The Correlated Gaussian: Can it be applied to soccer?
League Competitions, Team PerformanceRemaining on the subject of applying quantitative metrics from other sports, I’ll mention one from basketball — the Correlated Gaussian method. (more…)
Why the baseball Pythagorean doesn’t work for soccer
Soccer Pythagorean: TheoryI see that a lot of people have been visiting this site because of Devin Pleuler’s article on the soccer Pythagorean expectation that we’ve developed. Welcome to Soccermetrics! We’re all about creating knowledge and insight from the data revolution that has overtaken soccer in the last few years. (more…)
Soccermetrics in the UK: A trip to a Premier League match
Conferences and Symposia, Misc StuffWhile we were in the UK, we had the opportunity to attend a couple of English Premier League matches. I thought it would be fun to share our experience and pictures with our readers. Below is Part I: (more…)
Final Pythagorean table for 2012 MLS regular season
Soccer Pythagorean: TablesBelow is the final Pythagorean table for the 2012 Major League Soccer regular season which concluded tonight. The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70, and the draw and loss columns are in inverse order from the typical American sports table format. (more…)
CONCACAF club/league coefficients: 2012-10-27 version
Club/League CoefficientsThe group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League concluded this week, so here are the latest club and league coefficients for the region. (more…)
Soccermetrics in the UK: A review of Leaders Summit 2012
Conferences and SymposiaEarlier in the month we had the privilege of attending the 2012 Leaders Sports Summit at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea Football Club. It provided me an opportunity to reconnect with the contacts I made in the football community over the last twelve months as well as make connections to those who I had previously […]
Announcing the 2nd Soccermetrics UK Drinkup!
Conferences and SymposiaGreetings from London! We arrived this afternoon and we’re excited about the opportunity to return to the Leaders in Performance conference and see not one, but two English Premier League matches this weekend in Manchester and north London.Most of all, we’re excited about meeting followers of Soccermetrics and other people interested in our company. To […]
Lessons learned from our Flashpoint experience
Business Toolbox, Soccermetrics LLCAs most people know, we have been participating in Flashpoint, a startup accelerator hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Now that we have graduated from the accelerator and participated in the Demo Days in Atlanta, New York City, and San Francisco, we can take a look back and share the lessons we […]
Another way to look at the Soccer Pythagorean
Soccer Pythagorean: TheoryI had been engaged in an email exchange with a reader very recently about my soccer Pythagorean which required me to revisit the expression. I came to look at the Pythagorean in a slightly different way, but one that improved my own understanding of it. I’d like to share it and hopefully it will be […]
Review of 2012 Sports Analytics Innovation Summit
Conferences and SymposiaWe’ve been quiet because of Demo Day presentations in Atlanta, New York City, and San Francisco over the past two weeks, but while I was in San Francisco last week I took part in the Sports Analytics Innovation Summit that was held in Union Square. (more…)