Our 2026 MLS Season Previews have started and today we hit Michael Bradley’s new look Red Bulls, the Timbers, and FC Dallas. If you want to support this coverage of the league, you can head to our Patreon. For $5 a month you can get access to a lot of the data visualization tools we use to make these previews.
Read MoreOur 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 can get access to a lot of the data visualization tools we use to make these previews.
Similarly, our friend and longtime ASA supporter Matt Doyle has started a new venture at the Tactics Free Zone, you can sign up here, and we’d encourage you to do so. Take care.
Read MoreOur 2026 MLS Season Previews have started and today we hit STLCITYFC, the Revs, and the Houston Dynamo. If you want to support this coverage of the league, you can head to our Patreon. For $5 a month you can get access to a lot of the data visualization tools we use to make these previews.
Read MoreHey folks, our long time friends Mike Imburgio and John Muller are putting out an app. Kieran, Ben, and Harrison spoke to them on the pod here [link] if you want to hear some more of the why, and some of the fun things coming out on top of it. ASA wouldn’t have built many of the cool things we have over the years without these two gentlemen, and it’s pretty exciting to see what they’re building now. Mike is here to explain more below.
futi is a next-gen live score app built to bring pro-quality analytics to fans in a familiar format. We’re rolling out model explainers and early data releases so you can preview the models behind the app. Follow us to keep up to date and be part of the future of fan-facing stats at the links below:
Read MoreOur 2026 MLS Season Previews have started and today we hit SKC, the Galaxy, and my beloved Toronto FC. If you want to support this coverage of the league, you can head to our Patreon. For $5 a month you can get access to a lot of the data visualization tools we use to make these previews.
Read MoreOur 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 can head to our Patreon. For $5 a month you can get access to a lot of the data visualization tools we use to make these previews.
Read MoreAt 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 the round table. If you want to hear a podcast version of the conversation around the conference, Ben, Kieran, and Harrison spoke to Arman Kafai about some of the cool stuff going on there.
Read MoreEvery soccer data analysis group has had the same jump-scare: they sign data provider contract #2, and suddenly, they need a solution to link teams, matches, and players across their data ecosystem. Individual data sources are easy to ingest: you can tuck them in their own little schemas, write code specific to their little universes, and rest easy that changes won’t come thick and fast without proper notice from your providers. But with those individual data sources come individual standards for tracking objects (players, teams, or matches). In most (if not all) major American sports, working across providers is easy: just use an object’s single source of truth identifier from the league itself. But as every analyst finds out very quickly, there is no public single source of truth identifier for teams, matches, and players in international soccer.
Read MoreBy Lucas Morefield
Goalkeeper evaluation has always been one of the thorniest challenges in soccer analytics. The position is defined by small sample sizes, high variance, and context-driven outcomes. In Major League Soccer, where roster rules magnify the impact of every marginal dollar, understanding goalkeeper value is especially important. With clubs often operating near budget ceilings, a single overperformance or underperformance in goal can shift playoff probability, alter roster-building timelines, or change the financial implications of a season.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year, where the world’s best women’s soccer academy system drops 100+ prospects onto the world’s clubs. Fortunately, there is no longer a draft in NWSL forcing the best players to play somewhere they don’t want to play, so you as a fan can dream on anyone in this list! As always, this dashboard is put together by Paul Harvey and we thank him for his efforts.
Before we start, some notes.
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