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You’ve probably heard us mention the ASI Summit a few times now. Here’s @akeaswaran.me’s summary of the goings on and all of the talk recordings if you were unable to attend: www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/3/...

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Reel Analytics's AI-powered college football data cost thousands of dollars for teams to purchase. So what if they're not any good? Calibration, validation, and why you should always check that your model outperforms a simple baseline: bbwieland.github.io/2025-03-02-r...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

The MLS previews are done, thanks to everybody who wrote, shared, tuned in. If you missed some, they’re all here: www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/categor...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Hi. We're Five Stripe Final. We think you should subscribe to our website. www.fivestripefinal.com/p/welcome-to...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Think I've decided #ASIS2025 and its future iterations is the only conference I will go to. As someone very much tangentially related to the sports analytics space it definitely scratched that itch without feeling too networky or feeling like you needed to come away with a bunch due to obscene cost

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Shoutout to @talevy.soccer for my new favorite jersey. I'm not even kidding, will probably wear this to multiple games this season

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Me: I'm over these 7AM flights Also me: proceeds to book departure and return flights At least the ASI Conference will make it worth it 🎷

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I know you have this hanging up above your bed @kierdoyle.bsky.social

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

This is the good stuff you get in the ASA Patreon discord. A haven for the sickos. www.patreon.com/americansocc...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

I went on @3rddegree.net and mentioned how Dallas could have a boat load of GAM and now I’m seeing oh, Dallas could have $10m in GAM. It’s 2 AM and I’m going to break down why I kept saying on the pod that I’m not sure what they can do with the money. And why this $10m in GAM isn’t exactly good

submitted 51 days ago • 4 comments

This is live, only for our patreon members who support the site. It’ll make its way to the main site eventually, orrrrr you could support the site whose superdraft preview you had open 50 times this afternoon and play with it now. www.patreon.com/americansocc...

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Newcastle might actually be bad and I don't see how it improves in the short-term given PSR and overhaul needed. Not many sellable assets either. Almost have to hope someone comes in for one of our players to give us wiggle room at this point.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

New post (!) – on xG, rebounds, conditional probability, and the need for more storytelling. There are still a lot of problems with how we use this model.

submitted 99 days ago • 2 comments

Introduce yourself with four footballers (childhood edition) I am in fact actually posting

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

If this doesn't scream "bet your entire life savings on Atlanta" idk what will

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