Writer, ESPN; author, NET GAINS: INSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL GAME’S ANALYTICS REVOLUTION (out now, link below)
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18 Oct 2022
My book, NET GAINS, is out today! It's about why the "data revolution" in the world's most popular game trails far behind sports like basketball and baseball, how that's changing, and how far it might all eventually go. Buy it wherever you buy your books: abramsbooks.com/product/net-…
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If you're into reading the things I've written, I'm planning on sending out links through my not-dead-yet newsletter ...
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26 Jun 2025
Our SUF4 condensation paper is finally out! cell.com/cell-reports/fullte… Thank you to everyone who has scientifically, mentally, and emotionally supported my co-authors and me over the years. Below is a summary of the work-- we hope you enjoy our findings!
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17 May 2025
Asking for a friend: where in Lisbon would be a good spot to watch the Benfica and Sporting games today?
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10 Jan 2025
I'm not checking this site too much anymore, but I've started to put links to everything I write in this Google doc. If you're into that kind of thing: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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12 Dec 2024
I don't know if links still work here or whatever, but my book, NET GAINS, is currently 50% off if you buy it from my publisher. Get if for someone you love, someone you hate, or even someone toward whom you harbor no feelings, good or ill! abramsbooks.com/product/net-…
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Ryan O'Hanlon retweeted
9 Dec 2024
Issue #2 of my newsletter, Good Moves — a newsletter about chess and what it can teach us about performance in other things, too! — is now out. Inside: how do we decide what to do when we don't know what to do? And will I lose to another child? Find out! makegoodmoves.substack.com/p…
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19 Nov 2024
I can't believe a predictive model is a little skeptical of a team that's won two games this season without scoring a touchdown.
18 Nov 2024
Steelers are on a run of luckier results since Russell Wilson took over as starter. Three of the four wins were losses if you go by my adjusted scores
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3 Nov 2024
Really impressive five-minute stretch from NBC's broadcast team: bemoaned United letting Scott McTominay go, made fun of a model that said Chelsea's chances of finishing top four changed after the team played soccer games, and dismissed xG as more complicated than nuclear fusion?
3 Nov 2024
Soccer commentary and stats are about 15 years behind where baseball is now.
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29 Oct 2024
Probably has something to do with the guy who stole the Ballon d'Or from Vinicius Jr. and Dani Carvajal.
29 Oct 2024
@rwohan How did "start 4 CBs to prevent counters" City turn into late-Klopp-era LFC?
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27 Oct 2024
Baffled by my TV's characterization of the Liverpool-Arsenal game as one-sided. Even on shots. One side has two more touches in the penalty area. The other has slightly more final-third possession.
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Ryan O'Hanlon retweeted
22 Oct 2024
And as stated before, I'd be quite open to working within a club or consultancy when it comes to scouting for recruitment in football. I'd like to think that I'd be an asset given my portfolio of written/video work in the public sphere since the mid 2010s x.com/MoeSquare/status/18378…
22 Sep 2024
Hi,
Never really done this before, but I'd like to put it out there that I'm open to working in any capacity for a club or consultancy in terms of recruitment. I've been doing public player analysis for 8-ish years (both present and historical), including now on YouTube
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26 Oct 2024
Lamine Yamal scoring at the Bernabeu and then *showing off his braces* to the crowd might be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen happen on a soccer field.
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26 Oct 2024
El Clasico is a great reminder that everything in soccer — beating a high line, playing a high line, scoring a 1v1, finishing a tap in — is harder than it looks.
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26 Oct 2024
The late run from the CM is the cheat-code to break the high line. Teams almost never adjust because you would never normally build up like that, but it was so easy for RM to get Bellingham free just now.
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26 Oct 2024
Real Madrid signed Kylian Mbappe over the summer. Also: they don’t even have the best attack in their own country. I wrote about the Big Game: espn.com/soccer/insider/stor…
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