Where do former NCAA players since 2021 play? Overwhelmingly in Next Pro (no surprise). Significant numbers in USL League 1 & plenty in USL Championship Most MLS players are "two-way" players Scandinavia is a big destination, mainly Icelanders/Danes/Norwegians moving back home after college

This is gonna be a huge mess

a man in a green shirt is dancing in a hallway in front of a door .

ALT: a man in a green shirt is dancing in a hallway in front of a door .

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Sarah May@sarahmay1.bsky.social · 8mo ago

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? I'm in deep trouble

KFUM Oslo 🇳🇴 has been one of the most effective Eliteserien teams out of possession this season Mid table. 50% possession & field tilt. Not great at scoring... but solid at keeping opponents at bay; they rank 5th for goals against 📊 & 📺 thread Data via Twelve Football 🙏

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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

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 10mo ago

Breaking News: President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military should use U.S. cities as “training grounds” at an unusual meeting focused on culture wars. It was unclear why they needed to gather senior military leaders from overseas to tell them this face to face.

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

Mike Goodman@themlg.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Everybody should absolutely view this as an invitation to drop your spiciest soccer takes.

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.

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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

Tan@tanho.ca · 11mo ago

#nflverse news: we've just published nflreadr v1.5.0 to CRAN in time for the new season 🎉 It comes with a few 🚨breaking changes🚨 to core functions, of note: - load_players() - load_player/team_stats() - load_depth_charts() - load_participation() Full changelog here, details in thread 🧵

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...

Washington Spirit seize the moment as DC United stumble in city of unrest

The rise of the NWSL’s Spirit and fall of MLS’s United are emblematic of the two ownership groups’ commitment to fans and the culture of a unique city

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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/...

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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...

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It's time for a data deep dive. This season, every two weeks our resident statistician Ben Griffis is going to bring you a look at the numbers around League 2 to see who is under or over performing,...

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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

Detroit City FC@detcityfc.com · 12mo ago

Introducing the first look at AlumniFi Field: the forever home of Detroit soccer. Learn more about our future home: www.alumnififield.com

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...

The USL's youth movement has begun (and 11 prospects to watch)

USL clubs have begun to develop their own homegrown players. Here’s why that matters.

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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