As a huge fan and proponent of craft beer, I feel like a few things are going on: 1) obv, less beer consumption to begin with 2) Too many microbreweries went extreme with the additives and/or over-hopping 3) At some point, experiments replaced quality www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

I'd love nothing more than to live in my favorite place in the world, Alexandria VA, for the rest of my life whenever my time in Denmark is up But I'm am genuinely fearful the US I grew up in and love, and even the Alexandria I lived in from 2020 to 2025, might actually be in danger of being gone

NFL-style extra time: coin flip, winner decides who gets the ball first First team gets 120 seconds to score, and if they concede that's the end of the game, other team wins. If they score, the other team gets 120 seconds as well. If neither teams score, or if both teams score: old MLS-style pens

I don't feel any particular joy in Charlie Kirk getting shot. It's not the sort of thing I celebrate. But I also struggle to care when someone gets the very thing they've wished for openly, on multiple occasions, in multiple iterations, for literal years, b/c they thought it would be someone else.

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

MAJOR UPDATE 🚨 Best XI Scouting now has a slightly new look... There's a landing page that asks you to choose the Men's or Women's app on the sidebar Men's app is the same as before... Women's app is more advanced, with lots more features! 💪 best11scouting.streamlit.app

Thought it was really interesting how UVA sent both strikers to press the GK on goal kicks against Virginia Tech UVA's strikers effectively blocked both CBs as passing options. VT's GK played a vertical ball to a CM who then passed to the RCB. But UVA kept the press up very well

Thought it was really interesting how UVA sent both strikers to press the GK on goal kicks against Virginia Tech UVA's strikers effectively blocked both CBs as passing options. VT's GK played a vertical ball to a CM who then passed to the RCB. But UVA kept the press up very well

Finally spent the time to use my team rating model to create outcome probabilities instead of just an xGD Compared it with the paper I worked off of & my model is at least as strong In Top 5 leagues last season, the biggest "surprise" result was Sociedad 1-0 Barcelona 🧵

Trump can fire as many BLS directors as he wants but it won't change the fact that the 12-month slope for total non-farm employment has only been lower than it is now 2 times in the last 20 years COVID, obviously & between Sept 2007 - April 2011

I cannot believe Daniel Levy is gone. He's the reason the Big 6 is even a 6 and not a 5. He's the reason Spurs are so financially healthy and sustainable WHILE being perennial top 4 candidates. Insane work He is a living legend to me. Has earned some gripes from fans, but is the best chair ever imo

NWSL xG & xT Buildup per 90 Courage's Shinomi Koyama is doing pretty well... you don't need to directly score or assist to have a major impact Koyama ranks #1 for xT Buildup and #4 for xG Buildup

Just found this package, wow This will be fun this season

I've posted a lot about Cusco FC 🇵🇪 this summer With data kindly provided by Twelve Football, let me dig into them more The key thing: they are a total outlier in turning box entries into shots. 65% of them! #2 is 58%, #3 57% Couple with #3 xG/shot, #6 high opportunity shots

Do we have a #bundesliga-live? Insane season opener as per usual

One of the biggest reasons I see among US ⚽️ fans against moving to a Fall-to-Spring calendar is that attendances will drop if leagues start playing at the same time as NFL/NCAA Football ...But we already play regular season games for 2 months with NFL & attendances don't drop

On @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about the contrast between the Washington Spirit & DC United. In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it. United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Is graphic design your passion? If so, we're adding another full-time Graphic Designer to our team at the #USL. Get more details and apply here. www.teamworkonline.com/soccer-jobs/...

The first League Two Stat Pack of the season is out now! Make sure to subscribe to UTAS to support everything that they put out each day, each week And stay tuned for this monthly column as well as continuing the Cambridge United-focused Get Your Stats Right column 💪 substack.com/@undertheabb...

