⚽️ Just launched xstandings.com
Inspired by FiveThirtyEight, xStandings simulates the rest of the season to forecast final standings:
✅ Title, playoff, relegation odds
✅ Match-by-match win/draw/loss predictions
✅ “What if” explorer for upcoming games

some fun results in today's new Expecting Goals newsletter -- how objective motivation affects football teams

it seems like the intuitions of the fans have this one right: everyone hates defending and loves an excuse not to have to do it open.substack.com/pub/expectin...

Just a few weeks away from the inaugural American Soccer Insights Summit in Houston and we have some amazing speakers lined up: americansoccerinsights.com/schedule

Get your tickets at: americansoccerinsights.com/registration

I built 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗶𝘁-𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗿, a custom React component for Streamlit for working with soccer tracking data.

And a blog post on 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀

Continuing the tradition, I have compiled an end-of-year overview of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in the past year. The 2024 edition includes pointers to over 160 resources, including research papers, blog posts, articles, podcasts, and books.

janvanhaaren.be/posts/soccer...

We are looking for a Scouting Manager at DC United
www.teamworkonline.com/soccer-jobs/...

The 2025 Superdraft is here, and as such, here is our analytical big board from @paulharvey.theoutfield.nyc. There are dashboards, there are tier lists. Get it all: www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2024/12...

my newsletter, wranging data from the last 15 seasons to show how shocking it is to watch a Pep Guardiola team not only lose matches, but consistently not be the better team in a run of matches www.expectinggoals.com/p/the-crisis...