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Major League Soccer – “The Final Third” – Who’s best, who’s worst, and who’s on top of a new MLS Attacking Efficiency Index?
For me the Final Third represents the most dangerous area (both in attack and defense) for every team in football. In considering the breadth of publicly available information on the MLS […]
OPTA Data – Possession – Key Passes – Recoveries – Possession with Purpose and The Attacking Third – Attacking and Defending Efficiency Indecis
An article written by Richard Farley didn't prompt this work but it did reinforce work I have already been doing with respect to OPTA; in case you missed it this […]
Adjusted Possession with Purpose using Passing Attempts as the Kick-off data point
As promised I would offer some additional views on the relationship between Passing data and Total Goals Scored. Enclosed are two diagrams for your consideration but before getting to them here […]
Match Analysis – Portland Timbers (1) Real Salt Lake (2)
In the words of Senator Clay Davis in that brilliant show "The Wire" - "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit"... A superb run at the Cup this year and, by far, a whole hell of a […]
Semi-Final Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Match Preview – Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake
Bottom line up front = If you win you're in. No three points, no possible draw - in the end one team wins and the other doesn't... this is what […]
Match Analysis – Portland Timbers (1) Vancouver Whitecaps (1)
"We need to move on, we’ve got a big game on Wednesday, Open Cup game. Opportunity to, if we win, come back here to play for a trophy. And this group […]
Match Preview – Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps — Part II
A slight break from the norm for this one; it's a regular season match but it's also a Cascadia Cup match. The Timbers organization have made it a point to indicate […]
Art Takeover: Factory North and the Timbers Army team up for an art show benefiting a local charity.
All, A worthy event and Official Press Release below: Art Takeover: Factory North and the Timbers Army team up for an art show benefiting a local charity. For Immediate Release June 19, […]
Counterattacking teams vs Direct Attacking teams – what might the numbers offer up when viewing a snapshot of information?
Some thoughts for consideration in-between games as preparation for Vancouver continues this week. The average difference between a direct attacking team (at home) and their outputs versus a counterattacking team (away) […]
Match Analysis – Portland Timbers (1) San Jose Earthquakes (2)
Valiant effort to try and steal one point from San Jose last night as Caleb Porter and the Timbers pulled out all the stops in the final 30 to try […]