Hanoi FC have appointed Australian legend Harry Kewell 🇦🇺 as their new head coach! The former Liverpool & Leeds star brings both Premier League & international pedigree to the #vleague1 #VLeague #HanoiFC #Vietnam #football #BREAKING

After the first two matchdays of the U20 World Cup, I've had my eyes on a few players that have performed well so far. The first two names on my watchlist are Paul Okon-Engstler and Rion Ichihara, and I analysed why they are good here! www.talking-tactics.com/p/paul-okon-...

After the first two matchdays of the U20 World Cup, I've had my eyes on a few players that have performed well so far. The first two names on my watchlist are Paul Okon-Engstler and Rion Ichihara, and I analysed why they are good here! www.talking-tactics.com/p/paul-okon-...

Vizhub 2, Electric Boogaloo, @harrisoncrow.bsky.social goes east to breakdown maybe the most interesting MLS conference in a decade www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/9/...

The more I watch the Young Socceroos, the less convinced I am about Sebastian Esposito tbh

This is SCOUTED50 2025/26. The third edition of our curated selection of breakout talents ranked from 50 to 1 by friends, colleagues and peers. Discover the future of football, now.

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As part of the same body of work, we also analysed goal threat across the various phases of set plays, allowing us to go beyond first contact and traditional analysis and explore the impact of maintaining a longer threat from set plays 👇🏻 www.fifatrainingcentre.com/en/game/tour...

For the past year or so our team at FIFA has been working hard to develop our set play analysis. Here’s the first article on defensive strategies using this new methodology from our post tournament analysis of the FIFA Club World Cup 👇🏻 www.fifatrainingcentre.com/en/game/tour...

Just wanna say a quick thank you to anyone who chose to sub to my blog, and also to the people who check in every now and then! I will try to get back to writing a bit more once I'm finished with the Streamlit dashboard and get back some downtime, so please bear with me 🙏

Rewatched Japan vs Egypt yesterday and Rion Ichihara once again caught my eyes. Definitely felt he looked a lot better since the U20 Asian Cup, very calm and collected on the ball, and his long passes were a joy to watch.

I've been hanging out here and this news doesn't feel as big as it is on the-other-place, but as a Southeast Asian, this is probably one of the biggest scandals that has happened in the region since Timor-Leste's registration incident.

Clearances offer benefits defensively (they can help a team regain shape), and offensively (they can kick-start counter-attacks). I looked at past and present examples, tried to review their effect, and how analysis can lead to extended topics. theconventionalplaymaker.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/w...

Finished off part 2 of my U20 World Cup preview. I covered every team in the tournament with some basic background and a few players to watch, which ended up around 4700 words. open.substack.com/pub/500wp90/...

Holly McNamara for AFC Player of the Year, you say? 👀

Sergio Busquets announced today that he’ll retire at the end of the season. I wrote my first eulogy for his career so long ago that he outlasted the newsletter’s website, so I’ll just post it here

Plotly charts for Streamlit? Yes please!

I couldn't resist my temptations, so here is my quick preview of the four Asian teams who will be playing at the U20 World Cup starting this weekend! I tried to cover their style of play using notes from the U20 Asian Cup and analyse their squad and players. www.talking-tactics.com/p/u20-world-...

I couldn't resist my temptations, so here is my quick preview of the four Asian teams who will be playing at the U20 World Cup starting this weekend! I tried to cover their style of play using notes from the U20 Asian Cup and analyse their squad and players. www.talking-tactics.com/p/u20-world-...

Seems like I'm not the only one who adores Tresoldi's off-ball runs 👀

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...

Before an app launches, it undergoes usability testing. Why shouldn't an advanced sports metric? In our latest blog, we propose 4 criteria: 1️⃣ Trustworthy 2️⃣ Novel 3️⃣ Intuitive 4️⃣ Useful Then, we put VAEP to the test... \w @jessejdavis.bsky.social & Maaike Van Roy dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/sports/blog/...

That was a smooooth operation by Carlos Sainz!!!

