It’s preview tiiiiiime
@catabush.com tells us not to ignore the elephant in the room in Denver and @kierdoyle.bsky.social talks about Boston Internationals. Our friends at @xowngoals.com dropped audio previews for both teams today as well!
www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/3/...
Canada’s offensive play always looks so isolated, idk enough about hockey tactics but why do the USA always look a player up?!
Last week, I posted a small survey that looked at FBref alternatives in an attempt to assess what resources remain for women’s soccer fans. For @theixsports.bsky.social, I expanded that survey, and the results are grim. Here’s what that means for the future of woso data and coverage:
One day I’ll write something that properly explains what @americansoccerinsights.com has done for me, but until then: big love to the community cultivated there. It’s unbelievable, and everyone who turns up makes that room (and the bar afterwards) a special place. Some weekend!
lmao you gotta try that one again mate. has anyone slept in the last three days?? asking for a friend..
*eating hobnobs and listening to fred again init
that’s better!!
MLS scatterplot: Progressive Passes vs. xA. Djordje Mihailovic is highlighted.
A screenshot of VizHub showing the League Tab. A graphic is generated showing NWSL npxG rankings from 2016. Lynn Biyendolo leads the pack.
VIZHUB 2.0 IS HERE ‼️
A culmination of VizMas + recent improvements, VizHub 2.0 brings the following features:
- revamped league tab with player & team stats
- more granularity across entire app
- new graphics
- mobile support
2.0 only broadens VizHub to cover more of your dataviz needs.
Overall, the trend was clear:
% of men's app-comps w/ scores: 93.65%
% woso: 68.25%
% of men's app-comps w/ basic stats: 93.65%
% woso: 57.14%
% of men's app-comps w/ xG: 73.02%
% woso: 20.63%
Men's comps were 3.5x more likely to have xG available.
Bar chart Title: Best sources for women's soccer data Subtitle: Women's competitions with xG Data | 8 comps surveyed Chart shows # of comps on y-axis. Only FBref scored 8/8. Next closest is Fotmob at 4.
In the wake of FBref's defacto death, I saw a lot of posts suggesting alternate data sources. Unfortunately, many of them focus exclusively on men's soccer. To measure what options remain for woso, I conducted a survey of the most popular FBref alternatives. What I found is disappointing:
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lol nobody believes this, but we appreciate the sentiment
Cata writing for the Guardian 🫡
p.s. seeing your mates win at life is really cool
wondering why i came to mind when you read “poke fun at old people”?! relaxxxxx there gal 🥲
Continuing the tradition, I have compiled an end-of-year overview of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in 2025. This edition includes pointers to about 200 resources, including research papers, blog posts, news articles, podcasts, and webinars.
janvanhaaren.be/posts/soccer...
lads did not hear my rallying cry clearly
let’s go lads 💙
Cata is the gift that keeps on giving! Merry bloody Chrysler indeed 🙏🏼
thank you so much Jesse!
Nothing made me more sure that the NWSL salary cap was egregiously low than writing this article and trying to determine how teams could pay players a proper wage + retain “marquee” players.
I disagree with the NWSL’s proposed solution as it doesn’t solve the suppression of wages for the majority.
ah yes, my commonly referred to title
ah my inspo!! thank you doll 💙
appreciate you big time mate, thank you 💙
hahaha yessir 🤝🏼💙
thanks Jacob 💙
thanks, Carlon! May the best team win or something like that 👀 haha, hope our paths cross soon mate!
haha i do it all for you! love you guys 💙 drinks n debates in houston soon!!
thank you John 💙
thank you so much!!
Cheers Justin!!
lol i’m gonna frame this
thank you Mark! 💙