Cambridge United with that sweet relational defending this season, i.e. ball-following worse than a team of Bronze 2s in Rocket League

Cambridge United with that sweet relational defending this season, i.e. ball-following worse than a team of Bronze 2s in Rocket League

This is incredible and will be a massive boon for Detroit

I made a 4 minute video but there's a 3 minute limit Here's a google drive link if you want to see about Stade Lausanne Ouchy's goal kicks Key aspects: Just LCB & GK in the box 2 players deep on side of box Penchant for kicks to width Variants to surprise opponent drive.google.com/file/d/1fZSu...

ICYMI: 2025 has been the year of the academy prospect across the USL Championship and League One. Why is it such an important trend, and which homegrown talents do you need to know? I dig in. www.backheeled.com/usl-youth-de...

Look at all of the communication & off-ball movement from Cusco in the buildup of this possession Particularly the far side here. Players are fluid, dropping into spaces & creating more angles for the player on the ball, and communicating with teammates to keep everyone in check

New viz 🤌 Thursday night blowout for the Dogs over the Giants

For all my #AFL followers (and my soccer followers who *really* like data)... Here's the introduction to my Expected Score (xS) model, sharing some of my method, the power, and some player results Enjoy! 👇 cafetactiques.com/2025/07/29/c...

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Everything is bigger in Texas* *Except for MLS analytics departments

Was a big fan of GKS Katowice's goal kicks vs Raków Częstochowa. Both on GKS' side & Raków's defending of them This is how GKS lined up for 5 of their 6 goal kicks in the 1st half (6th was long in stoppage) GK+3 in box, 2 DMs Raków had line of 4, man-mark & shield #GKSRCZ #Ekstraklasa

Posted this on the other place, but it's super interesting and wanted to share if you're not on there anymore People chat about the added risk of throwing into box vs a normal throw-in... but by that logic, shouldn't we not also be discussing why take corners into box when rward-risk is smaller?

There are worse office locations #PureMichigan #SquirrelCoWorkers

One of the things K League has in common with Serie A Not sure it's a good thing, but it's a thing in common nonetheless

Mikey Maldonado is actually insane here. Almost one-third of his throw-ins into the box lead to a shot/goal/penalty He's taken 63 of NCFC's 66 throw-ins into the box. They are the best team in the league at getting shots off of their thorw-ins into the box

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Classic USA

Waterford - Cork City data preview 📊✍️ A bottom table League of Ireland 🇮🇪 clash, but one that could be interesting… when might we see goals? Where might they come from? Does either team’s strength line up with the other’s weakness? open.substack.com/pub/bengriff...

Asked my code to find the Davie Selkes of other leagues in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Poland and these were the top 3

🆕: The #JLeague ⚽️🇯🇵 2025 Mid-Season Review! 🔗: www.shogunsoccer.com/p/jleague-j1... Insights from data 💻 & watching the games 👀! - Team Tactics 💡 - Squad Age Profiles 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 - ⚽️ by ⌚️ & Situation - Team/Player xG 📈 - ... and more! #Ｊリーグ #サッカー

DC United just a showcase for terrible defending. 6 of the 7 goals conceded last night were either just bad/lazy/non-communication lapses (I'd say 5/7) or individual errors (I'd say 1/7) It's so painful to watch them

Everything @loudoununitedfc.bsky.social has shown us this season says they're a contender. The club's current three-game stretch against the top three teams in the #USLChampionship's Eastern Conference last year could show us how good they're going to be. www.uslchampionship.com/news_article...

I wish Motohiko Nakajima was like 2 years younger because then I'd be certain that he'd make his way to Europe My cult player, the first player I analyzed in J2 when I started watching J2, finally making his mark at Cerezo 🤌 Here's his data this season vs all DM/CM/AM/ST because he plays errywhere

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ICYMI: USL clubs have meaningfully changed how they approach the game in 2025. I dig into the numbers and the tactics to see why that’s a sign of increasing sophistication. www.backheeled.com/usl-tactics-...

Some week! Beat Horsens 2-0 at home on Monday, then beat them 2-3 in added time—in Horsens—today Felt like a cup tie lol 😂

Saints over Demons in the inter-papacy. Classic Christianity

First home game tonight, lfg 💪