Brilliant! I’ve deleted Instagram and purposefully avoided TikTok — I even have YouTube restricted on my phone. Thanks to ESPN’s new “Verts” though, I’m safe from ever being free of short form video. So glad Walt Disney has the fix to keep me scrolling! Even better, it’s all videos of Pat McAfee!

If you want to support VizHub directly and get early access to similar projects in the future, the best way to do so is by signing up for the ASA Patreon and joining the Discord for just $5/month www.patreon.com/americansocc...

From day 1, I knew that I didn’t want VizHub behind a paywall; I’m really proud of all the work that I’ve been able to share publicly. However, all of these projects come with monthly costs. No pressure !! but if you want to help cover those costs, you can support my work at ko-fi.com/catab

Coenraets to Lacasse before the second half of the NWSL season

A goal of ours with ASI going into 2026 was to make this a truly pan-Americas soccer analytics conference. Really excited about having Carlos Vela - who brings an extensive background in technical/sporting director roles in Mexico and now Costa Rica - as our keynote speaker.

In case you missed it from the rush of news earlier today, me, @cata-bush.bsky.social and @socratescousin.bsky.social have a podcast! Please check it out and let us know what you think!

I uhhhh... have a podcast now (it's about women's soccer though so it's ok)

Our first episode is up! Immediate reactions as the KC Current defeat Seattle at home to lift the NWSL Shield. Plus, we discuss the teams vying for spots in this year's playoffs, including the Wave, Gotham, Courage, and more. Listen on Spotify and Apple podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/6VRn...

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT We are excited to announce our Industry Keynote for the 2026 ASI Summit: Carlos Vela. Vela has over 14 years of experience in Mexican soccer and is currently the Sporting Director at LD Alajuelense. Register for the Summit now:  americansoccerinsights.com/registration/

Having a high volume passing center back means flukes are all but inevitable

trying something fun and new @bteampodcast.bsky.social

Hey everybody, just wanted to let yall know that something fun should be coming your way in the next __ days, and we hope you enjoy it :) 👀👀👀 @bteampodcast.bsky.social

Heyyyy there we go

Tears bro I forgot to add the Sporting Jax info 😭

Sorry for the flood of USLS reports nuking the feed lol

The looked very obviously like a hand ball and I'm surprised no one saw it??

A year ago I did a research project for a class. Using some basic linear modeling, I checked to see whether there was a significant relationship between avg height of def actions and xG/xGA — there wasn’t. Even deviations from a team’s norm didn’t matter. Jamon does a great job of explaining why 👇

This is very good and entertaining and you should read it

MLS is a league known for its tactical variety. Which defensive approaches, then, have excelled across the league in 2025? @cata-bush.bsky.social examines the data and film to uncover elite units in MLS that prove there's no one right way to defend. Read ⤵️ www.backheeled.com/mls-best-def...

Sometimes, you just have to appreciate a good defensive setup. For @backheeled.com, I analyzed some of the top defenses in MLS, from interesting to excellent. (Spoiler: there’s no one right way to do it in this league) www.backheeled.com/mls-best-def...

Had so much fun talking to the guys! Give it a listen and subscribe if you haven’t already!!

ICYMI: On Monday, I released ASA VizHub, the newest way to access @americansocceranalysis.com data. There's a lot packed in there, so here's all you need to know about what VizHub can do ⬇️ We'll start granular and zoom out, beginning with game-level player graphics. 1/

In this week's episode of "Anatomy of...", North Carolina Courage midfielder Ashley Sanchez walks us through the ways in which an attacker like her can find scoring opportunities, even when you think they aren't there. Like/subscribe!

These issues should now be fixed (cc @jesse-pegasuspost.bsky.social)

I've been made aware of at least 2-3 issues with VizHub, including inconsistencies on the player shotmaps and a bug causing the USL Super League tab to freeze. I'll be fixing those ASAP. If you notice any other errors, please @ me or email nwslstats22[at]gmail[dot]com Thanks for bearing with me!

Cristian Roldan had a picture of Snyder Brunell on his wall when he was a kid

Miami do a really good job of getting players time and space in zone 14. A lot of that is midfield/high turnovers and transitions, but even when in possession, they still manage to do it. A player (often Messi) with 2-3 options, running at defenders in zone 14 — that’s how they score.

Had an assignment for my Game Dev class that I'd been procrastinating for 2 weeks cause of VizHub stuff. Built the whole thing in Unity in 3 hours (I'm goated) (also game development lwk kinda fun)

VizHub was the project I alluded to in this article. I don't think it's a perfect solution to the problem, but I hope it furthers public data availability at least a little bit. I also hope it convinces others to make more stuff public. There is clearly an appetite for it!!

If I’m proud of one thing at ASA, it’s that we have done a really good job of making data accessible to people without the tools to meaningfully engage with it otherwise. This is the next big step in that! Shoutout @cata-bush.bsky.social who has done a stupid amount of work on this.

Love the ASA data but wish you had a helping hand in turning it into fancy plots and graphics? Introducing the ASA Viz Hub from @cata-bush.bsky.social www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/9/...

Over the last 5 months, I've been working on building an app that allows *everyone* to generate data visualizations using ASA data. From match-level action plots to season-long radar charts, VizHub lets you download tons of different graphics with ease. It's 100% free and public, too. Enjoy!

Tomorrow…

Reason #538 why I love going to school on the west coast: I don’t have to watch MLS games at 11pm Reason #539 why I love going to school on the west coast: football starts at 10am Reason #540 why I love going to school on the west coast: I get to watch my shit team play even earlier in the morning

They choked it ended 2-3 😭😭

‘Cuse are up 2-1 against #8 Stanford with ~10 mins left in the game

Guys check out the new tank

It’s almost like football hyper-consumerism but instead of fast fashion or something it’s like, people who kick a ball. There’s a lot of waste, and it comes at the detriment of the playing careers of people involved; It’s not v good for the sport I don’t think? And PSR doesn’t really make it better:

Referring to everything as “signs of transgender ideology” from now on

my plum tree is reciting poems in my head and closing bluesky for a few hours

Instead of other things, I offer one of my favorite poems, now and forever:

This is truly incredible stuff from @ericmakesmistakes.bsky.social and @evandavissports.bsky.social. Such a fun and unique idea and so well produced. xOG continues to be the best.

Cristian Roldan does it all. In this game alone: pressed the GK, covered CBs, short and long passes in build up, final passes, overlaps, underlaps, counterpressing, creating chances from regains, defending the box and important clearances, starting transitions. He's everywhere.

Cristian Roldan contributes more to this squad than Luca De La Torre and Johnny Cardoso combined

The best annoying habit I’ve gotten into is spamming Cmd+S every 5 seconds when on VSCode. Now I just spam Cmd+S on everything

The people ask and I deliver UNS 5e w/ seiryu stone and dragon wood

If “performative straight guy” is drinking matcha and reading feminist literature at the coffee shop, what is watching women’s soccer and reading Emily Dickinson in the dining hall?