Such a rough weekend for McLaren

Friday...er...Saturday Stat Dump: Using the new ASA Viz Hub to look at Average Defensive Action Height. Quite simply this allows us to see how high teams are getting defensive actions. For event data, this is an alternative method to seeing typically how high defensive lines are set. 1/

40 mins in and I'm still not convinced by how Forest are attacking under Ange. Easy-to-predict ideas, heavy reliance on Chris Wood, just crosses and cutbacks go brrr. #EPL-Live

Stade Rennais' Mohamed Kader Meïté is maybe the most exciting centre-forward prospect in football right now. A jumbo-sized, 17-year-old striker that can do almost everything at the point of attack, his match-winning impact on Sunday night proved it. It went viral; I analysed it play by play.

@harrisoncrow.bsky.social took the new Viz Hub out for a spin around the western conference and dropped some elite memes along the way www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/9/...

Transfer fees can tell us a lot about how clubs can and want to construct a squad. The positions of the big five/six are very clear, with Newcastle obviously seeking to bridge the gap. The gap between the big teams and the rest is also pretty huge, with two very clear clusters

Now that the Dub/A-League Women is confirmed to be on FM26, it's probably a good time to share the project I'm working on! If you want to know more about the league before FM26 is officially released or the new season starts at the end of October, I hope this dashboard can be useful to you.

Now that the Dub/A-League Women is confirmed to be on FM26, it's probably a good time to share the project I'm working on! If you want to know more about the league before FM26 is officially released or the new season starts at the end of October, I hope this dashboard can be useful to you.

An appreciation for the lesser-heralded near-post cross. Who targets that zone the most? Which players get across their man most often? How does it compare to far-post deliveries? Full piece below for @theathleticfc.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

I'm probably not familiar with Go Kuroda-ball lol Playing Yuki Soma and Na Sang-ho at CB sounds like a long ball disaster waiting to happen

An ode to Noni Madueke, and the story we didn't care to tell

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!

Having these three on the bench and somehow Marco Grüll is still starting for Bremen is crazy for me

That felt like a typical Football Manager match against a top 6 EPL side ngl #EPL-Live

Massengo looks good so far! I know he's a good player at Bristol City, but wow he looks at home in Sandro Wagner's Augsburg's system #Footy-Live

This is mine, with Oli Glasner being a huge influence and Bournemouth/Iraola being the undertone 😊

Kinda expect more from the South Coast derby ngl #EFL-Live

Meanwhile, what a first touch by Semenyo before assisting Alex Scott. The way he brought the ball down, then turned towards the box in a slightly tight space. Just...chef kiss #EPL-Live

Still not too late to be on the Lukas Kwasniok/Köln bandwagon! #Footy-Live

Always great to hear @raecomm.bsky.social's voice every weekend on a Bundesliga match 😊

Sheeesh, Zubi! 🔥 #EPL-Live

Kinda fascinating to see Nick Montgomery & Sergio Raimundo back with Ange at Forest. Thought Nick was one of the favourites for the Singapore's head coach position and Sergio would be brought along, but seems like the Premier League temptation is still very big. #EPL-Live

✍️ Pressing the ball reception can improve high press efficiency ▫️Limiting time on the ball before a pressing action reduces opposition ball progression ▫️Generating turnovers is more complex, as increased time pre-press leads to more long passes cambiodejuegoenglish.beehiiv.com/p/tempo-and-...

Yui Hasegawa vs Brighton | WSL 2025-26 Hasegawa's new role in the double pivot has been interesting to watch. She has more freedom to roam & doesn't sit in front of the backline She is everywhere linking play with short passes & crashing the box in attacks. Scored today as well

▫️ Started hot, then went quite cold ▫️ €50 million move to Real Madrid ▫️ Ghana to the USA, via... Slovakia? ▫️ Four signings for the Saudi Pro League Almost a year on, we've looked back at the Class of 2025 of SCOUTED50, picking out the important stories and key developments from the best prospects.

david weir leaving brighton. obviously part of an effective recruitment system but still feels like someone worth hiring by some club.