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SSAC 2019: The Show Goes On!
Conferences and SymposiaI have attended the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) since 2010. I’ve witnessed the growth of the conference from a one-day intersection of nerds, jocks, and suits that was just approaching critical mass to the slickly polished two-day sports conference behemoth that now gets visited by a former President of the United States of […]
Goalkeepers of Superliga Argentina 2018/19: Andrada and Aguerre thrive in new environments
Goalkeeping AnalyticsAs Superliga Argentina returns to competition from its summer break, who were — statistically — the best goalkeepers in terms of actual and expected saves and goals allowed? For this analysis I consider all goalkeepers who appeared in a minimum of 630 minutes in the league, or seven full matches. Goalkeepers in general play a […]
The State of Play in Superliga Argentina 2018-19: Back from the Break
League CompetitionsArgentina’s Superliga returns from its short summer break in earnest this weekend. (It had a return of sorts last weekend with a couple of matches from its backlog of postponed matches due to international commitments.) What does the league table look like, who have been the major performers, and what is likely to come after […]
Which MLS clubs are benefiting from the draft class of 2017?
Draft AnalyticsLast year I wrote about the performance of previous MLS SuperDraft classes, including a way-too-early look at the performance of the 2017 draft class. Now that another year has passed since they entered the league, let’s revisit that class again. I’ve written about the evolution of draft pick value in Major League Soccer before and […]
2018 Copa Libertadores Review: River and Boca close one era and start another
Hybrid Competitions, Player PerformanceIt’s now 2019 and the opening stages of the 2019 Copa Libertadores start in three weeks, but let’s take a look back at the 2018 competition, which didn’t end that long ago. It started with 47 teams, developed into a two-country race, and ended in a mouthwatering and compelling but ultimately depressing and farcical Superclásico […]