Email is too impersonal, Poch should have announced the squad via Cameos by C-list celebs. Diego Luna probably wouldn't even be mad if Bam Margera told him he's not going to the World Cup

Great Premier League season everybody, let’s make the hot new tactical trend next time be coherent passages of open play

Xabi out

Data visualization is my passion

Accurate analysis of these teams

Still thinking about this spectacular use of a semicolon

Do we even know any of these guys' stance on Latinas

Insane scoop by The Guardian's brand new American soccer team, love to see talented friends kicking ass

BREAKING: The Guardian has acquired the full 26-man US men's national team World Cup roster. A couple of big surprises on there in addition to what's already been reported. Reporting with @mlsist.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The best part is Southampton would have won that game 5-0 with zero opposition analysis

Spilled cross in stoppage time, we take those

We are so close to Hull getting promoted to the Premier League by xG frauding their way to a 0-0 penalty shootout and I couldn't be more excited

So if all the videos recently weren't a clue, we've soft launched @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social on YouTube at www.youtube.com/@DoublePivot.... We'll be doing a bunch of earnestly asking you to subscribe over the coming weeks as we get rolling, and we've got some truly fun and unique stuff ahead.

In one of the crazier stories of this season, Southampton lost their place in the Championship playoff final due to #Spygate. The man responsible for it was pretty much unknown only a year ago. So who is Tonda Eckert? www.thetimes.com/article/b776...

Be careful they're reading your tweets

Oh, hey, look. It's me!

What if you could simply “prompt” a model with a few shots and get accurate xG predictions? #TabPFN is making waves on academic benchmarks. We tested how it handles a real-world sports analytics problem. w/ Timo Martens & @jessejdavis.bsky.social dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/sports/blog/...

What are the odds that every leader at Tottenham happens to be British and white

Just feels right, spiritually

Get Diego Kochen in the USMNT immediately

Unai Emery's tactical philosophy

MLS says a stopped clock would “improve consistency and fan understanding.” For example, stopping play could help fans understand that Continental is the smart choice in tires

I’ve crunched the numbers and it’s true: if you keep a clean sheet while being able to score you will probably secure points

They’re calling it analyticstok

Two years ago I wrote that Arsenal would be favorites next season. Turns out I'm never wrong just ahead of my time

Why didn't they try holding a lengthy press conference to explain that spying is just one small part of their compulsive match prep and doesn't actually help much

Wemby's wasting his life playing basketball when he could score 50 goals a season from Premier League corners

Personally I think it's romantic that this World Cup will be the twilight of the creative playmakers too old and broken to defend: your Messis, your Neymars, your Jameses, your Gio Reynas

Watching Arsenal

Looks like it’s over. We will never see his like again

Rapids fans do not read this

Most soccer stats are focused on results, but at @futi.live we've been developing new ways to measure tactical context, like phases of play and team style metrics. For The Guardian, I showed off some of our Premier League data for the first time with one way every team's tactics stand out.

He's going to hate playing in Dallas

Jose Mourinho joins Real Madrid and Shakira sings the anthem for a World Cup where Spain are favorites. Great start but I feel like soccer can do more to bring back 2010, what's Diego Forlan up to

Sam Sarver scored a stoppage-time game-winning goal for FC Dallas last night at San Jose. Beer cans were thrown onto the field and Sarver grabbed one off the ground and shotgunned it. IMMEDIATE MLS heritage.

Starting a rumor that Liverpool didn’t go for Xabi because they’re waiting for Pep this summer

Send Wilfried Nancy his Scottish Premiership medal

MLS playoffs are an absurd American invention. They should simply play three games against each opponent, then split into a "top six" and "bottom six" and play five more round-robin matches against their section, with points carried over from the previous phase but no movement between the two groups

Updating my resume to "wrote about soccer analytics for ABC Politics"

Congratulations to Arsenal for winning the Champions League final by an unprecedented 17 goals

MLS is the only league that will actively try to reduce press coverage and then wonder how to get fans to care

Sorry but you can't compare their stats when she's out here playing qualifiers against Jelly Roll

Introducing MLS RosterView: a free tool that lets you dive deeper into how all 30 MLS clubs are built. 🔗https://mlsrosterview.com Explore how your favorite club uses MLS 's many roster mechanisms, while also seeing how much roster flexibility your team still has. (1/4) #MLS

Game's back

The worst team in MLS history is now above last year's Supporter's Shield winners

There are ELEVEN simultaneous live MLS games being played right now and the league whiparound show is showing a team doing warmups

Players posting their stats on Bluesky to campaign for the all-star ballot is the future liberals want

new Expecting Goals newsletter The Meat Wall has its moment as Arsenal win on a last-second VAR decision www.expectinggoals.com/p/the-meat-w...

Rayan Cherki is struggling to adjust to the Premier League, at this rate could take him years to stop being fun