Welcome to the 2014 Soccer Analytics Panel at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.  The panel is about to start, so let’s go!Sorry, my liveblog tools have decided not to work…paraphrasing panelist comments.Steven Houston (Hamburg) talking about the growth in analytics over last 12 months.  Especially from outside clubs (analysts, bloggers, media) and moving insideJim […]

This is the fourth year of a dedicated Soccer Analytics panel at the SSAC, and the fifth time that a panel has discussed soccer at the conference (in 2010, it was lumped with American football in an Emerging Analytics session).  The session has experienced a variety of participants since 2011, but with two exceptions — […]

It is time for the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, and I am pleased to announce the return of a most recent tradition: the pre-SSAC Soccer Analytics Meetup.Here are the details: Thursday 27 February 7pm – ? McGreevy’s Boston 911 Boylston St., Boston 02115 Grab a beer, a bite to eat, make a friend, and […]