American Soccer Analysis
Summary: American Soccer Analysis is a new weekly podcast that covers Major League Soccer and the US Men's National Team from a numbers perspective. Hosts Harrison Crow, Matthias Kullowatz, and Drew Olsen believe that soccer is best understood not by fat old men in smoky rooms, but by fat young men staring at Excel spreadsheets. The guys bring an enthusiasm, statistical acumen, and deep understanding of the game that can be rivaled only by the likes of Gus Johnson, Simon Borg, and John Harkes.
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This week Ian and Harrison discuss the USMNT (5:00) NYCFC in the stat of the week (27:00) and weigh in on the Supporters Shield (45:00) Intro Music: Let’s Go Get the Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick The Baby Outro Music: The Way We Move - Langhorne Slim & The Law
Not one, not two, but THREE Stats of the Week. The boys discuss Josef Martinez again and Colorado’s new found appearance of competency (5:00). Seattle are back on their second half thing but how are they doing it? (28:00) Harrison expresses dismay at the lack of Jonathan Lewis in his “young guns” segment(45:00). Intro Music: Let’s Go Get the Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick the Baby Outro Music: Easy Kid - J.E. Sunde Please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow), and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
The ASA guys are joined by USSF Hackathon Champion Kevin Minkus to break down the current state of target forwards in the stat of the week (3:00) Much has been made this week about Philly being fun and the guys dissect their season (26:30) Harrison spotlights another one of his favorite young players, Handwalla Bwana (41:00) and Kevin shares some fun “US Soccer landscape history” with us (52:00) Intro Music: Let’s Go Get the Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick The Baby Outro Music: Great Vacation - Dirt Poor Robins Please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow), and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
The trade deadline has come and gone and Ian and Harrison strap in to sift through the rubble. First up though: Stat of the Week! Harrison shares his watchability rankings (5:00) After that, it’s all transaction drama (24:00) Intro Music: Let’s Go Get The Goal (MLS) Outro Music: That’s How I Got To Memphis - Karl Blau
Ian and Harrison discuss the All Star game (1:00) - They discuss San Jose’s winless ways (14:00) - Do NYCFC have road woes? (36:00) - FC Dallas quietly mounting a SS challenge (44:00) - Harrison introduces an occasional new feature “Harrison’s Young Guns” (53:00) Intro Music: Let’s Go Get the Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick the Baby Outro Music: Cold Sweat - Church of the Cosmic Skull
Ian greatly underestimates how many defensive actions are performed in our stat of the week (7:00), Harrison and Ian opine about potential trades and Harrison has his Taylor Twellman moment (30:00). Intro Music: Let’s Go Get the Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick The Baby Outro Music: Jetpack Blues, Sunset Hues - Anamanaguchi Please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow), and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
The ASA boys are back this week with a very special guest Eliot McKinley (@etmckinley)! The stat of the week from @thedummyrun discusses the metric of “save efficiency” (2:30), and Eliot shares his experience at the latest USSF hackathon where team ASA and friends were awarded top prize (21:00). Here's a link to an article about decision making in the final third that somebody mentions. Intro Music: Let’s Go Get The Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick The Baby Outro Music: Don’t Wait For Him - Side Saddle Please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow), and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
The ASA boys are back from their World Cup vacation. They take some time to reflect on the big tournament (2:00), It’s time for all star talk, and Ian and Harrison share their picks with the world.(15:00) Into Music: Let’s Go Get The Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick the Baby Outro Music: Avalon - Foxygen Please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow), and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
Harrison and Ian have World Cup Fever and the only cure is talking about Major League Soccer. They discuss DC United’s ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in this week’s Interesting Stat of the Week. (7:00) Aftewards they engage in a little game of “Where are the Goals?” featuring some of MLS’ least prolific scorers (27:30). Special thanks to @ExiledMLS for the stat of the week and all of our listeners for tuning in! Happy World Cup! Intro Music: Let’s Go Get The Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick The Baby (Eds. note: Does this song inspire anyone else to want to kick a baby?) Outro Music: Everybody Wants to Love You - Japanese Breakfast Please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow), and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
It’s a slighty shorter version of the ASA show as Ian and Harrison discuss World Cup Callups in our stat of the week from @stathunting (3:30) and ponder the value of homefield advantage (26:00). Apologies for some lesser audio quality this week. We’re investigating and should have things back to scratch next time! Intro Music: Go Get the Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick The Baby Outro Music: Messidona - Driver Friendly
We have not one but TWO interesting stats of the week and we talk GK xG and the art of blocking (1:10). After that we take a deep dive into Sporting Kansas City’s season which ventures into discussion of the LA Galaxy and some weird MLS fan fiction from Harrison (22:30) Into Music: Let’s Go Get The Goal (MLS) - Don’t Kick The Baby Outro Music: Oh, Heart - Tank and the Bangas Want to leave us a comment? Call on our voicemail line (805) 727-3212. Otherwise, please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow) and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
The ASA boys are back this week with their usual blend of analysis and insecurity. Things kick off with talk of Gyasi Zardes in our interesting stat of the week (1:50) We mix it up over some rather unusual trade/transfer rumors about high profile players (11:30) Finally it’s the most hot take-able time of the year, and Ian and Harrison do not disappoint as they get very judgmental about MLS teams and their newly released payrolls (46:00) Outro Music: €30,000 - Emperor X Want to leave us a comment? Call on our voicemail line (805) 727-3212. Otherwise, please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow) and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
A special bonus episode of the ASA Show! Jared Young and Jamie Hamilton of These Football Times discuss analytics, science, philosophy, and many more ideas about the beautiful game. Outro Music: Jimmie’s Song (Full Band Version) - Emmanuel & the Fear Want to leave us a comment? Call on our voicemail line (805) 727-3212. Otherwise, please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow) and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
Harrison is back and he and Ian waste no time getting to Kendall’s big night and the interesting stat of the week (2:05). Harrison wants to know what’s the deal with set pieces (15:00). The boys buckle down on the West Coast and possibly alienate a sizable portion of their listener base (29:00) and finally, they talk about this Wayne Rooney bloke and how he fits in at DC United (50:00). Outro Music: How Did I Get Through the Day? - Har Mar Superstar Want to leave us a comment? Call on our voicemail line (805) 727-3212. Otherwise, please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow) and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
Jared Young (@jaredeyoung) is back again this week covering for Harrison and the boys talk through balls. Er…throughballs (1:30) Ian and Jared respond to a listener’s concerns about Seattle (10:00) Jared teaches Ian and America about “P-Score” (19:45) and finally the boys talk about the week that was in MLS (35:00) Outro Music: Baltimore - Mal Blum Want to leave us a comment? Call on our voicemail line (805) 727-3212. Otherwise, please visit americansocceranalysis.com for more analytically based content. You can follow the crew on twitter at ASA (@analysisevolved), Harrison Crow (@Harrison_Crow) and Ian Lamberson (@ahandleforian). We're also on facebook for some reason!
