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Catalina @catabush.com · 2d

Among U23 players with >500 mins played in 2025 (24/25 for europe), Vicky Lopez ranks first in VAEP per 97 mins with ~1400 minutes played in Liga F.

Second is Kaylee Hunter with 400 more minutes and a nearly negligible difference in VAEP (Vicky: 1.14, Hunter: 1.10).

h/t @chloesainsbury.bsky.social

John Molinaro, TFC Republic @tfcrepublic.bsky.social · 3d

Stoney on Monday released her 24-player roster for October's international window that will see Canada play a pair of high-profile European friendlies, and included in her roster is Hunter, a 17-year-old forward who has taken the NSL by storm.

AFC Toronto's Kaylee Hunter earns her 1st Canada call-up

The 17-year-old forward is one of three Northern Super League players to crack Casey Stoney's latest roster.

www.tfcrepublic.ca

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Catalina @catabush.com · 8d

new tableau drop??

This is still a little experimental, but I created a dashboard for viewing NWSL player-level g+ broken down and standardized by game-state. Resulting metric is "g+ above average per 32 mins IGS (in game-state)". Let me know what you think!

public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Barbra Banda g+ above average by game-state

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 9d

“on my mother’s life she is playing against us” - Arsenal players talking amongst themselves about Van Domselaar, probably

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 9d

the fact that many NWSL clubs don’t seem to have even considered this graph and it’s underlying concepts is rough

Catalina @catabush.com · 9d

On the tenets of NWSL roster-building and why you can extrapolate a strategy that *probably* has a good chance of working:

statesidestats.substack.com/p/the-econom...

The Economics of Expansion Teams

How do you go from structure to players?

statesidestats.substack.com

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Catalina @catabush.com · 15d

I have a personal website!!

Just finished building my portfolio/get-to-know-me-better site, catabush.com. In it, I included a section for resources that have helped me along my soccer analytics journey, which I'll be adding to over time. If you have any suggestions, hmu!

And lmk what you think!

Screenshot of personal website with introductory message: Hi my name is Cata, soccer data & analytics

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 18d

playing Kaptein really high up to support ABJ and the wingers in the press is paying dividends for chelsea rn. so many players in and around the box and West Ham can’t pick them all up or play out of the press #wsl-live

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 19d

reece actually playing RB makes me so happy

Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 23d

i actually hate this rule so much but this is also really funny lmao

The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 23d

Hugo Ekitike scores for Liverpool to give them a late lead against Southampton.

And, in sheer joy, he celebrates by taking his shirt off — and gets a second yellow card.

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 25d

haha i did the exact same thing with the same thought process. great minds and all that

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 25d

Arsenal really have to win games like this if they want to win the WSL, because you know Chelsea would find a way and that’s the standard rn

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 27d

Yuka Momiki said hold ma beer

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 27d

does anyone in women’s footie practise pens lol

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 27d

death, taxes, chelsea v barca

The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 27d

Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have learned their opponents for the 2025-26 Women’s Champions League league phase.

And, yes — Chelsea will play Barcelona again.

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · 28d

when you get to listen to your mates hanging out for an hour >>>

Expected Own Goals @xowngoals.com · 28d

Couldn't have been happier to have our friend @cata-bush.bsky.social (the brains behind @nwslstat.bsky.social) on the show to talk about the tool she built this year, the ASA Viz Hub! Subscribe to listen!

viz.americansocceranalysis.com

Behind the Scenes with NWSL Data Visualization, with Catalina Bush! | Expected Own Goals

www.patreon.com

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · Sep 16

nah cannot believe i just watched that spurs ucl game when juve and dortmund just played out a 4-4 chaos game, bloody hell fam 🥲

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Chloe @chloesainsbury.bsky.social · Sep 15

difficult to overstate how hard Cata has worked on this. unbelievable resource for 0 cost. couldn’t be more proud of her 🫶🏻

Catalina @catabush.com · Sep 15

Over the last 5 months, I've been working on building an app that allows *everyone* to generate data visualizations using ASA data. From match-level action plots to season-long radar charts, VizHub lets you download tons of different graphics with ease.

It's 100% free and public, too. Enjoy!

American Soccer Analysis @americansocceranalysis.com · Sep 15

Love the ASA data but wish you had a helping hand in turning it into fancy plots and graphics?

Introducing the ASA Viz Hub from @cata-bush.bsky.social

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/9/...

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American Soccer Analysis @americansocceranalysis.com · Sep 15

Love the ASA data but wish you had a helping hand in turning it into fancy plots and graphics?

Introducing the ASA Viz Hub from @cata-bush.bsky.social

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/9/...

A Guide to the ASA Vizhub — American Soccer Analysis

What to know about the newest ASA platform Catalina Bush Have you ever wished that you could picture the game in front of you? Not as a broadcast, or a highlight video, but on a sheet of paper? ...

www.americansocceranalysis.com

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