls to Spurs like the Green Goblin mask. They end the season away at Chelsea and home against Everton.
Curious to see how De Zerbi schedules training. They have a full week between each match. Still enough time for some form of macro training session plan (5 weeks remaining).
if spurs fans want to at least know it could be worse, leicester are getting relegated to league 1 with a skipp/winks midfield
“Moves well” type of player scouts love
Toluca v LAFC is fixture for the culture, can’t wait for this one in particular🔥
Love that goal from the Crew. Assist and finish both high level
Poor color choices in the data viz, smh
New Podcast!
@patrickbvs.bsky.social and @hvanbrewer.bsky.social break down every UCL quarterfinal first leg, including:
• Slot's big mistake
• ANOTHER UCL red card for Barcelona
• Real Madrid are still scary
• Are PSG tournament favourites?
youtu.be/eFwrwdjgej8
we're actually on for a potential timeline where harry kane wins the ballon d'or while spurs go down
I ran my prematch Vibe-Informed Baseless Evaluation System (or, VIBES) and it just keeps flashing 'CALAFIORI' in big red letters and honking an air horn
I hope @johnspacemuller.com sees that outside of the foot Castellanos finish into the top corner. It would spark joy
I wish NBC would get Onuoha on their weekly EPL coverage, fan of his work
Sharing this with my dad (principle afikomen hider of the last 25 years, never did the same spot twice!). He’ll love “wafikomen”
new Expecting Goals newsletter on the origins of the set piece revolution in the Premier League
Corner kicks and long throws have accounted for nearly 1 in 4 of PL goals scored this season
How did this happen?
There are two clear innovators: Brentford and Arsenal open.substack.com/pub/expectin...
Congratulations and good luck with next adventure. You’re one of the best in the biz 👏👏👏
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.
BREAKING: the greatest in the GAM game does it again
Julian Quinones - Al Qadsiah, any of radar chart, chance creation and/or shot maps for 25/26 Saudi Pro League
Just to show @patrickbvs.bsky.social a top baller
Man City spent more on Matheus Nunes than they did on Erling Haaland.
We haven't gotten over it.
@patrickbvs.bsky.social and @hvanbrewer.bsky.social break down their least favourite players of all time, plus Mo Salah's Liverpool exit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu90...
What are these shorts they’ve given Matt Freese?!
Abomination
What a header Micael, that is quality
This was the biggest gap between public perception and league staff perception I’ve seen in a while. Both on Guilherme and on Houston.
Different data to what’s publicly available, it’s just an information gap
Nothing like a 3pm kickoff on a day off
USMNT european-based players and the number of minutes they've played in the 2025/26 season. Richards, McKennie, Tessmann, Dest, Weah, Aaronson, Balogun, and Tillman with the most favorable situations
Inspired by @themlg.bsky.social, here's a Claude-generated USMNT view of the Euro pool.
That upper-right group of Richards, McKennie, Tessmann, Dest, Weah, Balogun, Aaronson with the strongest case of "play often at a good club."
One of the big problems leagues don't recognise for fans but also data collectors is how annoying it is an how it devalues the competition is when they continually change formats.
Arsenal's odds to win each of the four remaining competitions:
Premier League: 91%
League Cup: 57%
FA Cup: 35%
Champions League: 29%
Odds of each trophy haul based on this:
0 - 1.8%
1 - 21.9%
2 - 43.6%
3 - 27.3%
4 - 5.4%
New Podcast!
@patrickbvs.bsky.social and @hvanbrewer.bsky.social rewer discuss:
• Barcelona's 7-2 warning to the rest of Europe
• How Arne Slot can save his job against PSG
• Real Madrid's chances against Bayern
• Arsenal's favorable draw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrR-...
